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Retired SEAL receives Medal of Honor 16 years after deadly rescue operation on Afghanistan mountain
President Donald Trump presents the Medal of Honor to retired Navy SEAL Master Chief Petty Officer Britt Slabinski who was recognized for his bravery and heroic actions in what is known as the Battle of Roberts Ridge in Afghanistan in March 2002.<br>Carlos Bongioanni/Stars and Stripes
President Donald Trump presents the Medal of Honor to retired Navy SEAL Master Chief Petty Officer Britt Slabinski who was recognized for his bravery and heroic actions in what is known as the Battle of Roberts Ridge in Afghanistan in March 2002.<br>Carlos Bongioanni/Stars and Stripes

Sixteen years after surviving a hellish night atop a snow-covered 10,000-foot mountain in eastern Afghanistan, retired Navy SEAL Britt Slabinski stood Thursday in the White House’s East Room and received the nation’s highest military honor from President Donald Trump.

A copy of the letter sent to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un from President Donald Trump canceling their planned summit in Singapore is photographed in Washington, Thursday, May 24, 2018. <br>J. David Ake/AP
A copy of the letter sent to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un from President Donald Trump canceling their planned summit in Singapore is photographed in Washington, Thursday, May 24, 2018. <br>J. David Ake/AP

Trump cancels North Korean summit plans, warns that military is ready if needed

President Donald Trump canceled the planned summit with North Korea Thursday and warned that the U.S. military was ready to respond to any “foolish or reckless acts” by the communist state.

Sailors from the USS John S. McCain attend a memorial service at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, Wednesday, Oct. 4., 2017.<br>Christian Senyk/U.S. Navy
Sailors from the USS John S. McCain attend a memorial service at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, Wednesday, Oct. 4., 2017.<br>Christian Senyk/U.S. Navy

USS John S. McCain chief pleads guilty in court-martial, loses rank

A chief charged with training and use of a navigational system on the USS John S. McCain at the time it collided with a commercial tanker in the Straits of Singapore, pleaded guilty Thursday to dereliction of duty and acknowledged his role in the deaths of 10 sailors last year.

The skyline of Uijeongbu, South Korea, overlooks the 2nd Infantry Division headquarters at Camp Red Cloud, March 3, 2017.<br>Marcus Fichtl/Stars and Stripes
The skyline of Uijeongbu, South Korea, overlooks the 2nd Infantry Division headquarters at Camp Red Cloud, March 3, 2017.<br>Marcus Fichtl/Stars and Stripes

Midnight curfew in effect for some soldiers in South Korea

The 2nd Infantry Division did not identify any specific incident that sparked the change to the policy, but said readiness of the unit’s 12,000 troops was its main concern.

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Helmets worn by F-16 pilots with the 480th Fighter Squadron at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, display pilots' call signs on Tuesday, March 13, 2018. More retired pilots have the chance to return to the cockpit and other rated positions under an expansion of the Air Force's voluntary return to active duty program.<br>Jennifer H. Svan/Stars and Stripes
Helmets worn by F-16 pilots with the 480th Fighter Squadron at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, display pilots' call signs on Tuesday, March 13, 2018. More retired pilots have the chance to return to the cockpit and other rated positions under an expansion of the Air Force's voluntary return to active duty program.<br>Jennifer H. Svan/Stars and Stripes

Air Force tries to ease pilot shortage by asking more retirees to come back

The Air Force may return as many as 1,000 retired pilots, combat systems officers and air battle managers to active duty for up to 48 months under a major expansion of a voluntary recall program.

Members of the 790th Missile Security Forces Squadron demonstrate their training for recapturing a Minuteman missile silo after being taken over by an intruder/attacker, just days before the Air Force announced the drug investigation, at the Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, near Cheyenne, Wyo., in February 2016.<br>Robert Burns/AP
Members of the 790th Missile Security Forces Squadron demonstrate their training for recapturing a Minuteman missile silo after being taken over by an intruder/attacker, just days before the Air Force announced the drug investigation, at the Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, near Cheyenne, Wyo., in February 2016.<br>Robert Burns/AP

Security troops on US nuclear missile base took LSD

One airman said he felt paranoia. Another marveled at the vibrant colors. A third admitted, "I absolutely just loved altering my mind." Meet the servicemembers entrusted with guarding nuclear missiles that are among the most powerful in America's arsenal.

