Veteran trained at Fort Bliss reflects on Iraq deployment in new book
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — “Don’t Let the Monsters Out” is a book by an Air Force Veteran who shares her experiences serving in Camp Bucca during the…
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First annual Veteran Provider Summit seeks to improve service for veterans
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Veteran service providers came together on January 11, 2024, to host the 1st annual Borderplex Veteran Provider Summit. The…
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Fort Bliss late start for operations Monday due to inclement weather
FORT BLISS, Texas (KVIA) – U.S. Army Fort Bliss is reporting a late start to the work day on Monday. Soldiers and DA Civilians are to report to their…
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WBAMC will reschedule appointments before 10 a.m. due to inclement weather
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – William Beaumont Army Medical Center says due to the inclement weather patients with appointments already scheduled before 10…
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All clear given after ‘suspicious’ package found at Ft. Bliss’ Freedom Crossing
FORT BLISS, Texas (KVIA) — The Ft. Bliss Law Enforcement team gave the all clear after a “suspicious” package was found at the Freedom Crossing…
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Marine veteran walks almost 2,000 miles to raise funds for fellow veterans
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — 63-year-old veteran Wayne Weaver will walk almost 2,000 miles for various veteran charities in El Paso. His walk starts…
Continue ReadingUS quietly reaches agreement with Qatar to keep operating largest military base in Middle East
Originally Published: 02 JAN 24 16:42 ET By Alex Marquardt and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — The United States has quietly…
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El Paso community comes together for veteran’s burial without family
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The community gathered Tuesday, for U.S. Navy Veteran Peter Botello, who was laid to rest with no family in attendance.…
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Sun Bowl reunites two brothers separated by life
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Two brothers from California, raised in the same home with the same family values, are now grown up and living their dreams…
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Gold Star Gamers offers hope and healing to families who lost a military parent
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — 17-year-old Ryan Jabot says he was devastated after his father lost his battle to PTSD four years ago. “It’s been pretty…
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Master sergeant sends holiday greeting from Africa
ALAMOGORDO, New Mexico (KVIA) — We have a very special holiday greeting all the way from Africa, where master sergeant…
Continue ReadingRussia unleashes biggest air attack on Ukraine since start of full-scale invasion
CNN By Victoria Butenko, Maria Kostenko, Mariya Knight, Svitlana Vlasova and Christian Edwards, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — Russia has launched…
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Retired El Paso army nurse keeps on giving into the New Year
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — As the holiday season comes to a close and New Year celebrations begin, one El Pasoan is determined to continue giving back.…
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Independent lawyers begin prosecuting cases of sexual assault and other crimes in the US military
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military on Thursday opened a new chapter in how it investigates and prosecutes…
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108 years young, Tuskegee Airman celebrates birthday
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Retired 1st Lieutenant James Clayton Flowers, a member of the 99th fighter squadron — 332-nd fighter group turned…
Continue Reading A Palestinian baby girl, born 17 days ago during Gaza war, is killed with brother in Israeli strike
By MOHAMMED JAHJOUH and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza (AP) — She was born amid war, in a hospital with no electricity in a southern Gaza…
Continue ReadingIDF accidentally shoots and kills three Israelis held hostage in Gaza
Originally Published: 15 DEC 23 14:27 ET Updated: 15 DEC 23 16:10 ET By Tamar Michaelis and David Shortell, CNN (CNN) — Israeli soldiers shot and…
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Exclusive: Nearly half of the Israeli munitions dropped on Gaza are imprecise ‘dumb bombs,’ US intelligence assessment finds
CNN By Natasha Bertrand and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — Nearly half of the air-to-ground munitions that Israel has used in Gaza in its war…
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9 Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza City ambush in sign that Hamas resistance is still strong
By WAFAA SHURAFA, JACK JEFFERY and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian militants carried out one of the…
Continue Reading She won her sexual assault case. Now she hopes the Japanese military changes so others don’t suffer
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Rina Gonoi came forward in summer 2022 to demand a reinvestigation of the case that authorities…
Continue Reading US announces new sanctions on Russia’s weapons suppliers as Zelenskyy visits Washington
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is hitting hundreds of people and firms around the globe with new…
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Israeli defense chief resists pressure to halt Gaza offensive, says campaign will ‘take time’
By JOSEF FEDERMAN, WAFAA SHURAFA and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s defense minister on Monday pushed back…
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Israel and US are at odds over conflicting visions for postwar Gaza
By JOSEF FEDERMAN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The United States has offered strong support to Israel in its war against the…
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Senate impasse over border policy continues to threaten aid to Ukraine and Israel
(CNN) — A partisan clash between Senate Republicans and Democrats over border policy continues to threaten the effort to send badly needed foreign…
Continue Reading Centenarian survivors of Pearl Harbor attack return to honor those who perished 82 years ago
By AUDREY McAVOY and CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — Ira “Ike” Schab had just showered, put on a clean sailor’s…
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New Mexico Congressmen announce 26 F-16 fighter jets to be permanently based at Holloman AFB
ALAMOGORDO, New Mexico (KVIA) — New Mexico Senators Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján and Congressman Gabe Vasquez announced the arrival of 26 F-16…
Continue ReadingLeaked audio of heated meeting reveals hostages’ fury at Netanyahu
CNN By Irene Nasser, Tim Lister and Richard Greene, CNN (CNN) — Leaked audio recordings of a meeting between freed Israeli hostages and Prime…
Continue Reading US files war crime charges against Russians accused of torturing an American in the Ukraine invasion
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Four Russian men accused of torturing an American during the invasion of…
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Global journalist group says Israel-Hamas conflict is a war beyond compare for media deaths
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — With a journalist or media worker killed every day on average in the Israel-Hamas war, the head of…
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The Air Force is expanding a review of cancers for service members who worked with nuclear missiles
By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force is expanding its study of whether service members who worked with nuclear missiles…
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