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Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., seen here in a 2018 photo, says he is "shocked, horrified and downright maddened" by what happened to veteran Joel Marrable.<br>Stars and Stripes
Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., seen here in a 2018 photo, says he is "shocked, horrified and downright maddened" by what happened to veteran Joel Marrable.<br>Stars and Stripes

Sen. Isakson lashes out at VA over dying Vietnam vet being bitten 100 times by ants at nursing home

Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., is demanding answers from the Department of Veterans Affairs about how a veteran stricken with cancer and living in a VA nursing home could be bitten more than 100 times by ants before his death.

Brig. Gen. Walter Duzzny, the Deputy Commanding General of U.S. Army North, speaks to border patrol agents in Sunland Park, New Mexico, on June 6, 2019. Pentagon officials confirmed on Wednesday, Sept. 11, that Defense Secretary Mark Esper has approved troop deployments along the US-Mexico border through 2020.<br>Christina Westover/U.S. Army
Brig. Gen. Walter Duzzny, the Deputy Commanding General of U.S. Army North, speaks to border patrol agents in Sunland Park, New Mexico, on June 6, 2019. Pentagon officials confirmed on Wednesday, Sept. 11, that Defense Secretary Mark Esper has approved troop deployments along the US-Mexico border through 2020.<br>Christina Westover/U.S. Army

Esper approves troop deployments along the US-Mexico border through 2020

Defense Secretary Mark Esper has authorized up to 5,500 servicemembers to continue missions along the U.S.-Mexico border in fiscal year 2020 to provide infrastructure and operational support as well as detection, monitoring and air support.

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Soldier dies while conducting vehicle maintenance at Fort Hood

Pfc. Mason Webber died Thursday, according to officials at Fort Hood. The Army declined to provide more information about his death, citing the ongoing investigation.

MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew members of Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., medevac an elderly man from Ocracoke Island during the Hurricane Dorian storm response, Sept. 6, 2019.<br>U.S. Coast Guard
MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew members of Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., medevac an elderly man from Ocracoke Island during the Hurricane Dorian storm response, Sept. 6, 2019.<br>U.S. Coast Guard

Military bases have been 'spared the worst' of Hurricane Dorian's wrath

No flooding, injuries or significant damage have yet been reported at military bases and the National Guard in most states have begun to drawdown personnel as Hurricane Dorian finishes its trek along the U.S. East Coast and moves out to sea.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Noah Medor, 633rd Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, puts his dog Ali, 633rd SFS MWD, into an evacuation trailer September 5, 2019 at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va. The military working dogs were evacuated to Joint Base Andrews, Md., in preparation for Hurricane Dorian.<br>U.S. Air Force
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Noah Medor, 633rd Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, puts his dog Ali, 633rd SFS MWD, into an evacuation trailer September 5, 2019 at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va. The military working dogs were evacuated to Joint Base Andrews, Md., in preparation for Hurricane Dorian.<br>U.S. Air Force

Navy evacuates some personnel in Virginia ahead of Dorian; other East Coast bases assess damage

More than 820 people, including families, guests, and Marines and Navy servicemembers, were evacuated from the Sandbridge area of Virginia Beach and Dam Neck Annex of Naval Air Station Oceana in advance of Dorian’s arrival Friday.

Florida National Guardsman Sgt. Eliezer Perez, a truck driver from the 12-18th Transportation Company, West Palm Beach, Florida, ground-guides an A5 truck, Sept. 2, 2019. The 12-18th is preparing to distribute supplies in support of Hurricane Dorian.<br>U.S. National Guard
Florida National Guardsman Sgt. Eliezer Perez, a truck driver from the 12-18th Transportation Company, West Palm Beach, Florida, ground-guides an A5 truck, Sept. 2, 2019. The 12-18th is preparing to distribute supplies in support of Hurricane Dorian.<br>U.S. National Guard

Military bases in Florida feeling Dorian’s wrath; Georgia and the Carolinas are next

As Dorian’s path progresses north along the coast, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island and Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, both in southern South Carolina, have already chosen to evacuate personnel ahead of the storm’s arrival overnight.