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, at a Senate hearing in June, 2016.<br>Stars and Stripes
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, at a Senate hearing in June, 2016.<br>Stars and Stripes

Senator seeks to ensure prosecution of juvenile sexual assault on bases

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, filed legislation this week to plug a jurisdictional gap on military bases that has allowed hundreds of sexual assaults committed by juveniles to go unprosecuted.

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Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, at a Senate hearing in June, 2016.<br>Stars and Stripes

Senator seeks to ensure prosecution of juvenile sexual assault on bases

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, filed legislation this week to plug a jurisdictional gap on military bases that has allowed hundreds of sexual assaults committed by juveniles to go unprosecuted.

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Petty Officer 3rd Class Leonard Barnes lights the One Bravo boiler aboard the USS Blue Ridge at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, Tuesday, May 22, 2018.<br>Adam Thomas/U.S. Navy

USS Blue Ridge ignites its boilers for first time in 2 years

The USS Blue Ridge lit its boilers for the first time in two years this week, signifying a big step toward bringing the Navy’s oldest deployable warship back to sailing condition.

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An employee packages hamburger patties on Jan. 25, 2016, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. More than 3,000 pounds of ground beef were recalled at European commissaries in May 2018.<br>Larissa Greatwood/U.S. Air Force

Commissaries in Europe recall thousands of pounds of beef

Commissaries across Europe have pulled thousands of pounds of ground beef from their shelves and issued a recall after metal was found in a package in Germany.

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John F. Sopko, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, speaks with Brig. Gen. Paul T. Calvert during a visit to Camp Gamberi, Afghanistan, May 18, 2017. SIGAR issued a report Thursday saying that U.S. efforts to pacify large parts of the country have failed.<br>Torres Sierra/U.S. Navy

Report: Rivalry between military and civilians doomed Afghan stabilization

A 17-year U.S. effort designed to pacify large parts of Afghanistan has “mostly failed” due to lack of coordination between civilian agencies and the military, the Special Inspector General for the Reconstruction of Afghanistan said in a report released Thursday.

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Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari speaks during a news conference with President Donald Trump, who is not pictured, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on April 30, 2018. <br>Al Drago/Bloomberg

Gadhafi regime's legacy fuels violence in west Africa

The violence is stoking Nigeria's ethnic and religious divisions and is rivaling Boko Haram's nine-year-old Islamist insurgency in the northeast as the nation's biggest security crisis.

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Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, at a Senate hearing in June, 2016.<br>Stars and Stripes

Senator seeks to ensure prosecution of juvenile sexual assault on bases

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, filed legislation this week to plug a jurisdictional gap on military bases that has allowed hundreds of sexual assaults committed by juveniles to go unprosecuted.

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Petty Officer 3rd Class Leonard Barnes lights the One Bravo boiler aboard the USS Blue Ridge at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, Tuesday, May 22, 2018.<br>Adam Thomas/U.S. Navy

USS Blue Ridge ignites its boilers for first time in 2 years

The USS Blue Ridge lit its boilers for the first time in two years this week, signifying a big step toward bringing the Navy’s oldest deployable warship back to sailing condition.

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An employee packages hamburger patties on Jan. 25, 2016, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. More than 3,000 pounds of ground beef were recalled at European commissaries in May 2018.<br>Larissa Greatwood/U.S. Air Force

Commissaries in Europe recall thousands of pounds of beef

Commissaries across Europe have pulled thousands of pounds of ground beef from their shelves and issued a recall after metal was found in a package in Germany.

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John F. Sopko, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, speaks with Brig. Gen. Paul T. Calvert during a visit to Camp Gamberi, Afghanistan, May 18, 2017. SIGAR issued a report Thursday saying that U.S. efforts to pacify large parts of the country have failed.<br>Torres Sierra/U.S. Navy

Report: Rivalry between military and civilians doomed Afghan stabilization

A 17-year U.S. effort designed to pacify large parts of Afghanistan has “mostly failed” due to lack of coordination between civilian agencies and the military, the Special Inspector General for the Reconstruction of Afghanistan said in a report released Thursday.

