The Army Parade Was Marked by Quiet Crowds, Trump-Linked Sponsors. But Soldiers Kept Politics at Bay.
For many soldiers, the Army’s 250th birthday parade in Washington, D.C., on Saturday was a celebration they managed to divorce from its politically charged backdrop, including its overlap with President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday and the president’s deployment of troops against protesters in Los Angeles. “This was about us, not him,” one senior noncommissioned officer […]
Hundreds from Army, Navy, Marine Corps Surge to Guantanamo Bay for Migrant Detention Operation
The number of troops deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, under President Donald Trump’s order to turn the Navy base into a detention camp for migrants arrested in the U.S. has nearly tripled — to about 900 — in little more than a week, according to a defense official on Thursday. Military officials told lawmakers on […]
Marines, Soldiers Set Up Tents and Cots at Guantanamo Bay for Trump's Migrant Deportations
Soldiers and Marines were sent to Naval Station Guantanamo Bay over the weekend to support “holding operations” amid President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and plans to use the installation for detention of migrants who entered the U.S. illegally. There were 310 service members at Guantanamo Bay supporting the detention mission as of Monday, a spokesperson […]