Tag: US Armed Forces

• Thursday, August 12th 2021 - 08:04 UTC

  First female General chosen to head US Southern Command

  

  General Laura Richardson will become the first woman ever to head the Southern Command of the country's Armed Forces after a Senatorial green light was issued Wednesday.

• Friday, July 5th 2019 - 13:39 UTC

  Trump pays tribute to the Armed Forces with a speech from the Lincoln Memorial

  

  With tanks on display and jets flying overhead, President Donald Trump praised the military and urged young people to join the armed forces on Thursday in a celebration of Independence Day that critics said the president had politicized.

• Thursday, July 4th 2019 - 10:11 UTC

  Trump's Fourth of July parade with tanks and fighter planes turns controversial

  

  United States military armored vehicles stood near Washington's majestic Lincoln Memorial on Wednesday as President Donald Trump pushed ahead with an elaborate Fourth of July production with him at the centre, as critics accused him of hijacking a non-partisan celebration of America's Independence Day.

• Monday, September 10th 2018 - 18:15 UTC

  Several dead in military complex amid revelations of coup plans in Venezuela

  

  Eight alleged criminals were killed on Sunday at the most important military complex in Venezuela amid the revelations about plans for a coup supported by the government of the United States.