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Dana White, the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, briefs reporters at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., May 3, 2018. (DoD/U.S. Army Sgt. Amber I. Smith)

Top Mattis Aide Under Scrutiny for Allegedly Misusing Subordinates: Report

The U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, pilots fly in the world-renowned Delta Formation past the New York skyline, Dec. 13, 2013. (U.S. Navy photo/Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Terrence Siren)

Boeing Gets Contract to Upgrade Navy's Blue Angels to Super Hornets

The U.S. Air Force’s 45th Space Wing in support of United Launch Alliance’s successful launch of the third Space Based Infrared Systems Geosynchronous Earth Orbit spacecraft aboard an Atlas V rocket from Launch Complex 41 Jan. 20, 2017. (Courtesy photo by United Launch Alliance)

Lockheed Gets $3 Billion Contract for Next-Gen Missile Warning Satellites

A U.S. Special Operations soldier returns fire while conducting multi-day Afghan-led offensive operations against the Taliban in Mohammad Agha district, Logar Province, Afghanistan, July 28, 2018. (U.S. Air Force/Staff Sgt. Nicholas Byers)

Air Force Fighters, Army Apaches Kill 220 Taliban in Ghazni Fight

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Brett Pate, 317th Airlift Wing flight safety noncommissioned officer, aims an airsoft rifle into a field at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, May 15, 2018. (U.S. Air Force/Airman 1st Class Mercedes Porter)

Need for New Tech Grows as Air Force's Bird Strike Mission Expands

U.S. Marines maneuver toward an objective during a live-fire and movement exercise at D’Arta Plage, Djibouti on Nov. 3, 2014. Department of Defense photo

Marines Want Lighter Armor Plates to Help Infantry Move Faster

Petition Wants Chick-fil-A's on Military Bases

The Pentagon's MyCAA site relaunched Aug. 15, 2018. (Screen grab)

MyCAA Military Spouse Scholarship Site Back Online After Crash

The directed energy system emits an adjustable energy beam that, when aimed at airborne targets such as drones, renders them unable to fly. (Photo: Monica K. Guthrie, PAO, U.S. Army)

Beam On: A Wide Range of Counter-Drone Technologies Comes of Age

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A group of US Army soldiers take part in a yearly military parade celebrating the Polish Army Day in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)

Poland Marks Army Day with Parade, Call for US Military Base

Poland's president voiced hope for a permanent U.S. military presence in his country on its Armed Forces Day.

In this Aug. 14, 2018 photo, Daryl Weathers poses for a picture at his home in Seal Beach, Calif. Weathers was aboard the USS Abner Read after it hit a sea mine left by the Japanese after they abandoned Kiska Island in Alaska's Aleutian Islands in 1943. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Survivor of Newly Found WWII Shipwreck: 'So Many' to Rescue

Scientists using multi-beam sonar have discovered the 75-foot stern of the USS Abner Read below the Bering Sea.

Yea Ji Sea, a former U.S. Army specialist who was born in South Korea, talks with reporters after a federal court hearing in Los Angeles Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Ariel Tu)

Judge Sets Deadline for Army Specialist's Citizenship Ruling

Yea Ji Sea filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security last month after the military moved to discharge her.

Members of the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives Command don gas masks in a training event on Nov. 9, 2011. The CBRNE Command typically participates in the Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercises in South Korea. (U.S. Army photo/Antwaun J. Parrish)

Trump Objects to New Law that Stops him from Removing Troops from South Korea

President Donald Trump has objected to a series of provisions in the newly passed 2019 National Defense Authorization Act.

Pilots salute to Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, third left, during the commissioning ceremony in Taoyuan city, northern Taiwan, Tuesday, July 17, 2018. Tsai commissioned the country’s first AH-64E Apache attack helicopter squadron. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

China Blasts US Military Bill as Interference in its Affairs

China blasted a U.S. military spending bill that calls for plans to help self-ruled Taiwan improve its defenses.

U.S. Marines fire a mortar during training in support of Operation Inherent Resolve in Syria, July 23, 2018 (U.S. Air Force/Staff Sgt. Corey Hook)

No Changes to SDF Vetting Process after Syrian Guard Shot US Marine

A team tasked with investigating the Feb. 17 shooting was unable to determine whether the incident was an insider attack.

Mr. Ray Seabolt, Mr. Tony Dunne, and Mr. Tim Nix will be presented the Secretary of Defense Medal for Valor, the highest civilian award for valor presented by the Department of Defense. (Screenshot from DoD video)

Three DoD Contractors Get Highest Civilian Valor Award for Afghan Actions

Three contractors were awarded the Medal for Valor on Tuesday.

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Joshua Ewald, right, a member of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, runs off an MV-22B Osprey during a training mission outside Accra, Ghana, April 13, 2015. (U.S. Marine Corps/Sgt. Paul Peterson)

Pentagon to Study Marine Unit's Ability to Respond to Crises in Africa

A study will evaluate whether Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa can meet its requirements.

