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March 20, 2016
President Barack Obama will be nominating the first woman to head the United States combatant command, if her nomination is…
January 15, 2016
Air Force officials in Georgia have apologized after flyers were distributed featuring Martin Luther King, Jr. to advertise a ‘fun
March 27, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - In 2010, Alicia Watkins appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show to tell her story. The 10-year veteran…
March 18, 2015
NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. Air Force veteran and airplane mechanic accused of plotting to travel to Syria to
April 7, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Air Force Tech Sergeant Wil Alteus returned home from duty and surprised his daughter, Lyrique, at school.
September 13, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - It’s taken her decades to talk openly about being raped, and the discussion still triggers a flood…
June 8, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - A two-star general who commands U.S. Army forces in Japan has been suspended from his duties for…
March 5, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - When Vince Wilson, 44, was in his early 20s, he considered being a doctor, yet his own…
November 9, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Tuskegee Airman Herbert Carter died Thursday at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika...
October 2, 2012
Military Times - Men and women in the armed forces have lower rates of most cancers -- except breast cancer,…
September 26, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The percentage of age-eligible civilians exceeding the weight and fat standards for admission into United States Military…
April 23, 2012
After which, players said they'd trade him the game ball and jersey, if he strike the iconic Heisman pose...
November 24, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama has telephoned 10 U.S. service members stationed abroad to wish them a happy Thanksgiving…
September 8, 2010
VIDEO - A military mother of two has created an online community which offers support to others in her position…
June 21, 2010
From Time Magazine - Why did two branches of the military feel obliged to discharge SC Senate candidate Alvin Greene…
June 9, 2010
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - With nearly all precincts reporting, Alvin Greene, 32, commanded 59 percent of the vote against 41…
February 1, 2010
TheGrio's 100 - Major Shawna Rochelle Kimbrell is the first female African-American fighter pilot...
January 29, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) -- Retired Air Force Lt. Colonel Lee A. Archer, a Tuskegee Airman considered to be the only…