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Hegseth calls boat strikes ‘lawful’ and ‘successful’ after calls for impeachment trib.al/EfmiKPH
Hegseth calls boat strikes ‘lawful’ and 'successful' after calls for impeachment

Hegseth calls boat strikes ‘lawful’ and 'successful' after calls for impeachment

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called the boat strikes that have killed at least 240 people a successful and legal operation.

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Family sues Air Force over daughter’s brain injury from birth overseas trib.al/Dzu2la9
Family sues Air Force over daughter’s brain injury from birth overseas

Family sues Air Force over daughter’s brain injury from birth overseas

The Walker family lawyer said military families suing for medical malpractice could receive “much better treatment” if the case happened in the U.S. rather than overseas.

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Father shares Marine Corps birthday cake with son the day he graduates from boot camp trib.al/JTxx4cR
Father shares Marine Corps birthday cake with son the day he graduates from boot camp

Father shares Marine Corps birthday cake with son the day he graduates from boot camp

Younger Marines get the first slice of birthday cake to symbolize the Corps’ next generation, but rarely is it so literal.

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Hegseth faces possible impeachment over Iran war, boat strikes and Maduro Raid trib.al/u1VGJ0M
Hegseth faces possible impeachment over Iran war, boat strikes and Maduro Raid

Hegseth faces possible impeachment over Iran war, boat strikes and Maduro Raid

Republican Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky filed eight articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday.

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Blue Angels aviator removed from team before homecoming show trib.al/JfBfjUc
Blue Angels aviator removed from team before homecoming show

Blue Angels aviator removed from team before homecoming show

Marine Maj. Scott Laux was pulled off the team for “failing to uphold the standards expected of members,” the Navy said.

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The Army wants more pilots to apply for its special operations helicopter regiment. Here’s why trib.al/mIceyi3
The Army wants more pilots to apply for its special operations helicopter regiment. Here’s why

The Army wants more pilots to apply for its special operations helicopter regiment. Here’s why

As flight hours decline, the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment lowered its requirements so more pilots can apply to join.

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Army cooks are now ‘tactical field feeding specialists’ trib.al/Q1B7lYh
Army cooks are now ‘tactical field feeding specialists’

Army cooks are now ‘tactical field feeding specialists’

The Army renamed the 92G military occupational specialty to reflect a changing “character of war” and prepare for large-scale operations.

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CENTCOM launches new podcast amid the ongoing Iran war trib.al/qFrptMy
CENTCOM launches new podcast amid the ongoing Iran war

CENTCOM launches new podcast amid the ongoing Iran war

Central Command chief Adm. Brad Cooper was the guest on the first episode of “Inside CENTCOM,” which avoided conversations about the war.

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An A-10 named ‘Rainbow Warrior’ sports Marilyn Monroe door art in the Middle East trib.al/axZbxFL
An A-10 named ‘Rainbow Warrior’ sports Marilyn Monroe door art in the Middle East

An A-10 named ‘Rainbow Warrior’ sports Marilyn Monroe door art in the Middle East

An A-10 with a colorful name was recently photographed in the CENTCOM area of operations, showing off its rarely seen door art.

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US forces leave important airfield in Somalia trib.al/dKGFcal
US forces leave important airfield in Somalia

US forces leave important airfield in Somalia

U.S. troops exited Baledogle Airfield after 14 years last month, but will remain in the country, a military official told Task & Purpose.

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Just guys bein dudes on the Inside CENTCOM podcast...
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National Guard expands free childcare program for drill weekends, but with some caveats trib.al/zSv7pRe
National Guard expands free childcare program for drill weekends, but with some caveats

National Guard expands free childcare program for drill weekends, but with some caveats

The program sets up National Guardsmen with licensed, vetted childcare providers near their home or drill location on drill weekends.

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Soldiers receive Army’s highest peacetime award for ‘miracle’ actions during Fort Stewart shooting trib.al/oaucZLJ
Soldiers receive Army’s highest peacetime award for ‘miracle’ actions during Fort Stewart shooting

Soldiers receive Army’s highest peacetime award for ‘miracle’ actions during Fort Stewart shooting

Eight soldiers were recognized for their actions after a fellow soldier opened fire with his firearm at Fort Stewart, Georgia, last year.

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Hegseth adds more Humvees, patrol cars, boats to DC National Guard law enforcement ‘support’ mission trib.al/DKUSszf
Hegseth adds more Humvees, patrol cars, boats to DC National Guard law enforcement 'support' mission

Hegseth adds more Humvees, patrol cars, boats to DC National Guard law enforcement 'support' mission

National Guardsmen in DC are getting more assets to assist federal and local enforcement officers operating in the nation's capital.

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The military will start paying for troops’ theological degrees so they can become chaplains trib.al/IPhMpQ3
The military will start paying for troops’ theological degrees so they can become chaplains

The military will start paying for troops’ theological degrees so they can become chaplains

The Pentagon’s Chaplain In-Service Procurement Program directs the branches to fund theology degrees so troops can become chaplains.

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Army Black Hawks and crew unharmed from fireworks after near-miss at NFL game, officials say trib.al/ULfBnBC
Army Black Hawks and crew unharmed from fireworks after near-miss at NFL game, officials say

Army Black Hawks and crew unharmed from fireworks after near-miss at NFL game, officials say

Army officials said no fireworks struck the Black Hawk and that no crew members were injured during an NFL game flyover.

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Big day for the "Birds Aren't Real" folks
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Drones built to look like birds evaded detection at Air Force tech exercise

Drones built to look like birds evaded detection at Air Force tech exercise

The drones built by U.S.-based Ornadyne are designed to look like birds you might see flying in any region of the world.

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Drones built to look like birds evaded detection at Air Force tech exercise trib.al/kzE5Jmd
Drones built to look like birds evaded detection at Air Force tech exercise

Drones built to look like birds evaded detection at Air Force tech exercise

The drones built by U.S.-based Ornadyne are designed to look like birds you might see flying in any region of the world.

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Could the DC National Guard mission become the Army’s standard for quality of life? trib.al/mFykbOt
Could the DC National Guard mission become the Army’s standard for quality of life?

Could the DC National Guard mission become the Army’s standard for quality of life?

The turning point came when the D.C. National Guard changed how it handled one of the most basic parts of military life: troop welfare.

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