Source: Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines — 11th July 2020 at 08:16 (about 52 minutes ago)
The elite Green Berets regiment has appointed a woman to join its ranks for the first time in its 68-year history. An enlisted soldier and a member of the National Guard, the woman, who has not been named, completed her training at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Women have served in special operations for some years. However, this is the first time a female has graduated the gruelling year-long special forces qualification course. She is the first woman to earn this distinction since the Pentagon opened all combat roles to women in 2016. In doing so she had to pass a 24-day screening programme, before completing an array of tasks, including marching with heavy combat gear and demonstrating her competence at land navigation. The woman was one of around 400 soldiers to be formally enrolled in the US Army?s Special Forces at a ceremony on Thursday. She is understood to be one of three who have been going through the course. Lt. Gen. Fran Beaudette, commander of Army Special Operations Command, who presided over the ceremony, hailed the woman?s achievement. ?From here, you will go forward and join the storied formation of the Green Berets where you will do what you are trained to do: challenge assumptions, break down barriers, smash through stereotypes, innovate, and achieve the impossible,? she said. In all, there are more than 6,700 army Green Berets. Usually working in 12-strong teams, they are primarily used in specialised combat and counter-terrorism operations. They are also used for training other countries? special forces. Many have been deployed in Afghanistan working with government forces against the Taliban. The appointment of a woman to the ranks of the Green Berets is the latest chapter in the gradual opening up of what had hitherto been male preserves in the US military. More than 700 are now understood to be in jobs which were previously restricted. They include a woman who joined the Army?s 75th Ranger Regiment in 2017. It is estimated that more than a dozen others have completed the course at the regiment?s training school in Georgia. #
Source: Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines — 11th July 2020 at 08:16 (about 52 minutes ago)
With the start of the US school year only weeks away, Marina Avalos still has no idea how or where her 7-year-old daughter will attend classes. Like many mothers, Avalos is reluctant to send her child back to school at a time when coronavirus across the country has surged past three million cases, including 130,000 deaths. On Tuesday, California -- where she lives -- set a new daily cases record, with 11,694 infections. #
Source: Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines — 11th July 2020 at 08:16 (about 52 minutes ago)
The sudden death of Seoul?s mayor, reportedly implicated in a sexual harassment complaint, has prompted an outpouring of public sympathy even as it has raised questions about a man who built his career as a reform-minded politician and self-described feminist. Park Won-soon was found dead on a wooded hill in northern Seoul early Friday, about seven hours after his daughter reported to police he had left her a ?will-like? verbal message and then left their home. Authorities launched a massive search for the 64-year-old Park before rescue dogs found his body. #
Source: Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines — 11th July 2020 at 06:46 (about 2 hours ago)
The U.S. Army in Europe thinks it has enough safeguards against the spread of COVID-19 so that large-scale exercises can happen next year. #
Source: Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines — 11th July 2020 at 06:46 (about 2 hours ago)
Gov. Ron DeSantis backed new guidelines to count COVID-19 patients receiving intensive care. It is misleading to say this will lower case counts. #
Source: Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines — 11th July 2020 at 06:46 (about 2 hours ago)
The US space agency's next rover is placed atop of the rocket that will send it to the Red Planet. #
Source: Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines — 11th July 2020 at 06:46 (about 2 hours ago)
Mark Milley has recommended a commission consider renaming American military bases that bear the name of Confederates, which Donald Trump has said he won't even consider.The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the president's top military adviser told the House Armed Services Committee that "those generals fought for the institution of slavery" and condemned the Confederacy's attempt to secede from the US as "an act of treason". #
Source: Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines — 11th July 2020 at 05:16 (about 3 hours ago)
Elections analyst Geoffrey Skelley wonders if replacing the vice president on the ticket could help President Trump's chances of winning the election in 2020. #
Source: Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines — 11th July 2020 at 05:16 (about 3 hours ago)
Workers at Caesars Palace, Paris, Flamingo, Harrah's and Nobu have until July 17 to get tested. And if they can be fired if they don't wear masks. #
Source: Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines — 11th July 2020 at 05:16 (about 3 hours ago)
Protesters who have clashed with authorities in the Pacific Northwest are not just confronting local police. The Department of Homeland Security has deployed officers in tactical gear from around the country, and from more than a half-dozen federal law enforcement agencies and departments, to Portland, Oregon, as part of a surge aimed at what a senior official said were people taking advantage of demonstrations over the police killing of George Floyd to engage in violence and vandalism. ?Once we surged federal law enforcement officers to Portland, the agitators quickly got the message,? said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing operation. #