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101st artilleryman saves lives at home after return from Mosul fight
Staff Sgt. Nicholas “Bruce” Davis, a cannon crew member and section chief assigned to C Battery, 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division Artillery, 101st Airborne Division, visits Rick and Sharon Steiert in the hospital as they recover from a car accident that occurred on June 9, 2017. Davis rescued them and received a nomination for the Soldier’s Medal from his unit.<br>Leejay Lockhart/U.S. Army

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Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley attends a luncheon on Thursday, July 27, 2017, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., where he outlined the top threats the United States faces from state and non-state entities. The threat posed by North Korea is the most concerning, Milley said.<br>Carlos Bongioanni/Stars and Stripes

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