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Trump touts future weapons capable of defeating all missiles during Pentagon speech

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The United States will invest heavily in studying new technologies capable of defending the U.S. mainland against all current and future missile threats, including advanced hypersonic missiles under development by competing countries, President Donald Trump said Thursday in a speech at the Pentagon.

Former Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin listens during a House Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Feb. 15, 2018.<br>Stars and Stripes
Former Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin listens during a House Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Feb. 15, 2018.<br>Stars and Stripes

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An aerial view of Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, shows the north and south runways.<br>Courtesy of Google Earth
An aerial view of Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, shows the north and south runways.<br>Courtesy of Google Earth

Two F-15s make emergency arrested landings within minutes of each other on Okinawa

Safety issues forced a pair of F-15 fighter jets to land on the same runway — in opposite directions — within minutes of each other this week at the Air Force’s most active base in the Far East.

A group photo of the U.S. Coast Guard Patrol Forces in Southwest Asia taken in December 2018. Members of the Coast Guard's largest overseas unit, with about 240 active-duty members, are officially working without pay.<br>Courtesy U.S. Coast Guard Patrol Forces Southwest Asia/Facebook
A group photo of the U.S. Coast Guard Patrol Forces in Southwest Asia taken in December 2018. Members of the Coast Guard's largest overseas unit, with about 240 active-duty members, are officially working without pay.<br>Courtesy U.S. Coast Guard Patrol Forces Southwest Asia/Facebook

Coast Guard members in Bahrain feel the effects of the government shutdown

Like their colleagues back home, hundreds of Coast Guard members in Bahrain are working without pay due to the partial government shutdown. The difference is that the “Coasties” in Bahrain face a potential adversary nearby in Iran.

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American soldiers speed toward their objective in a Stryker during Exercise Saber Junction in Hohenfels, Germany, in 2017. Gen. Mark Milley, the Army’s chief of staff, said Wednesday a push is under way to send more units to the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, Ca. and the similar center in Hohenfels. <br>Martin Egnash/Stars and Stripes
American soldiers speed toward their objective in a Stryker during Exercise Saber Junction in Hohenfels, Germany, in 2017. Gen. Mark Milley, the Army’s chief of staff, said Wednesday a push is under way to send more units to the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, Ca. and the similar center in Hohenfels. <br>Martin Egnash/Stars and Stripes

Army plans to ramp up rotations to US, Germany combat centers

The Army is planning to boost the pace of rotations to its combat training centers in the United States and Germany, going from 20 this year to 32 in 2020 as the service emphasizes higher end combat skills.

Air Force recruits Daniel Sterling, right, and Ryan Padro, second right, try on shoes at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Jan. 3, 2019. <br>Courtesy Defense Logistics Agency
Air Force recruits Daniel Sterling, right, and Ryan Padro, second right, try on shoes at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Jan. 3, 2019. <br>Courtesy Defense Logistics Agency

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More than 250,000 recruits from the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and Air Force each year are expected to receive new kicks made by one of three American companies.

President Donald Trump speaks with South Korean President Moon Jae-in and troops from both nations over lunch at Camp Humphreys, South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017.<br>Marcus Fichtl/Stars and Stripes
President Donald Trump speaks with South Korean President Moon Jae-in and troops from both nations over lunch at Camp Humphreys, South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017.<br>Marcus Fichtl/Stars and Stripes

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President Donald Trump could use the cost-sharing dispute as an excuse to reduce troops without making it seem like a concession to North Korea, which along with China has long sought to evict the Americans from the peninsula.

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Trump touts future weapons capable of defeating all missiles during Pentagon speech

The United States will invest heavily in studying new technologies capable of defending the U.S. mainland against all current and future missile threats, including advanced hypersonic missiles under development by competing countries, President Donald Trump said Thursday in a speech at the Pentagon.

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An aerial view of Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, shows the north and south runways.<br>Courtesy of Google Earth

Two F-15s make emergency arrested landings within minutes of each other on Okinawa

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Belarusian model Anastasia Vashukevich sits in a van heading for an airport in Bangkok, Thailand, on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019. Thai officials said they were deporting Vashukevich who claimed last year that she had evidence of Russian involvement in helping elect Donald Trump as U.S. president.<br>Sakchai Lalit/AP

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A video screen grab shows a coalition airstrike destroying an ISIS fuel truck in Susah, Syria, on Nov. 29 2018. According to reports on Jan. 17, 2019, intense airstrikes hit an area controlled by ISIS forces in Syria's eastern province of Deir el-Zour.<br>Defense Department

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Trump touts future weapons capable of defeating all missiles during Pentagon speech

The United States will invest heavily in studying new technologies capable of defending the U.S. mainland against all current and future missile threats, including advanced hypersonic missiles under development by competing countries, President Donald Trump said Thursday in a speech at the Pentagon.

