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A proposal to allow more low-altitude training for the Air Force, sending planes as low as 100 feet off the ground, is ruffling feathers in the rugged and majestic Owyhee region.

After the attack on the United States Capitol earlier this month, 14 U.S. Senators — including Ron Wyden of Oregon and Dianne Feinstein of California — called for an investigation into white supremacy in the military. The Pentagon has promised to act.

The military budgets of most countries, ours included, tend to go in one direction: up. National security is an easy case to make, a few politicians want…

17 years and counting. That's how long the United States has maintained a military presence in the frequently hot war in Afghanistan. Women serve over…

Much has been said about the big deficit in Oregon's public pension program, PERS. Now Stacy Bannerman has something new to say about it: PERS should get…

Just a small percentage of Americans serve in the armed forces now. But that's still 20 million and more people with experiences taking up arms to protect…

Two words, not terribly descriptive alone, gain surprising strength when used in a two-word phrase: special forces. That phrase conjures up images of…

People in parts of the region have grown accustomed to the sound of military jets flying overhead. The Oregon Air National Guard wing based at Kingsley…

The Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union was all about preventing totalitarian government from taking hold in the world. Now the Cold…

No matter the state of the economy or the political party in power, the arms industry continues to hum along. New and expensive weapons systems are built…

Army. Navy. Marines. Army Air Force. It took a lot of people to win the war that started for the United States 75 years ago today at Pearl Harbor. And the…

We focus a great deal of attention in our veterans, in political campaigns like the one just ended, and in non-election years. But while service members…