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Grief engulfed Kenneth Kaunda International Airport last night as the family of late Staff Sergeant Alick Banda struggled to ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Rep. Nicole Malliotakis spoke with the White House and delivered a letter to President Donald Trump ...

Other elk were nearby, and Scrivner thought it best to back out of the area and meet with his Army buddy Joe Cooper. The pair ...

For one night on Long Island, New York, the heated NHL rivalry between the Islanders and the Rangers was put on ice. Escorted ...

THE nation is mourning the death of Staff Sergeant Alick Banda, who died on December 29, 2025, after a short illness while ...

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth supports upgrading the Distinguished Service Cross for the Staten Islander who died saving ...

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 4th Battalion, 70th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, ...

Dominick Critelli, a decorated Army staff sergeant who survived WWII's deadly Battle of the Bulge, took the ice ahead of the ...

SHELDON, Iowa (KTIV) - The mayor of Sheldon, Iowa, has declared a day to remember the two Iowa National Guard soldiers who ...

WSBT 22 is saluting our unsung heroes. Tonight, we honor Staff Sergeant Raymond Diederich of Berrien County.Diederich served ...

Staff Sergeant Adam Abdel-Kerim Army National Guard presented the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) Patriotic ...