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Housing and Child Care in the Same Building? Lawmakers Want Study of Idea to Ease Twin Problems Facing Troops

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Military Ospreys Can't Fly More Than 30 Minutes from Landing Airfield Months After Grounding Lifted

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

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Military Sexual Assaults Have Declined, Marking the First Significant Progress for Prevention Efforts in Years

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Military Must Focus on Efforts to Keep Its Child Care Employees to Shorten Waitlists, Watchdog Says

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US Navy Flagship Carrier USS Ronald Reagan Leaves Its Japan Home Port After Nearly 9 Years

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Army Reservist's Family Describes Struggle to Get Help Before Mass Shooting in Maine

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House Votes to Require Delivery of Bombs to Israel in GOP-Led Rebuke of Biden Policies

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Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to Speak at 2024 Naval Academy Graduation Ceremony

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Demand for Older Norfolk-Based Cargo Planes Surges After Navy Stand-Down of Osprey Fleet

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Florida Deputy's Killing of Black Airman Renews Debate on Police Killings and Race

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Keeping Peace in Pacific Is Crucial, Army General Says at Hawaii Conference

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Air Force Pilot Who Died After Aircraft Ejection Seat Misfire Identified by the Service

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6 Air Force Bases Selected to Host Air Task Forces in Test of New Deployment Model

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Army Reserve Reports Hitting Goal for Sergeants Amid Push to End Noncommissioned Officer Shortage

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Privatized Barracks Would Get Deeper Look Under House's Draft Defense Bill

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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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The Army Has Officially Deployed Laser Weapons Overseas to Combat Enemy Drones -- A pair of laser weapons has been deployed by the Army to an undisclosed location overseas to blast incoming enemy drones out...

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China and Russia Reaffirm Ties as Moscow Presses Offensive in Ukraine

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Russia Says It Downed 10 US-Supplied Missiles over Crimea as Blinken Visits Kyiv

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Blinken in Kyiv Says US Arms Will Make a Difference as Ukraine Reels from a New Russian Offensive

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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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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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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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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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Wide-Ranging Veterans Bill Gets Agreement Between House and Senate -- The Department of Veterans Affairs caregiver program, the beleaguered electronic health records program, veteran homelessness...

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'It's OK Not to Be OK': Special Operations Wing Orders Stand-Down After Roger Fortson's Police Killing -- The Air Force special operations wing in Florida where Senior Airman Roger Fortson served before he was shot and killed by...

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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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Texas Governor Pardons Ex-Army Sergeant Convicted of Killing Black Lives Matter Protester -- Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced the pardon just a few minutes after the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles announced that it...

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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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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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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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Coast Guard Tweaks Tattoo Policy to Allow Bigger Designs on Hands, Ink Behind Both Ears -- The move is part of ongoing personnel changes aimed at recruiting and retention.

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