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Biden sending 1,500 troops for Mexico border migrant surge
The Biden administration will send 1,500 active-duty troops to the U.S.-Mexico border starting next week, ahead of an expected migrant surge following the end of Covid pandemic-era restrictions.
Lack of federal funding leaves proposed state veterans homes in limbo
In 2015, the state budget included $9.2 million for a new veterans state home in Yuma. In 2017, $10 million was designated to build a state home in Flagstaff. However, construction is stalled on both projects because this state funding makes up only 35 percent of total costs.
Medical marijuana supporters decry PTSD research bill halt
A UofA researcher wants to look into how veterans' post-traumatic stress might be alleviated using medical marijuana, but a bill that would have funded the research stalled. Supporters of the research rallied at the Capitol wednesday.
Wounded war hero, Arizona native is State of Union high point
Wounded veteran Cory Remsburg had met President Barack Obama three times before Tuesday nightai??i?? once in France and twice since a roadside bomb in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on his 10th deployment.
Military bases furlough at least 2,000 due to federal shutdown
At least 2,000 employees at Arizona military bases were furloughed Tuesday due to the partial shutdown of the federal government.
Will C. Barnes
Will Croft Barnes is best remembered for his concluding opus, “Arizona Place Names,” a book published in 1935, preceding his death a few months later. The book is still in print, which is a testament to its enduring value to both readers and scholars.
Rations Day at San Carlos
With little else to look forward to, rations day on the San Carlos Apache Reservation was an event. As evidenced by this photo, taken about 1895, men, women and children, on horseback, muleback, and accompanied by their dogs, converged on agency headquarters to receive their weekly allotment.
Arizona Army National Guard soldiers to deploy to Afghanistan
The Arizona National Guard is sending some of its soldiers to Afghanistan to help advise and assist police forces.
Grenades found in Gilbert home following neo-nazi J.T. Ready’s massacre
Investigators said Thursday they found a half dozen grenades among the military munitions in a suburban Phoenix home where a former Marine with ties to neo-Nazi groups shot four people and then took his own life.
National Guard engaging clergy to help prevent service member, veteran suicide
Louise Wilson began worrying about a member of her church while volunteering with him at Phoenix Veterans Affairs Hospital. A veteran himself, the man seemed to compulsively arrange shampoo bottles they were distributing.
Military members to be naturalized at Capitol
Ten people with military ties will become United States citizens during a ceremony at the state Capitol on Thursday.
History project has high school students recording veterans’ stories
What sticks with Kevin Kane most from the first time he received a Purple Heart in Iraq isn't the explosion that sprayed his arms and legs with shrapnel and left him hard of hearing in one ear. It's the Iraqi civilians across the street from his crippled Humvee, apparently unconcerned.
