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Death at sea separated these twins 74 years ago. Now they're back together.
Julius "Henry" Pieper, left, and Ludwig "Louie" Pieper are shown in this undated World War II-era photo. <br>Courtesy of Creston, Neb., Q125 History Book
Julius "Henry" Pieper, left, and Ludwig "Louie" Pieper are shown in this undated World War II-era photo. <br>Courtesy of Creston, Neb., Q125 History Book

The brothers' burial together in Normandy is a culmination of improbable events that included the review of a grave marked “unknown” in Belgium, a high school history project, a military forensics team review and a family gathering in Nebraska.

The ONYX suit uses embedded sensors to track body movement, which a computer interprets to help the wearer perform certain "knee-intensive tasks" such as climbing stairs or crossing difficult terrain.<br>Lockheed Martin
The ONYX suit uses embedded sensors to track body movement, which a computer interprets to help the wearer perform certain "knee-intensive tasks" such as climbing stairs or crossing difficult terrain.<br>Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin's 'Iron Man'-like leg device catches Army's eye

An exoskeleton-like device developed by a Lockheed Martin team based in Orlando could give soldiers, workers and perhaps even the disabled some significant new powers.

Tech. Sgt. Brian Agulgui, left, and Tech Sgt. James Lam, Louisiana Air National Guard air controllers from the 122nd Air Support Operations Squadron Technical, conduct close air support at Adazi Military Base, Latvia, June 15, 2018, during the Saber Strike 18 exercise. <br>John Rohre/Courtesy of Air National Guard
Tech. Sgt. Brian Agulgui, left, and Tech Sgt. James Lam, Louisiana Air National Guard air controllers from the 122nd Air Support Operations Squadron Technical, conduct close air support at Adazi Military Base, Latvia, June 15, 2018, during the Saber Strike 18 exercise. <br>John Rohre/Courtesy of Air National Guard

US European Command moves forward with plan to bring more war games to southern Europe

U.S. commanders are reorganizing major exercises in Europe in a move expected to bring more large drills into the southern part of the Continent, where U.S. European Command is expanding resources even as the military has curtailed war games in South Korea.

Soldiers of the 498th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 501st Sustainment Brigade, bound forward from their firing position during training with South Korean infantry during Ulchi Freedom Guardian 2011. <br>Danielle Ferrer/U.S. Army
Soldiers of the 498th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 501st Sustainment Brigade, bound forward from their firing position during training with South Korean infantry during Ulchi Freedom Guardian 2011. <br>Danielle Ferrer/U.S. Army

S. Korea steps up pressure on North to take ‘concrete action’ toward denuclearization

South Korea’s foreign minister warned on Wednesday that the suspension of war games with the United States is “not irreversible” as she urged the North to take concrete action toward abandoning its nuclear weapons program.

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Ray Emory, who manned a .50-caliber machine gun aboard the USS Honolulu to defend against the Dec. 7, 1941, surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, speaks to sailors and family members gathered during a farewell ceremony, June 19, 2018, near where the ship was berthed in Pearl Harbor.<br>Wyatt Olson/Stars and Stripes
Ray Emory, who manned a .50-caliber machine gun aboard the USS Honolulu to defend against the Dec. 7, 1941, surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, speaks to sailors and family members gathered during a farewell ceremony, June 19, 2018, near where the ship was berthed in Pearl Harbor.<br>Wyatt Olson/Stars and Stripes

Veteran of Pearl Harbor attack bids farewell to battle site, Hawaii

On Tuesday morning, sailors in dress whites offered a ship-rail salute to Pearl Harbor survivor Ray Emory as he made a farewell visit to Bravo-21 pier where the USS Honolulu was berthed in 1941. He will soon depart for the mainland to live with family members.

A casket holding the remains of an unidentified servicemember is covered with a United Nations flag during a ceremony at Yongsan Garrison, South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017.<br>Marcus Fichtl/Stars and Stripes
A casket holding the remains of an unidentified servicemember is covered with a United Nations flag during a ceremony at Yongsan Garrison, South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017.<br>Marcus Fichtl/Stars and Stripes

UN Command planning for N. Koreans to turn over remains of US war dead

The U.N. Command in South Korea is planning for the North Koreans to turn over the remains of U.S. troops who died in the 1950-53 war, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.

