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President Donald Trump gestures as he greets Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan as he arrives at the White House, Monday, July 22, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

War in Afghanistan Could Be Over in a Week, Trump Says

World War II-era recruitment posters for the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps. (United States Government Printing Office via UNT Digital Library)

WWII Cadet Nurses Could Become Honorary Veterans

Lifelike robotic targets made by Marathon line up in formation at a military training range. Photo courtesy of Ralph Petroff/Marathon Targets

These Marines Are Becoming Crack Shots Thanks to Robot Targets that Move Like Humans

Aviation Electronics Technician 2nd Class Slayton Saldana. (U.S. Navy photo)

Navy Identifies Sailor Lost at Sea from Carrier Lincoln

A U.S. Huey helicopter sprays Agent Orange over Vietnam. The U.S. military used at least 11 million gallons of Agent Orange in Vietnam from 1961 to 1972. Wikimedia Commons

Group Sues over Delay in Processing Benefit Claims for Blue Water Navy Vets

U.S. Marines with Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conduct ship-to-shore movements to Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) during Amphibious Squadron (PHIBRON) MEU Integration Training (PMINT) in vicinity of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, July 11 2019. PMINT is part of the 26th MEU’s and PHIBRON 8’s pre-deployment training program, which enhances interoperability and familiarizes Marines and Sailors to life

A Marine Called on the Commandant to Fix the Corps' Identity Crisis. Here's His Response

Former Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Henry Puppe inspects a carbon artifact at the Veterans Curation Program Lab in Alexandria, Virginia, in 2014. Dozens of former service members from the four branches are currently working at three labs learning how to process, photograph, rehabilitate and rehouse artifacts discovered by archaeologists at various Army Corps of Engineer excavation sites across the U.S. (Photo by EJ Hersom)

Army Corps of Engineers Program Turns Veterans into Archaeologists

Here are the veterans who appear in the 2020 Pin-Ups for Vets calendar: (Left to Right) Fernanda Miranda (Army), Shannon Corbeil (USAF), Tess Rutherford (USMC), Jennifer Marshall (Navy), Rosario Elena (Army), Dianna Wilson (Army), Julie Hollowell (USAF), Megan Martine (USMC), Linsay Rousseau (Army). (Pin-Ups for Vets)

Here's a First Look at the 2020 Pin-Ups For Vets Calendar

WWII Vet Robert Morgenthau, Inspiration for 'Law & Order' DA, Dies at 99

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Then-Navy Secretary Ray Mabus shakes hands with then-Lt. Gen. David H. Berger, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, aboard Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, on Nov. 15, 2016. (Photo by Cpl. Aaron S. Patterson, U.S. Marine Corps)

Former SecNav Applauds Marine Commandant's Call for 1-Year Maternity Leave

Ray Mabus, who served as Navy secretary from 2009 to 2017, said a revamped military parental-leave policy is long overdue.

In this April 23, 2019 photo, research scientist Leila Walker, left, is assisted by nutritional physiologist Holly McClung, center, as they demonstrate equipment designed to evaluate fitness levels in female soldiers, not shown, who have joined elite fighting units such the Navy Seals, at the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center, in Natick, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Military Studies 'Hyperfit' Women who Pass Grueling Courses

Army medical researchers hope to uncover answers in a just-launched voluntary study.

5,000 small U.S. flags representing suicides of active and veteran members of the military line the National Mall, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018, in an action by the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

New Military Suicide Report May Revive Debate Over Gun Restrictions

A new DoD report shows that military personnel consistently use their own personal weapons when ending their lives.

A U.S. Army Ranger tab hangs above the training area where the competitors for the Best Ranger Competition wait to begin at Camp Rogers, Fort Benning, Ga., April 11, 2014. (U.S. Army photo/Austin Berner)

Soldier Restored to Ranger Hall of Fame

Sgt. 1st Class Wilton "Pappy" White was a pioneer in the Ranger world who would later become a legend among those troops.

A woman walks past a mural in a sidewalk in downtown Tehran, Iran, Sunday, July 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Vahid salemi)

Iran Says It Arrested 17 Iranians Allegedly Recruited by CIA

President Donald Trump tweeted that the claim had "zero truth," calling Iran a "total mess."

This image made from a Friday, July 19, 2019, video provided by the U.S. Southern Command shows a Venezuelan SU-30 fighter jet over the Caribbean. (U.S. Southern Command/Department of Defense via AP)

US Accuses Venezuela Jet of Aggressive Action over Caribbean

The U.S. Southern Command said that Venezuela's action demonstrates reckless behavior by President Nicolás Maduro.

West Virginia Soldier Dies in Kuwait in Non-Combat Incident

The incident is under investigation.

