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North Korea launches a so-called tactical guided missile in this photo released by the state-run Korean Central News Agency on Jan. 17, 2022.

North Korea test-fires another pair of ballistic missiles, South’s military says

North Korea is believed to have fired two, short-range ballistic missiles off its eastern coast at around 8 a.m., according to a text message from South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff. The communist regime last fired a pair of cruise missiles on Tuesday.

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Machinist’s Mate 1st Class Kayla Matos receives a COVID-19 booster shot during a shot event in the hangar bay aboard USS Abraham Lincoln on Dec. 28, 2021, in San Diego. All active-duty military personnel are required to be vaccinated against the coronavirus.

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Lana Del Rey released her first self-titled album in 2010. In November 2021, Variety magazine presented her with its decade award and heralded her as “one of the most influential singer-songwriters of the 21st Century.”

Quote credited to pop star Lana Del Rey draws attention to Army’s Twitter account

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Army pauses enforcement of vaccine mandate for civilian workers after judge halts Biden policy

Air Force

FILE - A National Guard member holds up a sign as vehicles enter a Test Iowa coronavirus testing site at the Kirkwood Community College Continuing Education Training Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on May 28, 2020. State National Guard units are seeing dramatic re-enlistment rates, even as their troops juggle near constant duties with COVID-19, natural disasters and other military deployments. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette via AP, File)

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Navy

Stephen Shedd, then-commander of the guided-missile destroyer USS Milius, discusses blueprints for the Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services program with engineers in 2013.

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Space Force

State representative proposes Space Force license plate for Illinois

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Coast Guard

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More than 30 migrants stopped off the Florida Keys get Coast Guard ride back to Cuba

Marine Corps

Inquiries into fatal 2020 amphibious vehicle sinking resume at Camp Pendleton

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U.S.

President Joe Biden visits a marine outside the Marine Barracks Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Europe

Ukrainian soldiers stand on a check-point close to the line of separation from pro-Russian rebels, Mariupol, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. Blinken said the U.S. would be open to a meeting between Putin and U.S. President Joe Biden, if it would be “useful and productive.” The two have met once in person in Geneva and have had several virtual conversations on Ukraine that have proven largely inconclusive. Washington and its allies have repeatedly promised consequences such as biting economic sanctions against Russia — though not military action — if it invades. (AP Photo/Andriy Dubchak)

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Asia-Pacific

U.S. service members wear masks while relaxing with a video game at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Jan. 21, 2022.

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Middle East

This satellite image provided Planet Labs PBC shows the aftermath of an attack claimed by Yemen's Houthi rebels on an Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. fuel depot in the Mussafah neighborhood of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022. The United Arab Emirates intercepted two ballistic missiles targeting Abu Dhabi in a new attack early Monday, Jan. 24, 2022, its state-run news agency reported, the latest attack to target the Emirati capital. No group immediately claimed responsibility but suspicion immediately fell on the Houthis. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

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Africa

Danish military personnel are seen in a March 2021 post describing a peacekeeping mission in Mali.

Mali tells Danish troops to leave European special force

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Americas

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with his Cuban counterpart Miguel Diaz-Canel at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on Oct. 29, 2019.

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Why a former Marine had his first-degree murder sentence commuted

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sports

Jumping, sliding US soldiers seek Olympic glory in Nordic combined

Two Army truck drivers are headed to the Winter Olympics in Beijing to compete in a sport that mixes cross-country skiing and ski jumping.

Jimmy Reed, who grew up in the U.S. military community in Garmisch, Germany, will compete in bobsled for Team USA at next month’s Winter Olympics in Beijing.

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Hungarian Szilveszter Csollany performs to win gold in the men's rings final at the Gymnastics World Championships in the Foenix Hall in Debrecen, Hungary, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2002. He got 9.725 points.(AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle)

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Near Tay Ninh, Vietnam, November, 1966: Woujnded U.S. soldiers are evacuated by helicopter after the 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division came under heavy Viet Cong fire during Operation Attleboro.

Evacuating wounded soldiers in Vietnam, 1966

Near Tay Ninh, Vietnam, November 1966: Wounded U.S. soldiers are evacuated by helicopter after the 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division came under heavy Viet Cong fire during Operation Attleboro.