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The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) transits the Arabian Gulf. (Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sean P. Gallagher)

Marine Lost Overboard from Amphibious Ship Identified as Helicopter Crew Chief

Members of Marine Wing Support Squadron 374 are served hot food while they train in the field. The Marine Corps is the latest service to push cleaner chow options out to troops in an effort to improve nutrition and athletic performance. (Marine Corps)

The Military Is Overhauling Troops’ Chow as Obesity Rates Soar

Coast Guard Station Point Judith conducts tactical boat training on the 29-foot response boat on Oct. 7, 2016, off the coast of Rhode Island. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/J. Groll)

Coast Guard Halts Vessel in Florida as Illegal Charter

Servicemember taken away in handcuffs. (DAMON KASBERG/U.S. AIR FORCE)

Report: Special Ops Soldier Arrested on Charges of Cocaine Smuggling

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)

Investigation Reveals Details of US Marine Shot in Syria

An HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter carrying combat search and rescue Airmen approaches a landing zone during an exercise at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 21. 2010. (U.S. Air Force/Staff Sgt. Christopher Boitz)

Pave Hawk Replacement Can't Come Too Soon as Maintenance Mounts: GAO

Aretha Franklin Inadvertently Recorded One Of Vietnam’s Best Protest Songs

This chest, handmade by a family friend, held the personal items of Staff Sgt. Michael Simpson, who died from combat injuries in 2013. His wife, Krista, says it was lost in their military move. (Photo courtesy of Kirsta Simpson Anderson)

Chests for Fallen Soldier's Mementoes Lost in PCS: Do You Have Them?

Sgt. Christian Henry with 75th Ranger Regiment fast ropes down the Prusik climb tower during Best Ranger 2011. (US Army/Alexandra Hemmerly-Brown)

Tactical Fitness – Necessities that Require Zero Talent

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Former Apollo 17 astronaut Jack Schmitt hands a figurine to President Donald Trump after he signed a policy directive to send American astronauts back to the moon, and eventually Mars, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Dec. 11, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump Backed Space Force After Lobbying by Aerospace Industry-Linked Officials

The origin of Space Force was more complicated than it seemed.

In this June 7, 2014, file photo, the entrance to Camp 5 and Camp 6 at the U.S. military's Guantanamo Bay detention center, at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. (AP Photo/Ben Fox)

9/11 Trial Judge Forbids Use of FBI Interrogations at Guantanamo

FBI agents, taking some directive by the CIA, questioned the five men in their first months at Guantanamo before they were al...

President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media as he meets with members of Congress in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Tuesday, July 17, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump Brushes Off Criticism from Adm. McRaven: 'Don't Know Him'

Trump brushed off criticism from retired Adm. McRaven on the lifting of security clearances of administration opponents.

In this Jan. 4, 2018, file photo, Republican U.S. Rep. Andy Barr swears to the accuracy of his paperwork as he filed for re-election in Frankfort, Ky. (AP Photo/Adam Beam)

This Congressman Compared Politics to Military Service. Now Vets Want an Apology

He compared his job in Congress, "where ideas matter," to his opponent's military service, "where execution matters."

In this May 24, 1943, file photo, the capsized battleship USS Oklahoma is lifted out of the water at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency dug up nearly 400 sets of remains from a Hawaii cemetery to identify the men who have been classified as missing since the war. (AP Photo)

Remains of USS Oklahoma Sailor Killed at Pearl Harbor Identified

Navy Machinist's Mate 1st Class Arthur Glenn will be buried Tuesday in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Demonstrators chant as they wave al-Qaida flags in front of the provincial government headquarters in Mosul, 225 miles (360 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, on June 16, 2014. (AP Photo)

Al-Qaida Bomb Maker Killed in US Strike: Report

Ibrahim al-Asiri, linked to the planned Christmas Day 2009 bombing in Detroit, may have been killed in a 2017 strike.