People run with their hands up amid reports of an active shooter at Wright-Patterson Air Force base in Ohio on Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018. (Marshall Gorby/Dayton Daily News via AP)

Air Force Creates Board to Review 'Active Shooter' Reaction

An Air Force base is creating a board to review a chaotic "active shooter" reaction that occurred at Wright-Patterson.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis receives military honors before his meeting with Brazil's defense minister, in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Aug. 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

US Defense Secretary Mattis Pitches Closer US-Brazil Ties

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis made a pitch on Tuesday to Brazil for building a closer defense partnership with the U.S.

The U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and Philippine coast guard have flown more than 110 sorties and searched 13,000 square nautical miles in search of a Marine reported overboard near the Philippines last week. After a five-day search, the at-sea search-and-rescue mission has concluded. (Marine Corps photo)

Search-and-Rescue Mission for Missing 13th MEU Marine Ends

The U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard and Philippine coast guard concluded a five-day search.

In this frame grab taken Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018 armed police detain a man, third right, who was in a car that crashed into security barriers outside the Houses of Parliament stands to the right of a bus in London. (SKY News via AP)

Crash Outside Parliament in London Treated as Terrorism

A car plowed into pedestrians and cyclists near the Houses of Parliament in London during the morning rush hour Tuesday.

This file image made from video posted on a militant website July 5, 2014, purports to show the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, at a mosque in Iraq during his first public appearance. (AP Photo/Militant video)

UN Report: Up to 30,000 Islamic State Members in Iraq, Syria

The Islamic State extremist group has up to 30,000 members roughly equally distributed between Syria and Iraq.

Acting Veterans Affairs Secretary Peter O'Rourke testifies to a House subcommittee Veterans Affairs about the Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act, Tuesday, July 17, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

VA Shuffles Leadership; Former Acting Secretary Retained as Senior Adviser

VA Secretary Robert Wilkie, sworn into the job two weeks ago, listed several changes he's made to his leadership team.

In this Jan. 31, 2018 file photo, a mother whose daughter said she was sexually assaulted during first grade by a classmate at their elementary school on a U.S. military base in Germany, stands in her daughter's bedroom at their new home in Colorado. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Under New Law, Military Kids Get Sex Assault Protections

Students in Pentagon-run schools now get the same legal protections as their counterparts in U.S. public schools.

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U.S. Air Force Maj. Bryan Mathieson, a nurse practitioner assigned to the 181st Intelligence Wing, speaks to the woman whom he, U.S. Air Force Col. William Bray, Navy Cmdr. Jeffrey Loh and Air Force 2nd Lt. Brandon Wilmer provided medical assistance on Aug. 12, at the Mitchell Pauole Community Center in Molokai, Hi., Aug. 13, 2018. (U.S. Air National Guard photo/Jonathan W. Padish)

Troops' Quick Response Saves Woman's Life

Lance Cpl. Christopher Talbot, with 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, curls a 50-pound dumbbell in Iraq. The Marine Corps will soon begin handing out awards for superior physical fitness. (Cpl. Ryan Tomlinson/Marine Corps)

The Corps' Most Jacked Marines Can Soon Get a Trophy From the Commandant

High Speed Strike Weapon (Photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin)

Air Force Doubles Down on Hypersonic Weapons Development with 2nd Contract

Brig. Gen. John Teichert. (Air Force photo)

Religious Website Triggers Complaint Against Air Force General

In this Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018 photo, the hearse carrying World War II Flight Officer Richard Lane's casket arrives for burial services at Filley Cemetery in Filley, Neb. The remains of a World War II pilot were finally buried with full military honors in his home state of Nebraska after 73 years in foreign soil. (Gwyneth Roberts/Lincoln Journal Star via AP)

WWII Pilot's Remains Return Home After 7 Decades

A Marine guides troop movement to a firing position in Syria. Military leaders were unable to determine whether a shooting there was an insider attack or negligent discharge. (Sgt. Matthew Callahan/Marine Corps)

Investigation into Shooting of Marine in Syria Inconclusive, Officials Say

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Hawaii Marker to Honor Hundreds of WWII Prisoners of War

U.S. Army Air Corps veteran Daniel Crowley endured more than three years of slave labor while held prisoner by Japan during W...

Daniel MacPherson as Sgt Samuel Wyatt in "Strike Back" (Sky One)

Daniel MacPherson Gives the Spec Ops Lowdown on 'Strike Back'

The star of the show gives some fascinating background on how he trained for the show.

David Boreanaz stars as Master Chief Jason Hayes on "SEAL Team." (CBS)

David Boreanaz Talks Getting the Balance Right on 'SEAL Team'

The show found the right balance between mission and family, nailing the action and giving insight into personal struggles.

VA Implements More 'Forever GI Bill' Benefit Provisions

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) implemented 15 more provisions of the Harry W. Colmery Educational Assistance Act of...

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The hands of the chains against the background of the flag of North Korea, DPRK. (Dmitrii Balabanov/Getty Images)

North Korea's Slave Labor Exports Are Part of its Broader Business Network

The Complex History of the Purple Heart

The author’s Grandfather , who served on Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan, Tinian and Okinawa with the 2nd Marine Division in World War II, with a snippet (in the right photograph) from a Virginia newspaper about his service. (Photo Courtesy of Sarah Holzhalb)

Running Home After a Marathon of Funerals

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