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., the commander of U.S. Central Command, right, shakes hands with airmen of the Royal Saudi Air Force on Prince Sultan Air Base, July 18, 2019. While visiting the Central region, McKenzie met with forward deployed troops and key allied leaders and reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to security and stability in the region. (Roderick Jacquote/Marine Corps)

US Troops Returning to Saudi Arabia Amid Threats from Iran

The Saudi air base became a hub of American air power in the Middle East in the 1990s but was abandoned by Washington in 2003...

An Army Paladin M109A7 Artillery System assigned to Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, out of Fort Riley, Kan. stationed in Toruń, Poland conducts maneuvers prior to artillery certifications, April 16, 2019. (U.S. Army photo/Jeremiah Woods)

Auto-Loader May Be a Challenge for Army’s New Self-Propelled Cannon

The U.S. Army is poised to see its dream of fielding an auto-loading, self-propelled howitzer become a reality.

Tom Cruise plays Captain Pete Mitchell in "Top Gun: Maverick." (Paramount)

'Top Gun: Maverick' Trailer Wows as Navy Goes All In

Today is a great day for the US Navy and for the United States of America: We've got the first trailer for "Top Gun: Maverick...

An Atlas V rocket carrying the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) GEO Flight 4 satellite lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., Jan. 19, 2018. (U.S. Air Force illustration/Dalton Williams)

Lessons from F-35 Can Be Applied to Space Weapons, Retired General Says

Like the F-35, future national security equipment needs to be able to execute more than one mission.

Two U.S. Marine Corps gunners attached to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit perform system checks on a Light Marine Air Defense Integrated System aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) as it transits the Suez Canal, Jan. 12, 2019. (U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Mike DiMestico)

Here's the New Marine Corps Weapon that Just Destroyed an Iranian Drone

The Marine Corps' Light Marine Air Defense Integrated System, known as LMADIS, jammed an Iranian drone.

ARABIAN SEA (June 3, 2019) The sun sets behind the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. (Jeff Sherman/Navy)

Navy Ends Search for Sailor Missing from the Aircraft Carrier Abraham Lincoln

The sailor was reported overboard in the Arabian Sea July 17.

Iran claims to have seized the British oil tanker Stena Impero. Stena Bulk via Associated Press

Iran Seizes 2 Ships in Strait of Hormuz After US Brings Down Drone: Reports

Iran's Revolutionary Guard seized a British tanker and another ship.

Vice President of the United States Mike Pence gives a speech during an official visit May 16, 2019, at Fort McCoy, Wis. (U.S. Army photo/Greg Mason)

Vice President Pence Looks to NASA's Future as He Honors Apollo 11 Crew

Pence didn't reveal new details about the Artemis program to return to the moon by 2024 at the Kennedy Space Center event.

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Marine Maj. Frank Zastoupil is the first F-35 pilot to join the Blue Angels. (Photo Courtesy Blue Angels)

In a First, an F-35 Pilot Is Joining the Navy's Blue Angels Demonstration Team

Marines' New Top Officer Wants to Give New Moms a Full Year Off

Chief Culinary Specialist Dominique Saavedra, assigned to USS Michigan, is pinned with her enlisted submarine qualification during a ceremony at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. (U.S. Navy/Chief Mass Communication Specialist Kenneth G. Takada)

Female Enlisted Sailors Can Now Apply for Submarine Duty Year-Round

A pallet of interdicted cocaine is offloaded from the Coast Guard Cutter James (WMSL-754) by crane Nov. 15, 2018 in Port Everglades, Florida. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Brandon Murray)

Here's How the US Coast Guard Helped Put El Chapo Away for Life

U.S. Army Sgt. Hunter Bishop set sights on target during a M249 qualification at Fort Jackson, SC on May 30, 2019. The 2019 (U.S. Army/Spc. Evens Milcette Jr.)

Army Reveals Timeline for Fielding New Infantry Weapons

A physical therapist massages a pilot from the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing, June 22, 2017, in Southwest Asia. (U.S. Air Force/Senior Airman Damon Kasberg)

Air Force Fighter Pilot Units Will Get Personal Therapists to Fight Chronic Pain

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The 8 Most Useless Pieces of Gear Ever Issued

Not every piece of gear issued to the troops works as planned.

Apollo 11 astronaut Aldrin doesn't enjoy powdered orange drink, crushing a generation who choked it down while pretending to be spacemen.

The Taste of Space: Buzz Says, 'Tang Sucks'

Tang was not made for space travel, but space travel made Tang famous.

AAFES employee Travis Daniels organizes video game consoles in the electronics department at The Exchange on Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota. (U.S. Air Force/Luis Loza Gutierrez)

AAFES to Offer Double Discounts on Back-to-School Shopping

Double your Back-to-School savings with participating AAFES during tax-free holidays.

University Study Has Something Good to Say About 'Minecraft'

Governance skills learned in "Minecraft" may be transferrable to real-world environments.

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