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Taliban capture two more districts as summertime fighting continues
An Afghan MI-17 helicopter flies over Camp Shorserack, Afghanistan to deliver supplies to Afghan National Army 215th Corps soldiers July 15, 2017.<br>Lucas Hopkins/U.S. Marine Corps

The Taliban seized control of two districts in different areas of Afghanistan in a matter of hours, official said Sunday — the latest advances by the militants, who have vowed to step up attacks as the year progresses.

Battle damage near the ruins of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul's Old City on Thursday, July 20, 2017. <br>Seth Robson/Stars and Stripes

How ISIS nearly stumbled on the ingredients for a 'dirty bomb'

On the day the Islamic State overran the Iraqi city of Mosul in 2014, it laid claim to one of the greatest weapons bonanzas ever to fall to a terrorist group. But the most fearsome weapon in Mosul on that day was never used by the terrorists. Only now is it becoming clear what happened to it.

A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor is launched from the Pacific Spaceport Complex Alaska in Kodiak, Alaska, during Flight Test THAAD (FTT)-18 on July 11, 2017.<br>Leah Garton/Missile Defense Agency

Coast Guard: Missile test could occur as early as next week

The U.S. Coast Guard says a launch from the Kodiak Island rocket complex in Alaska will occur as soon as next week.

The 2 million-member American Legion has launched a campaign to reduce marijuana restrictions, which it says hurt veterans and may aggravate a suicide epidemic.<br>TRandall Benton/Sacramento Bee/TNS

As administration wages war on legal marijuana, military veterans side with pot

Frustrated by federal laws restricting their access to a drug many rely on to help treat post-traumatic stress disorder, chronic pain and opioid addiction, veterans have become an influential lobbying force.

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President Donald Trump stands for the colors as he arrives during the commissioning ceremony of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., Saturday, July, 22, 2017.<br>Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo

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Trump: USS Ford is '100,000-ton message to the world'

President Donald Trump helped hand over the USS Gerald R. Ford to the Navy on Saturday and said the state-of-the-art aircraft carrier will send a "100,000-ton message to the world."

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly speaks in Mexico City on February 23, 2017. Kelly told a group of Latin American leaders on Friday, May 5, 2017.<br>Carlos Tischler/NurPhoto/Sipa USA/TNS

Trump's immigration crackdown is stressing out deployed US troops

"Parole in place" reprieves, known inside the military as PIP, are meant to keep deployed service members focused by easing any worry about the safety of undocumented spouses and immediate family back home.

The Navy Special Warfare Command insignia.<br>U.S. Navy photo

Member of elite Navy unit has come out as transgender

The unidentified person, who came out in October, is a Navy Special Warfare Combatant Craft Crewman and appears to be the first member of the elite unit to identify as transgender.

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Air Force Capt. Robert E. Holton, 27, of Butte, Montana.<br>Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency photo

Capt. Robert Edwin Holton is laid to rest in Montana

U.S. Air Force Capt. Robert Edwin Holton was buried under hazy but cloudless blue skies Saturday, finally resting in his home state of Montana after 48 years of being missing in action during the Vietnam War.

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This image captured by an underwater robot provided by International Research Institute for Nuclear Decommissioning on Saturday, July 22, 2017 shows massive deposits believed to be melted nuclear fuel covering the floor of a damaged reactor at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant in Okuma town, northeastern Japan. The robot found large amounts of solidified lava-like rocks and lumps in layers as thick as 1 meter (3 feet) on the bottom inside of a main structure called the pedestal that sits underneath the core inside the primary containment vessel of Fukushima's Unit 3 reactor, said the plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co.<br>International Research Institute for Nuclear Decommissioning via AP

Robot finds likely melted fuel heap inside Fukushima reactor

Images captured by an underwater robot showed massive deposits believed to be melted nuclear fuel covering the floor of a damaged reactor at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant.

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12 US paratroopers hospitalized after night jump in Romania

The soldiers were participating in Saber Guardian 17, a U.S. Army Europe-led exercise, which aims to increase coordination between the U.S., Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania.

