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'He Was Great Before He Came to Us': Air Force Leaders Speak at Funeral of Florida Airman Killed by Police

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Marijuana Testing for Recruits Could End Under House's Must-Pass Defense Policy Bill

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Another Dead End for Airborne Lasers: Air Force Scraps Effort to Mount Directed-Energy Weapon on Fighter Jet

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Officers with Higher Rank Get Better Care than Those with Lower Ranks at Military Hospitals, Study Finds

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US Military Says First Aid Shipment Has Been Driven Across a Newly Built US Pier into the Gaza Strip

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Ukraine's Divisive Mobilization Law Comes Into Force as a New Russian Push Strains Front-Line Troops

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Putin Probes for Weaknesses While Zelenskyy Plugs the Gaps in His Defenses

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Virginia Governor Directs Task Force to Review 'Unintended Consequences' of Changes to Military Tuition Waivers

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US Coast Guard Says Texas Barge Collision May Have Spilled Up to 2,000 Gallons of Oil

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Army Will Present Purple Heart to Minnesota Veteran 73 Years After He Was Wounded in Korean War

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North Korea Test-Fires Suspected Missiles a Day After US and South Korea Conduct a Fighter Jet Drill

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Staff Sgt. Gordon Black Reportedly Pleads Guilty to Theft While Being Held by Russia

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Texas Governor Pardons Ex-Army Sergeant Convicted of Killing Black Lives Matter Protester

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Family of California Navy Veteran who Died After Officer Knelt on His Neck Settles Lawsuit for $7.5M

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Military Personnel Swear Allegiance to the Constitution and Serve the American People, Not One Leader or Party -- Military officers do take an oath upon commissioning -- but not to a person. Our oath is to support and defend the...

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The VA and DoD Don't Have a Funding Problem. They Have a Mismanagement Crisis. -- The $328.1 billion 2024 budget for the Department of Veterans Affairs is the largest in agency history. President Joe Biden's...

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2 Years After Russia's Invasion, Ukraine Needs More Than Just Our Aid. It Needs Our Attention. -- Saturday, Feb. 24, marked the second anniversary of Russia's unprovoked and illegal invasion of Ukraine.

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Army Whistleblower who Exposed Alleged Australian War Crimes in Afghanistan Is Sentenced to Prison

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How Shannon Kent Became a Trailblazer Among US Special Operations Forces

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Navy's Newest Warship Named for Fierce Marine Corps Campaign in Afghanistan

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Marine Corps Says It Wants Counter-Drone Capabilities 'Yesterday' as It Rushes to Roll Out New Systems -- Over the last five years, the Marine Corps has been improving its counter-drone systems as it looks to reshape the force and...

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Air Force MQ-9 Crashed in Africa Last Year Due to Engine Failure, Report Details -- Nearly 10 hours into the MQ-9's flight, a "propulsion system anomaly" occurred, causing the pilot of the remotely controlled...

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China and Russia Reaffirm Ties as Moscow Presses Offensive in Ukraine

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US Navy Flagship Carrier USS Ronald Reagan Leaves Its Japan Home Port After Nearly 9 Years -- The departure of USS Ronald Reagan — one of America's largest warships and a nuclear-powered Nimitz-class aircraft carrier —...

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Keeping Peace in Pacific Is Crucial, Army General Says at Hawaii Conference -- In an opening keynote address, U.S. Army Pacific Commander Gen. Charles Flynn gave a somber warning.

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How Marines Took an Airfield in the Philippines in a Show Against China -- On April 30, three combined littoral reconnaissance teams made up of roughly 30 U.S. and Philippine Marines each, flown by...

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Army Eliminates Online Training Requirement for Noncommissioned Officers, Saying It's Too Burdensome -- The Army has eliminated a significant part of its online training for enlisted troops -- a learning program that has drawn...

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For Decades, Recipients Were Honored with Purple Hearts Made During WWII. This Company Now Forges New Medals. -- For decades, recipients of the Purple Heart were honored with medals that had been forged during World War II, leftover stock...

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Air Force Pilot Who Died After Aircraft Ejection Seat Misfire Identified by the Service -- Capt. John Robertson, an instructor pilot from the 80th Operations Support Squadron at Sheppard Air Force Base, was injured...

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Must-Pass Defense Bill Includes 4.5% Military Pay Raise on Top of 15% Increase for Junior Enlisted Troops -- The recommendation from the House Armed Services Committee in its draft version of the National Defense Authorization Act, or...

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Marines Suffer Most Cases of 2 Life-Threatening Conditions Related to Exercise and Heat, Report Finds -- The April issue of the Defense Department's Medical Surveillance Monthly Report, published last week, was focused entirely on...

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UK's Prince William Pilots Apache Helicopter After Becoming Colonel-in-Chief of the Army Air Corps

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Sleepy Towns in the Philippines Will Host US Forces Returning to Counter China Threats

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Search for Survivors After Apartment Block Collapses in Russia Border City After Heavy Shelling

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Ukrainian Strike on Belgorod Residential Building Collapses Structure

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Unsupervised: Military Child Care Centers Slow to Report Abuse with Little Oversight -- A Military.com investigation into military day care centers revealed that service branch rules generally prioritize...

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They Stood Sentry over America's Nuclear Missile Arsenal. Many Worry It Gave Them Cancer. -- For years, it was an open secret among missileers that the Cold War-era missile alert facilities and launch control centers...

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Military Ospreys Can't Fly More Than 30 Minutes from Landing Airfield Months After Grounding Lifted -- Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy V-22 Ospreys were all given the green light to fly again in early March and have been slowly...

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SpaceX Plans to Launch 90 Rockets from Vandenberg Space Force Base by 2026. Could That Harm the Coast? -- SpaceX plans to launch 90 rockets into space from a Santa Barbara County military base by 2026, tripling the number of blasts...

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With Mounting Opposition, Proposal to Move Guard Units to Space Force Appears Doomed in Congress -- The idea is meant to build up the part-time active-duty service model that Congress approved for the Space Force last year in...

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Power Outages and an Urgent Warning: NTSB Details Dali Crew's Scramble Before Key Bridge Collapse -- Two electrical blackouts on the Dali freighter sent members of its crew and the pilots on board scrambling to control the...

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