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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base economic impact tops $5B Read more: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base economic impact tops $5B - Dayton Business Journal

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base economic impact tops $5B Read more: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base economic impact tops $5B – Dayton Business Journal [...]

Turner Statement on Modified Missile Shield Deal between Poland and the United States

“I commend the Polish Government for signing the additional protocol to enable Poland to host the Phased Adaptive Approach Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) interceptors to protect our deployed troops, defend European allies and augment the protection of the U.S. homeland by 2020. I hope that the Polish parliament will ratify the BMD Agreement with this additional protocol [...]

Turner Legislation Protecting Deployed Troops’ Child Custody Rights Advances in the House Veterans Affairs Committee

U.S. Representative Mike Turner today announced that his legislation to protect military parents in child custody cases, H.R. 4469, was approved by the Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. It will next be considered by the full Veterans Affairs’ [...]

Turner visits Afghanistan to assess military issues

A recent trip to Afghanistan by Congressman Michael Turner (R-OH) elucidated some of the region’s deeply entrenched problems and the challenges faced by coalition force there.

Turner stated that, as a member of the House Armed Services Committee, he wanted to get a firmer grip on the military and political issues that currently beset Afghanistan.

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Observations from Afghanistan

Only a few days after our country celebrated its 234th birthday this July 4, I had the honor to visit with our men and women in uniform in Afghanistan. I was inspired by the sacrifices our soldiers – and their families – make, day in and day out. I was grateful to have the opportunity to thank them in person and to bring the greetings of a proud nation from half a world [...]

Rep. Turner Praises MDA for its Successful Test of the THAAD Weapon System

Congressman Mike Turner, Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, praised the United States Missile Defense Agency (MDA) for conducting its seventh consecutive successful test of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) weapon system [...]

Ohio Provides Ideal Resources and Demographics for Veterans Pilot Program

As a member of the House Armed Services Committee and the ranking member of the Strategic Forces Subcommittee, I take seriously the promises our nation has made to its active duty service personnel and veterans who have endured the rigorous conditions of military service to secure our freedoms and protect our national [...]

Debate lingers over how to protect deployed troops' custody rights

Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, and Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, D-S.D., advocate including more specific language regarding custody rights in the Servicemembers Civil Relief [...]

Turner's military sexual assault protections included in National Defense Authorization Act

For the last three years, Congressman Michael Turner (R-OH) and Mary Lauterbach, mother of slain Vandalia marine Maria Lauterbach, have knocked at the gate of the Department of Defense (DoD). Together, Turner and Lauterbach have crusaded for reforms in the DoD’s policies concerning victims of rape and sexual assault. [...]

Mike Turner Praises MDA for Successful Test of the Two-Stage Ground Based Interceptor

Mike Turner, Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, today praised the United States Missile Defense Agency (MDA) for its successful flight test of the 2-stage Ground Based Interceptor [...]