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'St. Clair’s Defeat Revisited: A New View of the Conflict' was initially constructed as a traveling exhibit, but now it has a permanent home at Fort Recovery Museum.

Ohio event to shed light on one of U.S. military's greatest defeats by Native Americans

Fort Recovery Museum will host a free two-day event Oct. 19 and 20 called “Beyond the Battlefield." Members and leaders of the Eastern Shawnee, Ottawa, Wyandotte and Miami tribes will be represented at the event.

U.S. soldiers take part in NATO-led military exercises at the military base of Vaziani, outside Tbilisi, Georgia, in August.

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How is the nation's political divide affecting military recruitment?

We’re talking about military recruiting challenges and the future of our fighting forces.

U.S. Military Academy Class of 2022 cadets ruck back to West Point as they complete Cadet Field Training while USMA Class of 2023 marches out to Camp Buckner to finish Cadet Basic Training, July 28, 2019.

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The decline in U.S. Army recruitment

The Army won’t make its goal for recruits this year. The service faces its worst recruiting environment since the creation of the all-volunteer force in 1973.

Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby says the U.S. is bolstering allied positions in countries near Ukraine, as Russia masses troops near its Ukrainian border.

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Biden shifts some 3,000 U.S. troops closer to Ukraine

Bill Chappell

Some of the troops are being moved from Germany to Romania; others will be deployed from Fort Bragg to bolster positions in Europe.

ONG Major Gen John Harris at Mid Ohio Foodbank decomissioning ceremony, July 2, 2021

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Mansfield Could Be Home To Air National Guard's New Cyber Wing

Jo Ingles

Officials from the Air Force and National Guard Bureau are scheduled to visit Mansfield-Lahm Airport, home of the 179th Airlift Wing, today.

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby speaks during a media briefing at the Pentagon last week.

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Pentagon Releases New Policies Enabling Transgender People To Serve In The Military

Laurel Wamsley

President Biden signed an executive order repealing the Trump transgender ban in his first week in office, directing the Pentagon to begin the process to allow transgender people to serve openly.

Lloyd Austin, U.S. secretary of defense, visits the National Cemetery in Seoul, South Korea, on Thursday. On his Asia tour, the defense chief made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Sunday.

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U.S. Defense Chief Austin Goes To Afghanistan Amid Questions Over Withdrawal Date

Alex Leff

Lloyd Austin arrived in Kabul on his first visit as defense secretary as the Biden administration discusses when to pull U.S. forces out of Afghanistan.

Supporters of President Donald Trump gather outside the U.S. Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington.

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Extremism In The U.S. Military

This episode originally aired on Feb. 16, 2021.A significant contingent of the rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 included people with a military…

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Extremism In The U.S. Military

A significant contingent of the rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 included people with a military background, from active duty personnel to…

President Biden signs an executive order Monday reversing a Trump-era ban on transgender people serving in the military.

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Biden Repeals Trump-Era Ban On Transgender Troops

Scott Detrow

Former President Donald Trump had first ordered a ban on transgender service members in 2017, and President Biden had long promised to repeal the directive.