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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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A medical provider administers the Jannsen COVID-19 Vaccine to Brian Sipp, public affairs specialist, 1st Theater Sustainment Command, at the Fort Knox, Kentucky, vaccination site March 11, 2021. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Nahjier Williams, 1st TSC Public Affairs)

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Pvt. Richard Halliday has been missing from Fort Bliss, Texas, since July 24, 2020. The search continues for the soldier and there is a $25,000 reward for credible information on his whereabouts.

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The entrance to Fort Bragg is shown in this undated file photo.

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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.

Another former Navy officer pleads guilty to bribery in ‘Fat Leonard’ scandal

Navy separates another 23 sailors for refusing coronavirus vaccine

Navy’s $13 billion carrier sows doubt that it can defend itself

Space Force

State representative proposes Space Force license plate for Illinois

NDAA addresses Vandenberg Space Force Base infrastructure, Calif. wildfire needs

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Coast Guard

Situation 'dire' as Coast Guard seeks 38 missing off Florida

Stranded duck hunters were ‘in distress’ when Coast Guard arrived, dramatic video shows

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

Dual-carrier drills bring thousands of US sailors and Marines together in South China Sea

Marines to halt separations and reprimands for razor bumps

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The sun illuminates the seven names of the astronauts killed in the 1986 Challenger shuttle disaster as flowers laid by guests at the base of the Space Mirror Memorial add color to the scene during a 35th anniversary commemoration ceremony at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Thursday, January 28, 2021. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)

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Europe

Students who are also being trained as reservists observe the training of reserve officers in the 130th battalion of the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Jan. 22. The Territorial Defense Forces are part of the Ukrainian armed forces and include citizen volunteers. MUST CREDIT: Photo by Oksana Parafeniuk for The Washington Post.

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Greek army helps remove vehicles on snow-plagued road

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Asia-Pacific

FILE - A passenger is directed to a bus by an Olympic worker wearing protective gear at the Beijing Capital International Airport ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, Jan. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

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British, Australian ships deliver 'contactless' aid to Tonga

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Middle East

Gulnaz, left, keep her 18-month-old son warm themselves as they wait for alms in the Kabul - Pul-e-Alam highway eastern Afghanistan, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022. The Taliban's sweep to power in Afghanistan in August drove billions of dollars in international assistance out of the country and sent an already dirt-poor poor nation, ravaged by war, drought and floods, spiralling toward a humanitarian catastrophe. (AP Photo/Kathy Gannon)

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At a West Bank outpost, Israeli settlers flaunt their power

Iran arrests 17 pranksters over videos that ‘spread panic’

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

EU warns Mali, Sahel states over use of Russian mercenaries

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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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