Robert Friend’s 28-year Air Force career included service in the Korean and Vietnam wars.
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Gallagher is also accused of shooting two civilians — an elderly man and a school-age girl — from sniper perches in Iraq in 2017.
SAN DIEGO — Seasoned combat veterans who described losing comrades and taking war prisoners were questioned Monday as possible jurors in the trial of a decorated Navy SEAL charged with killing a wounded Islamic State captive in Iraq.
A judge last month postponed the trial while he looked into whether there was prosecutorial misconduct.
The Nevada Army National Guard has identified a Las Vegas soldier killed in a tank rollover accident during a training exercise in California.
Concluding D-Day celebrations at Juno beach, with birds singing in the background, French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has made a plea for global peace and understanding.
Tom Rice jumped with the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division on that momentous day 75 years ago.
