Graduating cadets at West Point take their oaths to the Constitution and are commissioned as officers in the U.S. Army.
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Joseph G. Amoroso, United States Military Academy West Point e Lee Robinson, United States Military Academy West Point
Members of the military take an oath before service, but it’s to the Constitution, not a specific person. West Point professors explain how young officers learn the importance of their allegiance.
Long time there: U.S. troops maneuver around the central part of the Baghran river valley as they search for remnants of Taliban and al-Qaida forces on Feb. 24, 2003.
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The Afghanistan War now has an end date: 9/11/21. Experts explain the history of US involvement in Afghanistan, the peace process to end that conflict and how the country’s women are uniquely at risk.
Retired Gen. Lloyd Austin has been confirmed by the Senate as the next secretary of defense.
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President Joe Biden’s nomination of a recently retired general to lead the Pentagon required an exception to federal law.
Pro-Trump supporters, including Infowars host Alex Jones, hold a ‘Stop The Steal’ protest Wednesday in Atlanta as Georgia’s recount nears the end.
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Much as the South rejected President Lincoln’s election with a massive armed uprising, could President Trump’s many supporters rise up and overthrow a Biden-led government?
Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia, the Navy’s largest base, is endangered by sea level rise.
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Military veterans have concerns about climate change at about the same level as nonveterans, a recent study suggests. What might this mean for acceptance of climate science?
President Donald Trump speaks at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq.
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Donald Trump’s speech on “principled realism” in Afghanistan contained few surprises. Now, under the aegis of DOD chief Mattis it is the latest stage in America’s “forever war.”
The USS Gerald Ford in Newport News, Virginia, cost nearly $13 billion to build.
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Far from ‘making America great again’, Donald Trump’s sloganeering will deepen mistrust of US motives and irreparably damage any prospect of co-existence, let alone a more co-operative world order.