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Navy investigating noncombat-related death of sailor at Africa base

A brief Navy statement issued Tuesday about the death of Petty Officer 1st Class Matthew I. Holzemer, of Tennessee, provided no details.

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Immigrant children are shown outside a former Job Corps site that now houses them, Monday, June 18, 2018, in Homestead, Fla. It is not known if the children crossed the border as unaccompanied minors or were separated from family members. An unapologetic President Donald Trump defended his administration's border-protection policies Monday in the face of rising national outrage over the forced separation of migrant children from their parents.<br>Wilfredo Lee/AP

Trump, GOP leaders strain for migrant-kids solution

Leaders in both the House and Senate are struggling to shield the party's lawmakers from the public outcry over images of children taken from migrant parents and held in cages at the border.

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Soldiers of the 498th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 501st Sustainment Brigade, bound forward from their firing position during training with South Korean infantry during Ulchi Freedom Guardian 2011. <br>Danielle Ferrer/U.S. Army

S. Korea steps up pressure on North to take ‘concrete action’ toward denuclearization

South Korea’s foreign minister warned on Wednesday that the suspension of war games with the United States is “not irreversible” as she urged the North to take concrete action toward abandoning its nuclear weapons program.

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Tech. Sgt. Brian Agulgui, left, and Tech Sgt. James Lam, Louisiana Air National Guard air controllers from the 122nd Air Support Operations Squadron Technical, conduct close air support at Adazi Military Base, Latvia, June 15, 2018, during the Saber Strike 18 exercise. <br>John Rohre/Courtesy of Air National Guard

US European Command moves forward with plan to bring more war games to southern Europe

U.S. commanders are reorganizing major exercises in Europe in a move expected to bring more large drills into the southern part of the Continent, where U.S. European Command is expanding resources even as the military has curtailed war games in South Korea.

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This undated company photo from PepperBall Technologies shows a police officer using the Variable Kinetic System, which fires round or shaped projectiles filled with pepper powder that burst and create a cloud of irritant powder upon impact. The weapon can be used to disperse rioters and can be effective even when fired at the ground in front of a person or crowd, the company says. <br>PepperBall Technologies

Coalition troops in Afghanistan get training on spicy new weapons

Nearly three dozen troops have been trained on a new weapon that looks and feels like a standard-issue carbine but fires nonlethal rounds that explode on impact and release a cloud of irritating pepper powder, military officials said Tuesday.

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Navy investigating noncombat-related death of sailor at Africa base

A brief Navy statement issued Tuesday about the death of Petty Officer 1st Class Matthew I. Holzemer, of Tennessee, provided no details.

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Immigrant children are shown outside a former Job Corps site that now houses them, Monday, June 18, 2018, in Homestead, Fla. It is not known if the children crossed the border as unaccompanied minors or were separated from family members. An unapologetic President Donald Trump defended his administration's border-protection policies Monday in the face of rising national outrage over the forced separation of migrant children from their parents.<br>Wilfredo Lee/AP

Trump, GOP leaders strain for migrant-kids solution

Leaders in both the House and Senate are struggling to shield the party's lawmakers from the public outcry over images of children taken from migrant parents and held in cages at the border.

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Soldiers of the 498th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 501st Sustainment Brigade, bound forward from their firing position during training with South Korean infantry during Ulchi Freedom Guardian 2011. <br>Danielle Ferrer/U.S. Army

S. Korea steps up pressure on North to take ‘concrete action’ toward denuclearization

South Korea’s foreign minister warned on Wednesday that the suspension of war games with the United States is “not irreversible” as she urged the North to take concrete action toward abandoning its nuclear weapons program.

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Tech. Sgt. Brian Agulgui, left, and Tech Sgt. James Lam, Louisiana Air National Guard air controllers from the 122nd Air Support Operations Squadron Technical, conduct close air support at Adazi Military Base, Latvia, June 15, 2018, during the Saber Strike 18 exercise. <br>John Rohre/Courtesy of Air National Guard

US European Command moves forward with plan to bring more war games to southern Europe

U.S. commanders are reorganizing major exercises in Europe in a move expected to bring more large drills into the southern part of the Continent, where U.S. European Command is expanding resources even as the military has curtailed war games in South Korea.