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Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari speaks during a news conference with President Donald Trump, who is not pictured, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on April 30, 2018. <br>Al Drago/Bloomberg

Gadhafi regime's legacy fuels violence in west Africa

The violence is stoking Nigeria's ethnic and religious divisions and is rivaling Boko Haram's nine-year-old Islamist insurgency in the northeast as the nation's biggest security crisis.

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The U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Regiment placed more than 200,000 flags on May 24, 2018, at graves throughout Arlington National Cemetery ahead of Memorial Day weekend.<br>Michael S. Darnell/Stars and Stripes
The U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Regiment placed more than 200,000 flags on May 24, 2018, at graves throughout Arlington National Cemetery ahead of Memorial Day weekend.<br>Michael S. Darnell/Stars and Stripes

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Soldiers place flags in front of headstones at Arlington National Cemetery

Flags were placed in front of headstones at Arlington National Cemetery Thursday by hundreds of soldiers with The Old Guard during the annual pre-Memorial Day Flags-In ceremony.

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President Donald Trump presents the Medal of Honor to retired Navy SEAL Master Chief Petty Officer Britt Slabinski who was recognized for his bravery and heroic actions in what is known as the Battle of Roberts Ridge in Afghanistan in March 2002.<br>Carlos Bongioanni/Stars and Stripes
President Donald Trump presents the Medal of Honor to retired Navy SEAL Master Chief Petty Officer Britt Slabinski who was recognized for his bravery and heroic actions in what is known as the Battle of Roberts Ridge in Afghanistan in March 2002.<br>Carlos Bongioanni/Stars and Stripes

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Retired SEAL receives Medal of Honor 16 years after deadly rescue operation on Afghanistan mountain

Sixteen years after surviving a hellish night atop a snow-covered 10,000-foot mountain in eastern Afghanistan, retired Navy SEAL Britt Slabinski stood Thursday in the White House’s East Room and received the nation’s highest military honor from President Donald Trump.

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Vice President Mike Pence is saluted as he arrives to speak at the commencement for the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., Wednesday, May 23, 2018.<br>Jessica Hill/AP
Vice President Mike Pence is saluted as he arrives to speak at the commencement for the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., Wednesday, May 23, 2018.<br>Jessica Hill/AP

'Needed more than ever,' Coast Guard gets Pence praise at graduation ceremony

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The U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Regiment placed more than 200,000 flags on May 24, 2018, at graves throughout Arlington National Cemetery ahead of Memorial Day weekend.<br>Michael S. Darnell/Stars and Stripes
The U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Regiment placed more than 200,000 flags on May 24, 2018, at graves throughout Arlington National Cemetery ahead of Memorial Day weekend.<br>Michael S. Darnell/Stars and Stripes

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Soldiers place flags in front of headstones at Arlington National Cemetery

Flags were placed in front of headstones at Arlington National Cemetery Thursday by hundreds of soldiers with The Old Guard during the annual pre-Memorial Day Flags-In ceremony.

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Members of the 790th Missile Security Forces Squadron demonstrate their training for recapturing a Minuteman missile silo after being taken over by an intruder/attacker, just days before the Air Force announced the drug investigation, at the Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, near Cheyenne, Wyo., in February 2016.<br>Robert Burns/AP
Members of the 790th Missile Security Forces Squadron demonstrate their training for recapturing a Minuteman missile silo after being taken over by an intruder/attacker, just days before the Air Force announced the drug investigation, at the Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, near Cheyenne, Wyo., in February 2016.<br>Robert Burns/AP

Security troops on US nuclear missile base took LSD

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Lt. Col. Rafael A. Candelario II and Sgt. Maj. Marcus A. Chestnut, formerly of 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, were fired Monday.<br>U.S. Marine Corps
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Marines fire commander, senior enlisted leader at California light armored battalion

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President Donald Trump presents the Medal of Honor to retired Navy SEAL Master Chief Petty Officer Britt Slabinski who was recognized for his bravery and heroic actions in what is known as the Battle of Roberts Ridge in Afghanistan in March 2002.<br>Carlos Bongioanni/Stars and Stripes
President Donald Trump presents the Medal of Honor to retired Navy SEAL Master Chief Petty Officer Britt Slabinski who was recognized for his bravery and heroic actions in what is known as the Battle of Roberts Ridge in Afghanistan in March 2002.<br>Carlos Bongioanni/Stars and Stripes

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Retired SEAL receives Medal of Honor 16 years after deadly rescue operation on Afghanistan mountain

Sixteen years after surviving a hellish night atop a snow-covered 10,000-foot mountain in eastern Afghanistan, retired Navy SEAL Britt Slabinski stood Thursday in the White House’s East Room and received the nation’s highest military honor from President Donald Trump.

