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Navy Fires Commanding Officer of Amphibious Warship

Rear Adm. Jeff Hughes, commander of Expeditionary Strike Group 2 (ESG-2), right, talks with Marine Lt. Col. Marcus Mainz, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (26th MEU) forward officer in charge, while both were embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge in September 2017 during relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma. Mainz was relieved of command today. (Kaitlyn E. Eads/Navy)

Marine Battalion Commander Relieved During Middle East Deployment

SSgt. Jake Kiyohiro of the Hawaii National Guard takes gas readings on May 7 from a lava flow at Leilani Estates in Pahoa, Hawaii (Jamm Aquino /The Star-Advertiser via AP).

Guard Helps to Rescue Residents from Fast-moving Lava

A soldier-in-training with Company D, 795th Military Police Battalion, lines up a shot on the LOMAH Range during Basic Combat Training at Fort Leonard Wood. The Army has finalized a plan to ensure new recruits receive more trigger time on their individual weapons. Stephen Standifird/Army

New Army Basic Training Promises More Ammo, Range Time for Trainees

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jeremy Kosick, 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron instructor loadmaster, checks the cargo straps covering container delivery system bundles on a C-17 Globemaster III before a airdrop over Afghanistan, May 10, 2018. (U.S. Air Force/Staff Sgt. Keith James)

C-17 Globemaster Makes 1st Airdrop in Afghanistan in More Than a Year

A Force Reconnaissance Marine with Maritime Raid Force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires an M1911 .45 caliber pistol in Guam, January 29, 2018, during Visit Board Search and Seizure training (U.S. Marine Corps/Cpl. Bernadette Wildes)

New Info Out on Purchasing Army Surplus 1911 .45s

F-18 lands on flight deck runway. (Smithsonian Channel)

Do We Still Need Aircraft Carriers? 'Carriers at War' Says Yes!

Newsome High School Senior Emily Olson is continuing her quest to wear her military uniform to graduation. (Spectrum Bay News 9 image)

Florida High School Tells Student to Ditch the Dress Blues at Graduation

People embrace outside the Alamo Gym where students and parents wait to reunite following a shooting at Santa Fe High School Friday, May 18, 2018, in Santa Fe, Texas. ( Michael Ciaglo/Houston Chronicle via AP)

School Shooting Solution: Help Those Who Are Hurting

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The Week Ahead in Defense: May 21, 2018

Here are five news stories and events to start your week, from the editors at Military.com.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative public policy think tank, in Washington, Monday, May 21, 2018. Pompeo issued a steep list of demands Monday that he said should be included in a nuclear treaty with Iran to replace the Obama-era deal, threatening "the strongest sanctions in history" if Iran doesn't change course. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

US Issues Steep List of Demands for Nuclear Treaty with Iran

The United States on Monday issued a steep list of demands to be included in a nuclear treaty with Iran.

Cmdr. Emily Bassett, commanding officer, littoral combat ship (LCS) crew 214, give the opening remarks during the LCS crew 214 commissioning ceremony, Nov. 10, 2016. (U.S. Navy photo/Christopher A. Veloicaza)

Seasoned Female Officer Will Command Newest Littoral Combat Ship

USS Manchester Cmdr. Emily Bassett has made five deployments and held leadership positions on four U.S. Navy vessels.

In this June 7, 2017, file photo, Brett McGurk, the U.S. envoy for the global coalition against IS, speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Embassy Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

US Office Overseeing Fight Against ISIS Gets Reprieve

The State Department unit overseeing the fight against ISIS will stay in business for at least six more months.

In this April 6, 1988, file photo, Ronald Gray leaves a courtroom escorted by military police at Fort Bragg, N.C. A Kansas federal judge has lifted a stay of execution for Gray. (Marcus Castro/The Fayetteville Observer via AP)

Supreme Court Case Continues Years of Appeal by Killer Ronald Gray

Ronald Gray, a former Fort Bragg soldier, was convicted of a series of murders and rapes in Fayetteville in the 1980s.

Staff Sgt. Bryan C. Black, Staff Sgt. Jeremiah W. Johnson, Staff Sgt. Dustin M. Wright, and Sgt. La David T. Johnson (U.S. Army photos)

New Niger Ambush Video: US Survivors Left Messages for Loved Ones

One soldier stood alone in a clearing, waving the U.S. flag for rescue in the Niger ambush.

An Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano A-29 experimental aircraft flies over White Sands Missile Range, Aug. 1, 2017. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson has touted the "Light Attack experiment" at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, as part of the service's effort to improve its acquisition process. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ethan D. Wagner)

Air Force Creates Office to Help It Shake Up Acquisition Process

The service may also overhaul maintenance contracts, opening program upgrades to additional bidders.

Control room components of the mini-sub "Nerwin" have been acquired by a naval museum in Keyport, Washington. (Meegan Reid/Kitsap Sun via AP)

Famed Mini-sub's Control Room Acquired by Naval Museum

To date, the NR-1 mini-sub is the only nuclear-powered research submarine ever built or operated.

South Korean soldiers stand guard at the military demarcation line separating North and South Korea. On the far side, North Korean soldiers are seen marching. (US Army photo/Jeremy Reuse)

North Korean Officer, Civilian Reportedly Defect to South

The defection was the first one involving a military officer since 2008 and the 14th involving a soldier since 2000.