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This undated company photo from PepperBall Technologies shows a police officer using the Variable Kinetic System, which fires round or shaped projectiles filled with pepper powder that burst and create a cloud of irritant powder upon impact. The weapon can be used to disperse rioters and can be effective even when fired at the ground in front of a person or crowd, the company says. <br>PepperBall Technologies

Coalition troops in Afghanistan get training on spicy new weapons

Nearly three dozen troops have been trained on a new weapon that looks and feels like a standard-issue carbine but fires nonlethal rounds that explode on impact and release a cloud of irritating pepper powder, military officials said Tuesday.

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<br>Kulani Lakanaria/U.S. Army

Navy investigating noncombat-related death of sailor at Africa base

A brief Navy statement issued Tuesday about the death of Petty Officer 1st Class Matthew I. Holzemer, of Tennessee, provided no details.

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The Department of Veterans Affairs Building in Washington, D.C. <br>Stars and Stripes

Democrats call for investigation after VA fails to share information on new disciplinary law

Democrats are calling for an investigation into a one-year-old law that gave Department of Veterans Affairs leaders more power to discipline employees, citing a lack of transparency from the agency about how it’s being put to use.

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Hershel “Woody” Williams speaks in front of the Hawaii Gold Star Families Memorial Monument in Kaneohe, Hawaii, after a dedication ceremony on March 17, 2018.<br>Wyatt Olson/Stars and Stripes
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West Virginia VA hospital being renamed in Williams' honor

The Huntington VA Medical Center is being renamed for World War II veteran Woody Williams, West Virginia's last surviving Medal of Honor recipient.

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The sun sets on Guantanamo's Detention Center on Feb. 10, 2017. The military approved release of this photo.<br>Emily Michot/The Miami Herald (TNS)
The sun sets on Guantanamo's Detention Center on Feb. 10, 2017. The military approved release of this photo.<br>Emily Michot/The Miami Herald (TNS)

Blue is the new orange as Guantanamo preps for new prisoners, maybe ISIS fighters

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Minnesota Highway 23 damaged by flash flooding at the south fork Nemadji River crossing near Wrenshall, Minn. on Sunday, June 17, 2018.<br>Chris Cheney/Minnesota Department of Transportation via AP
Minnesota Highway 23 damaged by flash flooding at the south fork Nemadji River crossing near Wrenshall, Minn. on Sunday, June 17, 2018.<br>Chris Cheney/Minnesota Department of Transportation via AP

Death, washed-out roads amid flooding in Upper Midwest

Widespread flooding in the Upper Midwest was blamed for at least one death in Wisconsin, while disaster declarations were issued Monday in northern Michigan after flash-flooding washed out roads, damaged businesses and caused dozens of sinkholes. The Coast Guard warned people to stay out of recreational waterways because of storm debris.

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The ONYX suit uses embedded sensors to track body movement, which a computer interprets to help the wearer perform certain "knee-intensive tasks" such as climbing stairs or crossing difficult terrain.<br>Lockheed Martin
The ONYX suit uses embedded sensors to track body movement, which a computer interprets to help the wearer perform certain "knee-intensive tasks" such as climbing stairs or crossing difficult terrain.<br>Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin's 'Iron Man'-like leg device catches Army's eye

An exoskeleton-like device developed by a Lockheed Martin team based in Orlando could give soldiers, workers and perhaps even the disabled some significant new powers.

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Lt. Gen. Robert McMurry (left), Air Force Life Cycle Management Center commander, passes the guideon to Col. Thomas Sherman (right), as he assumes command of the 88th Air Base Wing during a change of command ceremony inside the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, June 19, 2018. Sherman replaced Col. Bradley McDonald. <br>Wesley Farnsworth/U.S. Air Force photo
Lt. Gen. Robert McMurry (left), Air Force Life Cycle Management Center commander, passes the guideon to Col. Thomas Sherman (right), as he assumes command of the 88th Air Base Wing during a change of command ceremony inside the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, June 19, 2018. Sherman replaced Col. Bradley McDonald. <br>Wesley Farnsworth/U.S. Air Force photo

'This is a job that takes all you got:' Wright-Patterson welcomes new commander

Col. Thomas P. Sherman made two firsts Tuesday: He made his first trip to the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, and he became the installation commander of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base — the largest Air Force base by population.