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Vice President Mike Pence is saluted as he arrives to speak at the commencement for the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., Wednesday, May 23, 2018.<br>Jessica Hill/AP
Vice President Mike Pence is saluted as he arrives to speak at the commencement for the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., Wednesday, May 23, 2018.<br>Jessica Hill/AP

'Needed more than ever,' Coast Guard gets Pence praise at graduation ceremony

Vice President Mike Pence warned the new U.S. Coast Guard Academy graduates on Wednesday of the perils America faces from rogue regimes, criminal networks and terrorist groups, saying the new ensigns will be on the front lines of the threats.

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The U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Regiment placed more than 200,000 flags on May 24, 2018, at graves throughout Arlington National Cemetery ahead of Memorial Day weekend.<br>Michael S. Darnell/Stars and Stripes
The U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Regiment placed more than 200,000 flags on May 24, 2018, at graves throughout Arlington National Cemetery ahead of Memorial Day weekend.<br>Michael S. Darnell/Stars and Stripes

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Soldiers place flags in front of headstones at Arlington National Cemetery

Flags were placed in front of headstones at Arlington National Cemetery Thursday by hundreds of soldiers with The Old Guard during the annual pre-Memorial Day Flags-In ceremony.

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Members of the 790th Missile Security Forces Squadron demonstrate their training for recapturing a Minuteman missile silo after being taken over by an intruder/attacker, just days before the Air Force announced the drug investigation, at the Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, near Cheyenne, Wyo., in February 2016.<br>Robert Burns/AP
Members of the 790th Missile Security Forces Squadron demonstrate their training for recapturing a Minuteman missile silo after being taken over by an intruder/attacker, just days before the Air Force announced the drug investigation, at the Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, near Cheyenne, Wyo., in February 2016.<br>Robert Burns/AP

Security troops on US nuclear missile base took LSD

One airman said he felt paranoia. Another marveled at the vibrant colors. A third admitted, "I absolutely just loved altering my mind." Meet the servicemembers entrusted with guarding nuclear missiles that are among the most powerful in America's arsenal.

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Lt. Col. Rafael A. Candelario II and Sgt. Maj. Marcus A. Chestnut, formerly of 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, were fired Monday.<br>U.S. Marine Corps
Lt. Col. Rafael A. Candelario II and Sgt. Maj. Marcus A. Chestnut, formerly of 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, were fired Monday.<br>U.S. Marine Corps

Marines fire commander, senior enlisted leader at California light armored battalion

Maj. Gen. Eric Smith, commander of 1st Marine Division at Camp Pendleton, removed Lt. Col. Rafael A. Candelario II and Sgt. Maj. Marcus A. Chestnut of 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion.

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Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Braydon Coburn, right, and Washington Capitals right wing Tom Wilson fight during the first period of Game 7 of the NHL hockey playoffs Eastern Conference finals Wednesday, May 23, 2018, in Tampa, Fla.<br>Chris O'Meara/AP

Ovechkin, Holtsby shine in Game 7, Caps beat Lightning 4-0

Alex Ovechkin scored early and Andre Burakovsky added two second-period goals to help the Washington Capitals put a decade of playoff frustration behind them with a 4-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference final Wednesday night.

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Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Braydon Coburn, right, and Washington Capitals right wing Tom Wilson fight during the first period of Game 7 of the NHL hockey playoffs Eastern Conference finals Wednesday, May 23, 2018, in Tampa, Fla.<br>Chris O'Meara/AP

Ovechkin, Holtsby shine in Game 7, Caps beat Lightning 4-0

Alex Ovechkin scored early and Andre Burakovsky added two second-period goals to help the Washington Capitals put a decade of playoff frustration behind them with a 4-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference final Wednesday night.