A security forces technician assigned to the 180th Fighter Wing, Ohio Air National Guard, conducts live-fire training using the M-240B, a belt-felt, gas-operated machine gun that shoots 7.62mm rounds, April 18, 2018. (Air National Guard photo/John Wilkes)

Air Force Base Searches for Missing Machine Gun After Losing Grenades

Authorities at a military base are searching for an M-240 machine gun that has been unaccounted for since Wednesday.

South Korea's President Moon Jae-in, left, and President Donald Trump have agreed to "work closely" to ensure that Trump's meeting with North Korea's Kim Jong Un is a success. (AFP photo/Jim Watson)

Trump, Moon Discuss N. Korea's Threat to Scrap Summit

North Korea already cancelled a meeting with the Seoul, protesting joint U.S.-South Korean military drills.

A combat advisor for the 2nd Battalion, 1st Security Forces Assistance Brigade shakes hands with a role player acting as an Afghan civilian to begin the process of settling the conflict in the simulated town of Batoor, Jan. 15, 2018, as part of rotation 18-03 at the Joint Readiness Training Center, at Fort Polk, La. (U.S. Army /Sgt. Ryan Tatum)

Army Announces Bases Where Three New SFABs Will Be Stationed

The U.S. Army announced it will station three new Security Force Assistance Brigades in Colorado, Washington and Texas.

President Donald Trump shakes hands with acting Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie after announcing he will nominate him to lead the department during an event on prison reform in the East Room of the White House, Friday, May 18, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump Nominates Acting VA Secretary Wilkie to Keep Post Permanently

Acting VA Secretary Robert Wilkie was nominated Thursday to stay on the job.

An F-15E pilot from the 391st Fighter Squadron, 366th Fighter Wing, talks with his crew chief before taking off April 3, 2018, at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. (U.S. Air Force/Staff Sgt Jeremy L. Mosier)

Air Combat Command Wing Removes Group, Vice Commanders in Experiment

The experiment, initiated by Gen. Mike Holmes, will start this month at the 366th Fighter Wing at Mountain Home AFB.

A Chinese H-6K bomber patrols over islands and reefs in the South China Sea. (Liu Rui/Xinhua via AP)

China Lands Bomber on South China Sea Island for First Time

Several H-6K bombers took off and landed from an air base from an unspecified location in the "southern sea area."

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STS-106 Mission Specialist (MS) Daniel Burbank reads a checklist on the aft flight deck of Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, October 27, 2010. (Courtesy photo/NASA)

Astronauts Discuss How the Coast Guard Prepared Them for NASA

Sailors prepare to moor the Cyclone-class coastal patrol ship USS Zephyr (PC 8) to a barge at Naval Station Mayport following a four-month deployment, May 14, 2018. (U.S. Navy photo/Michael Lopez)

Navy Ships Sent Elsewhere for Repairs Leads to Salvo from Politicians

The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Oliver Berry (WPC 1124) arrives to their new Homeport in Honolulu, Sept. 22, 2017. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Levasseur)

Coast Guard Assists Canadian Mariner in Distress

Mark Esper testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee during his confirmation hearing to be secretary of the U.S. Army in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill, November 2, 2017. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Army Lacks Authority to Deal with Child-on-Child Sex Abuse: Esper

Flames and smoke rise from an Air National Guard C-130 cargo plane after it crashed near Savannah, Ga., Wednesday, May 2, 2018. (James Lavine via AP)

Air Force Wants to Predict Aviation Accidents Before They Happen

Screen grab shows U.S. service member allegedly firing a shotgun at a civilian Afghan truck. (Screen Grab from YouTube video)

'No Criminality' in Incident of Soldier Shooting into Afghan Truck

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For some military spouses looking to make extra money in Italy, the Status of Forces Agreement may not be on your side. Karin Martinez/U.S. Army Garrison Italy

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School Shooting Solution: Help Those Who Are Hurting

A drill sergeant with the Mississippi National Guard Recruiting and Retention Battalion leads the warriors of the Senatobia Recruit Sustainment Program during a road march Oct. 7, 2017. (U.S. National Guard/Staff Sgt. Scott Tynes)

Op-Ed: Fight Wage Theft at the National Guard

From left, the images of President Trump, South Korean president Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appear on a public TV screen at the Seoul Railway Station in South Korea. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Op-Ed: The US-North Korean Summit: The Winners and Losers So Far

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The Week Ahead in Defense: May 21, 2018

US Issues Steep List of Demands for Nuclear Treaty with Iran

Seasoned Female Officer Will Command Newest Littoral Combat Ship

US Office Overseeing Fight Against ISIS Gets Reprieve

Supreme Court Case Continues Years of Appeal by Killer Ronald Gray

New Niger Ambush Video: US Survivors Left Messages for Loved Ones

Air Force Creates Office to Help It Shake Up Acquisition Process

Famed Mini-sub's Control Room Acquired by Naval Museum

North Korean Officer, Civilian Reportedly Defect to South

Air Force Base Searches for Missing Machine Gun After Losing Grenades

Trump, Moon Discuss N. Korea's Threat to Scrap Summit

Army Announces Bases Where Three New SFABs Will Be Stationed

Trump Nominates Acting VA Secretary Wilkie to Keep Post Permanently

Air Combat Command Wing Removes Group, Vice Commanders in Experiment

China Lands Bomber on South China Sea Island for First Time

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Caution: For Some, Working in Italy Violates SOFA

Restored WWII Bomber Memphis Belle Makes Public Debut

With Focus on Healing, Navy SEAL Memoir Upends Macho Cliches

One Symptom of a Rough 'Genesis' Rollout: Slow RX Fills on Base

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