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Thirteen seniors celebrate June 4, 2019 after graduating from Ansbach High School at the Army garrison in Germany. Servicemembers with more than 16 years of service were given an additional six months to transfer Post-9/11 GI Bill education benefits to family members. Children must be high school graduates or 18 to receive the benefits.<br>Amy Stork/U.S. Army
Thirteen seniors celebrate June 4, 2019 after graduating from Ansbach High School at the Army garrison in Germany. Servicemembers with more than 16 years of service were given an additional six months to transfer Post-9/11 GI Bill education benefits to family members. Children must be high school graduates or 18 to receive the benefits.<br>Amy Stork/U.S. Army

Military personnel with more than 16 years of service will have an additional six months to transfer their Post-9/11 GI Bill education benefits to family members, while Congress decides whether to remove the restriction on transfers.

Sailors assigned to the guided missile submarine USS Florida conduct training in the Trident Training Facility at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Ga. The Navy will now accept applications for enlisted women hoping to join the submarine ranks.<br>Ashley Berumen/U.S. Navy
Sailors assigned to the guided missile submarine USS Florida conduct training in the Trident Training Facility at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Ga. The Navy will now accept applications for enlisted women hoping to join the submarine ranks.<br>Ashley Berumen/U.S. Navy

Enlisted women now free to apply for submarine duty at any time

The Navy will now accept applications continuously from female enlisted sailors to serve in non-nuclear rates, said an administrative message signed by Vice Adm. John Nowell Jr., chief of naval personnel.

An F-35 Lightning II flies away from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany June 18, 2019. The Air Force deployed F-35s and F-15s to Germany on a short notice deployment, part of a Pentagon concept to send military assets overseas on quick training missions.<br>Brian Ferguson/Stars and Stripes
An F-35 Lightning II flies away from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany June 18, 2019. The Air Force deployed F-35s and F-15s to Germany on a short notice deployment, part of a Pentagon concept to send military assets overseas on quick training missions.<br>Brian Ferguson/Stars and Stripes

Air Force sends F-35s, F-15s to Europe in combat readiness test

he U.S. Air Force sent a group of fighters and transport aircraft to Poland, Lithuania and Estonia Tuesday in a test of the service's ability to quickly deploy air power overseas, the military said.

Operations Specialist 2nd Class Diana Espinoza, assigned to Destroyer Squadron 15, communicates ship movements with a South Korean navy sailor during Foal Eagle 2017. <br>Jeremy Graham/U.S. Navy
Operations Specialist 2nd Class Diana Espinoza, assigned to Destroyer Squadron 15, communicates ship movements with a South Korean navy sailor during Foal Eagle 2017. <br>Jeremy Graham/U.S. Navy

N. Korea hints it may restart nuclear tests over US-S. Korea military exercises

North Korea warned on Tuesday that upcoming U.S.-South Korean military exercises would affect the resumption of nuclear negotiations and suggested it may restart nuclear or missile tests.


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With the assistance of a German engineer battalion, Strykers from the 2nd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment complete a contested wet-gap crossing near Kaunas, Lithuania, during training in June 2018. A defense bill passed by lawmakers wants the Pentagon to examine how to better reinforce the Baltics with more air defenses, troop rotations and other measures aimed at countering Russia. <br>Ellen Brabo/U.S. Army
With the assistance of a German engineer battalion, Strykers from the 2nd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment complete a contested wet-gap crossing near Kaunas, Lithuania, during training in June 2018. A defense bill passed by lawmakers wants the Pentagon to examine how to better reinforce the Baltics with more air defenses, troop rotations and other measures aimed at countering Russia. <br>Ellen Brabo/U.S. Army

Proposed law calls on Pentagon to consider more troops, surveillance in Baltic region

The Baltic region has long been an area of concern for the U.S. military in Europe, and U.S. military and Western security analysts have warned that NATO allies may be outgunned by Russia in the Baltics.

Roman Sabal, who is originally from Belize, first applied to become a U.S. citizen in 1995 after serving for six years as a Marine and then several more years in the Army Reserves. He was denied entry to the U.S. on Monday for his scheduled citizenship hearing.<br>Courtesy of Roman Sabal
Roman Sabal, who is originally from Belize, first applied to become a U.S. citizen in 1995 after serving for six years as a Marine and then several more years in the Army Reserves. He was denied entry to the U.S. on Monday for his scheduled citizenship hearing.<br>Courtesy of Roman Sabal

Customs and Border Protection denies Marine Corps veteran entry for scheduled citizenship interview

Roman Sabal first applied to become a U.S. citizen in 1995 after serving for six years as a Marine and then several more years in the Army Reserves. He was denied entry to the U.S. on Monday for his scheduled citizenship hearing.

A 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division soldier fires the newly developed Squad Designated Marksman Rifle in January 2019 at Fort Bliss, Texas.<br>Brian Micheliche/U.S. Army
A 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division soldier fires the newly developed Squad Designated Marksman Rifle in January 2019 at Fort Bliss, Texas.<br>Brian Micheliche/U.S. Army

New squad marksman rifles expected to be in Army hands early next year

The G28 is a military version of the civilian semi-automatic MR308 competition rifle and would “give infantry and other close-combat units a better chance of penetrating enemy body armor.”

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Sailors assigned to the guided missile submarine USS Florida conduct training in the Trident Training Facility at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Ga. The Navy will now accept applications for enlisted women hoping to join the submarine ranks.<br>Ashley Berumen/U.S. Navy

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