See more U.S. news
An aerial view of Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, shows the north and south runways.<br>Courtesy of Google Earth

Two F-15s make emergency arrested landings within minutes of each other on Okinawa

Safety issues forced a pair of F-15 fighter jets to land on the same runway — in opposite directions — within minutes of each other this week at the Air Force’s most active base in the Far East.

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Belarusian model Anastasia Vashukevich sits in a van heading for an airport in Bangkok, Thailand, on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019. Thai officials said they were deporting Vashukevich who claimed last year that she had evidence of Russian involvement in helping elect Donald Trump as U.S. president.<br>Sakchai Lalit/AP

Thailand deports Belarus model who claimed she had info on Trump

Anastasia Vashukevich along with seven co-defendants pleaded guilty this week in a case related to holding a sex training seminar in Thailand. While in custody, Vashukevich claimed to have recordings of Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska talking about interference in the 2016 U.S. election.

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A video screen grab shows a coalition airstrike destroying an ISIS fuel truck in Susah, Syria, on Nov. 29 2018. According to reports on Jan. 17, 2019, intense airstrikes hit an area controlled by ISIS forces in Syria's eastern province of Deir el-Zour.<br>Defense Department

US-led coalition airstrikes pound ISIS areas in eastern Syria

Syrian activists are reporting intense airstrikes on the last area held by the Islamic State group in the country's east where the extremists' control has been shrinking over the past weeks.

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Maj. Gen. Roger Cloutier, U.S. Army Africa commander, at the U.S. Army Africa Senior Leader Forum at Caserma Ederle, Vicenza, Italy, in October 2018.<br>Courtesy U.S. Army Africa

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Former Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin listens during a House Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Feb. 15, 2018.<br>Stars and Stripes
Former Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin listens during a House Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Feb. 15, 2018.<br>Stars and Stripes

Former VA secretary Shulkin violated ethics rules, allowed security staff to chauffeur his wife, IG report finds

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A group photo of the U.S. Coast Guard Patrol Forces in Southwest Asia taken in December 2018. Members of the Coast Guard's largest overseas unit, with about 240 active-duty members, are officially working without pay.<br>Courtesy U.S. Coast Guard Patrol Forces Southwest Asia/Facebook
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American soldiers speed toward their objective in a Stryker during Exercise Saber Junction in Hohenfels, Germany, in 2017. Gen. Mark Milley, the Army’s chief of staff, said Wednesday a push is under way to send more units to the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, Ca. and the similar center in Hohenfels. <br>Martin Egnash/Stars and Stripes
American soldiers speed toward their objective in a Stryker during Exercise Saber Junction in Hohenfels, Germany, in 2017. Gen. Mark Milley, the Army’s chief of staff, said Wednesday a push is under way to send more units to the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, Ca. and the similar center in Hohenfels. <br>Martin Egnash/Stars and Stripes

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An aerial view of Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, shows the north and south runways.<br>Courtesy of Google Earth
An aerial view of Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, shows the north and south runways.<br>Courtesy of Google Earth

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Japanese schoolchildren and their parents tour the commissary at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Monday, Jan. 14, 2019, during a community relations tour of the installation.<br>James Bolinger/Stars and Stripes
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The guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald returns to Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, after a collision with a merchant vessel on June 17, 2017.<br>Peter Burghart/U.S. Navy
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American soldiers speed toward their objective in a Stryker during Exercise Saber Junction in Hohenfels, Germany, in 2017. Gen. Mark Milley, the Army’s chief of staff, said Wednesday a push is under way to send more units to the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, Ca. and the similar center in Hohenfels. <br>Martin Egnash/Stars and Stripes
American soldiers speed toward their objective in a Stryker during Exercise Saber Junction in Hohenfels, Germany, in 2017. Gen. Mark Milley, the Army’s chief of staff, said Wednesday a push is under way to send more units to the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, Ca. and the similar center in Hohenfels. <br>Martin Egnash/Stars and Stripes

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An aerial view of Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, shows the north and south runways.<br>Courtesy of Google Earth
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Two F-15s make emergency arrested landings within minutes of each other on Okinawa

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David Ogundale of Bahrain drives for a layup during a December game against the British School of Bahrain. The Falcons won the game 34-32. <br>Joshua Karsten/Stars and Stripes

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