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Battle damage near the ruins of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul's Old City on Thursday, July 20, 2017. <br>Seth Robson/Stars and Stripes

How ISIS nearly stumbled on the ingredients for a 'dirty bomb'

On the day the Islamic State overran the Iraqi city of Mosul in 2014, it laid claim to one of the greatest weapons bonanzas ever to fall to a terrorist group. But the most fearsome weapon in Mosul on that day was never used by the terrorists. Only now is it becoming clear what happened to it.

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An employee approaches the entrance to the Agbada 2 oil flow station, operated by Shell Petroleum Development Co. in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, on Sept. 30, 2015<br>George Osodi/Bloomberg

Nigeria oil thieves keep a lid on output even as bombs abate

Even after the government quelled a militant uprising that sent production to a 30-year low last August, smaller-scale sabotage caused by people trying to steal oil remains rife.

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Air Force Capt. Robert E. Holton, 27, of Butte, Montana.<br>Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency photo

Capt. Robert Edwin Holton is laid to rest in Montana

U.S. Air Force Capt. Robert Edwin Holton was buried under hazy but cloudless blue skies Saturday, finally resting in his home state of Montana after 48 years of being missing in action during the Vietnam War.

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This image captured by an underwater robot provided by International Research Institute for Nuclear Decommissioning on Saturday, July 22, 2017 shows massive deposits believed to be melted nuclear fuel covering the floor of a damaged reactor at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant in Okuma town, northeastern Japan. The robot found large amounts of solidified lava-like rocks and lumps in layers as thick as 1 meter (3 feet) on the bottom inside of a main structure called the pedestal that sits underneath the core inside the primary containment vessel of Fukushima's Unit 3 reactor, said the plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co.<br>International Research Institute for Nuclear Decommissioning via AP

Robot finds likely melted fuel heap inside Fukushima reactor

Images captured by an underwater robot showed massive deposits believed to be melted nuclear fuel covering the floor of a damaged reactor at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant.

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12 US paratroopers hospitalized after night jump in Romania

The soldiers were participating in Saber Guardian 17, a U.S. Army Europe-led exercise, which aims to increase coordination between the U.S., Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania.

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Battle damage near the ruins of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul's Old City on Thursday, July 20, 2017. <br>Seth Robson/Stars and Stripes

How ISIS nearly stumbled on the ingredients for a 'dirty bomb'

On the day the Islamic State overran the Iraqi city of Mosul in 2014, it laid claim to one of the greatest weapons bonanzas ever to fall to a terrorist group. But the most fearsome weapon in Mosul on that day was never used by the terrorists. Only now is it becoming clear what happened to it.

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An employee approaches the entrance to the Agbada 2 oil flow station, operated by Shell Petroleum Development Co. in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, on Sept. 30, 2015<br>George Osodi/Bloomberg

Nigeria oil thieves keep a lid on output even as bombs abate

Even after the government quelled a militant uprising that sent production to a 30-year low last August, smaller-scale sabotage caused by people trying to steal oil remains rife.

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Veterans organizations look for new recruits in a smaller pool

The American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, two of the largest organizations that claim a legacy in American politics and civic life, have both lost members.

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Staff Sgt. Robet Cox<br>U.S. Marine Corps

Body of Marine killed in air crash to be escorted from Los Angeles to Ventura on Sunday

The body of Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Robert Cox will be escorted from Los Angeles International Airport to a funeral home in Ventura on Sunday by a motorcycle group.

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Fort Bragg's new top cop, Col. Larry Dewey assumed command for the 16th Military Police Battalion on Friday during a traditional, although hot, ceremony at Fort Bragg's Main Post Parade Field.

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Coast Guard to enforce US pot laws on water

Since Jan. 30, adult Maine residents can legally possess up to 2.5 ounces of marijuana and grow as many as six flowering pot plants.

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Staff Sgt. Robet Cox<br>U.S. Marine Corps

Body of Marine killed in air crash to be escorted from Los Angeles to Ventura on Sunday

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Col. Michael Downs bids farewell to San Angelo

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Army grad closing in on majors

Chris Rowley, who will turn 27 in August, is a phone call from becoming the first West Point graduate to play in the major leagues.

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Chris Rowley, who will turn 27 in August, is a phone call from becoming the first West Point graduate to play in the major leagues.

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