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Provo Grand Parade honors Independence Day

Emily May
By Emily May
July 05, 2024 12:00 AM
Provo’s annual Grand Parade invited floats, marching bands, government officials, veterans, businesses, helium balloons, horses and more to travel along the streets of Provo, waving to the thousands of people watching on Thursday, July 4.
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Local

Provo residents recognize the sacrifice of fallen veterans, their families

By Payton Pingree
May 27, 2024 12:00 AM
Hundreds of Provo residents gathered at the Provo City Cemetery on Monday, May 27 for the Freedom Festival's annual Memorial Day Service.
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Video of the Day

Video of the Day: Air refuelers fly over BYU campus

By Joel Leighton
June 28, 2023 12:00 AM
Military planes demonstrated mid-flight refueling over BYU campus on Tuesday, June 27.
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Campus News

BYU-Air Force partnership to further national security research

By Lauren Woolley
October 17, 2022 12:00 AM
The U.S. Air Force signed an Educational Partnership Agreement with BYU on Sept. 20, allowing students and faculty to collaborate on mutually beneficial research projects. The EPA will allow BYU students to help the Air Force strengthen national security through original ideas.
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Nation

BYU ROTC members determined to make a difference despite nationwide struggle to meet recruiting quotas

By Robyn Morris Christensen
September 24, 2022 12:00 AM
Cadets in the BYU ROTC provided insights on the causes of the nationwide drop in military recruiting numbers and the effects it will have on their future as military officers.
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Good News Thursday

Good News Thursday: Neighborhoods adapt to a COVID safe Halloween, woman makes cakes for veterans

By Ally O'Rullian
November 05, 2020 12:00 AM
Homes celebrate Halloween creatively
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World

Israel launches operation to thwart Hezbollah border tunnels

By Associated Press
December 04, 2018 12:00 AM
Israeli military digger works on the border with Lebanon in the northern Israeli town of Metula, Tuesday, Dec. 4. The Israeli military launched an operation on Tuesday to 'expose and thwart' tunnels built by the Hezbollah militant group it says stretch from Lebanon into northern Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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Campus News

BYU students help fulfill nation's promise to never leave a soldier behind

By Anna Johnson
August 27, 2018 12:00 AM
On Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018, service members carried what is believed to be remains of U.S. soldiers from the Korean War. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Nation

US Army quietly discharging immigrant recruits

By Associated Press
July 06, 2018 12:00 AM
Some immigrant U.S. Army reservists and recruits who enlisted in the military with a promised path to citizenship are being abruptly discharged, the Associated Press has learned.
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Nation

Military seeks to limit Congress on fixing child sex assault

By Associated Press
May 07, 2018 12:00 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. military officials have sought to ward off congressional efforts to address child-on-child sexual assaults on bases, even as they disclose that the problem is larger than previously acknowledged.
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Campus

BYU's ROTC helps students achieve their goals

By Jacob Osborn
October 26, 2017 12:00 AM
BYU ROTC cadets take a break for lunch at Camp Williams in Riverton, Utah. The BYU Army ROTC dates back to April 1968. (Dani Jardine)
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Campus News

BYU Army ROTC wins the Ranger Challenge Competition

By Jacob Osborn
October 25, 2017 12:00 AM
BYU cadets like Garrett Falk worked hard to take home a win at the annual Ranger Challenge Competition. (Jerron Orton)
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Campus

Servicemen share why they chose the military

By Kate Blood Ferguson
May 25, 2017 12:00 AM
BYU alumnus Shawn Wortham will attend flight school in Wichita Falls, Texas starting this week. Wortham said the Air Force ROTC taught him to be a good citizen. (Air Force ROTC Detachment 855)
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Local

BYU student left family to combat ISIS in Syria

By Trevor Morgan
May 11, 2017 12:00 AM
Porter Goodman, second from right, poses with two Kurds and two other volunteers in Tal Tamir. Goodman traveled to Syria in 2016 to help fight ISIS. (Porter Goodman)
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Campus Events

Brian Regan added to 2017 Stadium of Fire lineup

By Karenna Meredith
May 08, 2017 12:00 AM
Comedian Brian Regan will join country music performers Little Big Town and Hunter Hayes for the 2017 Stadium of Fire. (America's Freedom Festival)
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Campus News

Military increases opportunities for women

By Alicia Matsuura
January 16, 2017 12:00 AM
Hannah Brau was already exhausted when she picked up her weapon and started running. The goal: make it to the top of the hill and defend it. Hannah raced over rough terrain, unable to feel her face, hands and feet from the bitter cold. She strained to see through her fogged goggles as her squad leader yelled, “You need to pick it up.”
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Local

Top female in Army ROTC to graduate from BYU

By Lauren Kutschke
March 22, 2016 12:00 AM
One little girl dreamed of night-vision goggles in her Christmas stocking and worried neighbors and strangers by climbing tall trees — but that was years ago.
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Opinion Outpost

Opinion Outpost Mar. 1

By Sarah Burchett
March 01, 2016 12:00 AM
Closing Gitmo
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