![Lieutenant General Karsten "Hazel" Heckl leads the Combat Development and Integration and Marine Corps Warfighting Lab Marines and sailors on a farewell run, Aug. 8, 2024, aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. (Matthew Krogull)](http://images05.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_tile/public/2026-02/8585135.jpg?itok=I48UMh5I "Lieutenant General Karsten "Hazel" Heckl leads the Combat Development and Integration and Marine Corps Warfighting Lab Marines and sailors on a farewell run, Aug. 8, 2024, aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. (Matthew Krogull)")
![North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a meeting.](http://images05.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2026-02/ApNewsroom_North_Korea_65106.jpg?itok=aF5Ga6a4 "In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, attends a meeting at the headquarters of the central committee of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang, North Korea Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)")
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