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Hershel “Woody” Williams speaks in front of the Hawaii Gold Star Families Memorial Monument in Kaneohe, Hawaii, after a dedication ceremony on March 17, 2018.<br>Wyatt Olson/Stars and Stripes
Hershel “Woody” Williams speaks in front of the Hawaii Gold Star Families Memorial Monument in Kaneohe, Hawaii, after a dedication ceremony on March 17, 2018.<br>Wyatt Olson/Stars and Stripes

West Virginia VA hospital being renamed in Williams' honor

The Huntington VA Medical Center is being renamed for World War II veteran Woody Williams, West Virginia's last surviving Medal of Honor recipient.

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The sun sets on Guantanamo's Detention Center on Feb. 10, 2017. The military approved release of this photo.<br>Emily Michot/The Miami Herald (TNS)
The sun sets on Guantanamo's Detention Center on Feb. 10, 2017. The military approved release of this photo.<br>Emily Michot/The Miami Herald (TNS)

Blue is the new orange as Guantanamo preps for new prisoners, maybe ISIS fighters

Navy Rear Adm. John Ring, the prison commander, says he hasn't gotten any word that new prisoners are coming to Guantanamo. But since President Donald Trump signed an order keeping the prison open, Ring's staff is now preparing for what a spokeswoman calls an "enduring mission."

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Minnesota Highway 23 damaged by flash flooding at the south fork Nemadji River crossing near Wrenshall, Minn. on Sunday, June 17, 2018.<br>Chris Cheney/Minnesota Department of Transportation via AP
Minnesota Highway 23 damaged by flash flooding at the south fork Nemadji River crossing near Wrenshall, Minn. on Sunday, June 17, 2018.<br>Chris Cheney/Minnesota Department of Transportation via AP

Death, washed-out roads amid flooding in Upper Midwest

Widespread flooding in the Upper Midwest was blamed for at least one death in Wisconsin, while disaster declarations were issued Monday in northern Michigan after flash-flooding washed out roads, damaged businesses and caused dozens of sinkholes. The Coast Guard warned people to stay out of recreational waterways because of storm debris.

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The ONYX suit uses embedded sensors to track body movement, which a computer interprets to help the wearer perform certain "knee-intensive tasks" such as climbing stairs or crossing difficult terrain.<br>Lockheed Martin
The ONYX suit uses embedded sensors to track body movement, which a computer interprets to help the wearer perform certain "knee-intensive tasks" such as climbing stairs or crossing difficult terrain.<br>Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin's 'Iron Man'-like leg device catches Army's eye

An exoskeleton-like device developed by a Lockheed Martin team based in Orlando could give soldiers, workers and perhaps even the disabled some significant new powers.

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Lt. Gen. Robert McMurry (left), Air Force Life Cycle Management Center commander, passes the guideon to Col. Thomas Sherman (right), as he assumes command of the 88th Air Base Wing during a change of command ceremony inside the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, June 19, 2018. Sherman replaced Col. Bradley McDonald. <br>Wesley Farnsworth/U.S. Air Force photo
Lt. Gen. Robert McMurry (left), Air Force Life Cycle Management Center commander, passes the guideon to Col. Thomas Sherman (right), as he assumes command of the 88th Air Base Wing during a change of command ceremony inside the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, June 19, 2018. Sherman replaced Col. Bradley McDonald. <br>Wesley Farnsworth/U.S. Air Force photo

'This is a job that takes all you got:' Wright-Patterson welcomes new commander

Col. Thomas P. Sherman made two firsts Tuesday: He made his first trip to the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, and he became the installation commander of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base — the largest Air Force base by population.

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Referee Damir Skomina from Slovenia shows a red card to Colombia's Carlos Sanchez, on the ground, during the group H match between Colombia and Japan at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the Mordavia Arena in Saransk, Russia, Tuesday, June 19, 2018. <br>Vadim Ghirda/AP

Colombia midfielder gets second-fastest World Cup red card

Colombia midfielder Carlos Sanchez will be relieved about one thing. His third-minute dismissal in the team's opener with Japan on Tuesday at the World Cup isn't the fastest in the tournament's history.

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Referee Damir Skomina from Slovenia shows a red card to Colombia's Carlos Sanchez, on the ground, during the group H match between Colombia and Japan at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the Mordavia Arena in Saransk, Russia, Tuesday, June 19, 2018. <br>Vadim Ghirda/AP

Colombia midfielder gets second-fastest World Cup red card

Colombia midfielder Carlos Sanchez will be relieved about one thing. His third-minute dismissal in the team's opener with Japan on Tuesday at the World Cup isn't the fastest in the tournament's history.