Official U.S. Navy file photo of USNS Comfort (T-AH 20)

Mattis to Send US Navy Hospital Ship to Aid Venezuelan Migrants

The move to treat refugees overwhelming the Colombian medical system is the first U.S. military foray into the crisis.

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 on Aug. 14, 2018. Sea filed a lawsuit in July, demanding a response to her citizenship application after the military moved to discharge her. She has since been discharged. (AP Photo/Ariel Tu)

Lawyers: Discharged Army Specialist Granted US Citizenship

A South Korean-born U.S. Army specialist who sued after the military moved to discharge her has been granted citizenship.

U.S troops march down the Champs Elysees avenue, with the Arc de Triomphe in background, during the Bastille Day parade in Paris on July 14, 2017. (AP/Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Trump Cancels Big Military Parade, Citing Cost

After some estimates for the parade hit $92 million, President Donald Trump will instead attend a Nov. 11 parade in Paris.

Sports Medicine and Injury Prevention trainers are present during all physical parts of recruit training and Marine Combat training. The Marine Corps now plans to send dozens of athletic trainers out into the fleet. Lance Cpl. Crystal J. Druery/Marine Corps

Athletic Trainers Will Head Out to Marine Units After Years-Long Delay

Dozens of athletic trainers hit the fleet in the next few years, giving leathernecks access to unit-level sports medicine.

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., answers a question during his appearance with the Public Policy Institute of California, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

GOP Divide Emerges over Trump's Space Force

Two House Republican leaders are backing the proposed Space Force, but key Republicans in the Senate aren't sold on the idea.

Two T-38C Talons from the 25th Flying Training Squadron taxi on the flightline after a flight Feb. 1, 2018, at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. (U.S. Air Force/Senior Airman Corey Pettis)

Air Force Pilot Conscious After Crash near Oklahoma Base

A pilot is conscious after the T-38C Talon aircraft that he was flying crashed near Vance Air Force Base in Oklahoma,

Chief Master Sgt. Gerard Crump, 85th Engineering Installation Squadron, inspects the uniform of Staff Sgt. Bryant Horton, 85th EIS, during a squadron open ranks inspection Nov. 25, 2013. (U.S. Air Force/Adam Bond)

Air Force May Go Old School With Dress Blue Uniform Update

The service's top enlisted leader says he would like the uniform to evoke the Air Force's heritage.

Sailors embark the USNS Brittin Oct 24, 2017 to assist in hurricane relief efforts. (U.S. Navy/Logistics Specialist Third Class Petty Officer Kristoffer Malinao)

If Sailors Aren't Ready to Deploy, It'll Soon Affect Their Promotions

Sailors who don't want to see their careers derailed by a missed appointment better keep teeth cleanings on their radars.

U.S. Marines with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, conduct a simulated raid on Feb. 26, 2010, in Norway. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Master Sgt. Michael Q. Retana)

Norway Confirms Plan to Double Number of Marines Near Russian Border

Twice as many Marines will deploy to Norway next year and train near Russia, a move Moscow says will lead to retaliation.

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The U.S. Coast Guard Academy Corps of Cadets holds a sunset regimental review, May 20, 2018. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Nicole Foguth)

Two Recent Coast Guard Academy Graduates Talk Life in the Fleet

Marines participate in an exercise during the Infantry Officer Course at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Sept. 18, 2017. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Gregory Boyd)

Marine Grunts on 1st-Ever Female Infantry Leader: 'She's One of Us'

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

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

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

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The PT Belt Is Now a Fashion Item: You're Welcome, America

You can thank the military for this important fashion development.

4 More Things to Know About the New Military Retiree Dental Coverage

Here's a few more things military retirees should keep in mind about the new dental program.

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

The petition calls Chick-fil-A "one of the most wholesome, happy and beloved fast food chains to exist in America today."

FILE - In this April 15, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Mar-a-Lago Trio's Influence on VA 'Astounds' Former Secretary

Former Secretary Principi, who served under Bush says politics and personal friends shouldn't influence veterans' care

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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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