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Navy crew ejects from jet experiencing ‘mechanical issue’ over Philippine Sea
An F/A-18E Super Hornet launches from the flight deck of the USS Ronald Reagan. Two Navy pilots are safe after ejecting from an F/A-18 Super Hornet that “experienced a mechanical issue” over the Philippine Sea on Monday morning, a Navy statement said.<br>Nathan Burke/ U.S. Navy photo
An F/A-18E Super Hornet launches from the flight deck of the USS Ronald Reagan. Two Navy pilots are safe after ejecting from an F/A-18 Super Hornet that “experienced a mechanical issue” over the Philippine Sea on Monday morning, a Navy statement said.<br>Nathan Burke/ U.S. Navy photo

Two Navy aviators are safe after ejecting from an F/A-18 Super Hornet that “experienced a mechanical issue” over the Philippine Sea on Monday morning, a Navy statement said.

Security forces inspect the site of a suicide attack in the capital of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Nov. 12, 2018. Afghan officials confirm at least three people killed in a blast happened near a high school and the Kabul municipality office while hundreds of people gather to protest against Taliban attacks in Jaghuri and Malistan districts of eastern Ghazni province. <br>Massoud Hossaini/AP
Security forces inspect the site of a suicide attack in the capital of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Nov. 12, 2018. Afghan officials confirm at least three people killed in a blast happened near a high school and the Kabul municipality office while hundreds of people gather to protest against Taliban attacks in Jaghuri and Malistan districts of eastern Ghazni province. <br>Massoud Hossaini/AP

Suicide bomber kills six at protest demanding better security against Taliban

The explosion took place near where hundreds had gathered to denounce the latest Taliban attacks in Ghazni districts of Jaghuri and Malistan.

A new uniform modeled after the World War II-era "pinks and greens" were presented last week at the Association of the United States Army's annual exposition in Washington, D.C.<br>COURTESY OF THE U.S. ARMY
A new uniform modeled after the World War II-era "pinks and greens" were presented last week at the Association of the United States Army's annual exposition in Washington, D.C.<br>COURTESY OF THE U.S. ARMY

What's old is new: Army rolls out 'pinks and greens' service uniform

The uniforms were presented in Washington, D.C. last year and had the support of the Sergeant Major of the Army Dan Dailey, who wore a prototype at the Army-Navy game last December.

A man rescued at sea is lifted on a stretcher onto the USNS Trenton, in the Mediterranean Sea on Tuesday, June 12, 2018. <br>U.S. Navy
A man rescued at sea is lifted on a stretcher onto the USNS Trenton, in the Mediterranean Sea on Tuesday, June 12, 2018. <br>U.S. Navy

Navy disputes survivors’ claim USNS Trenton was slow to respond to migrants in distress

Some of the 42 migrants rescued in June by the USNS Trenton in the Mediterranean Sea say 76 people died because the vessel was slow to respond, but the Navy insists it acted as swiftly as possible.

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Brendan Hoolihan, left, Telemachus "Tel" Orfanos and Keith Naylor after the Route 91 Harvest festival shooting in Las Vegas. They met that night as they worked to help victims. <br> Philip Cheung/The Washington Post
Brendan Hoolihan, left, Telemachus "Tel" Orfanos and Keith Naylor after the Route 91 Harvest festival shooting in Las Vegas. They met that night as they worked to help victims. <br> Philip Cheung/The Washington Post

One year, two mass shootings: Friend remembers Navy vet killed in California who survived Las Vegas massacre

Brendan Hoolihan met Navy veteran Telemachus "Tel" Orfanos when they both survived the Route 91 Harvest festival attack. After the California mass shooting at Borderline Bar and Grill, Hoolihan learned of Orfanos' heroic attempts to save others.

In this Oct. 10, 2018 photo, North Dakota State University student Madison Rodgers, speaks at a coffee shop in Fargo, N.D. Rodgers has been acting as a liaison for school ROTC members who discovered that the state is stripping them of their tuition assistance for next semester. <br>Dave Kolpack/AP
In this Oct. 10, 2018 photo, North Dakota State University student Madison Rodgers, speaks at a coffee shop in Fargo, N.D. Rodgers has been acting as a liaison for school ROTC members who discovered that the state is stripping them of their tuition assistance for next semester. <br>Dave Kolpack/AP

'We can't fix it': Guard strips tuition funding for ROTC scholarship students

Some National Guard students attending North Dakota colleges on ROTC scholarships are scrambling to find ways to stay in school after the state Guard announced it could no longer fund its share of the program.

Adm. James Foggo, the Navy’s top Europe and Africa commander, salutes a wreath being placed by American children at Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial on Nov. 11, 2018. <br>Ryan Riley/U.S. Navy
Adm. James Foggo, the Navy’s top Europe and Africa commander, salutes a wreath being placed by American children at Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial on Nov. 11, 2018. <br>Ryan Riley/U.S. Navy

Navy's top commander in Europe recalls personal connection to WWI at Flanders cemetery

The Navy’s top Europe and Africa commander spoke Sunday at Flanders Field American Cemetery in Belgium in honor of the armistice forged 100 years ago and the thousands of U.S. servicemembers who died in “the war to end all wars.”

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Defense Secretary Jim Mattis at the White House in February 2018.<br>Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post

Decades after 'Star Wars,' Pentagon looks back to the future on missile defense

More than three decades ago, Michael Griffin was at the center of the military's "Star Wars" initiative, working to realize President Ronald Reagan's dream of shielding the United States from Soviet missiles. Now the 69-year-old scientist is back at the Pentagon.

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U.S. President Donald Trump, right, stands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Sentosa Island in Singapore in this file photo from June 12, 2018.<br>Evan Vucci/AP

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Adm. James Foggo, the Navy’s top Europe and Africa commander, salutes a wreath being placed by American children at Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial on Nov. 11, 2018. <br>Ryan Riley/U.S. Navy

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Security forces inspect the site of a suicide attack in the capital of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Nov. 12, 2018. Afghan officials confirm at least three people killed in a blast happened near a high school and the Kabul municipality office while hundreds of people gather to protest against Taliban attacks in Jaghuri and Malistan districts of eastern Ghazni province. <br>Massoud Hossaini/AP

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Defense Secretary Jim Mattis at the White House in February 2018.<br>Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post

Decades after 'Star Wars,' Pentagon looks back to the future on missile defense

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U.S. President Donald Trump, right, stands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Sentosa Island in Singapore in this file photo from June 12, 2018.<br>Evan Vucci/AP

US analysts locate more than a dozen secret North Korean missile sites

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Adm. James Foggo, the Navy’s top Europe and Africa commander, salutes a wreath being placed by American children at Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial on Nov. 11, 2018. <br>Ryan Riley/U.S. Navy

Navy's top commander in Europe recalls personal connection to WWI at Flanders cemetery

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Security forces inspect the site of a suicide attack in the capital of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Nov. 12, 2018. Afghan officials confirm at least three people killed in a blast happened near a high school and the Kabul municipality office while hundreds of people gather to protest against Taliban attacks in Jaghuri and Malistan districts of eastern Ghazni province. <br>Massoud Hossaini/AP

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Report: Russian charged by US seen at meeting with Libyan army chief

A Russian newspaper says video released by the self-styled Libyan National Army shows a businessman allegedly linked to a private contractor that sent mercenaries to Syria at a meeting with the head of the Libyan army and top Russian military officials.

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Army Pvt. John B. Cummings, who was killed during World War II, was buried with honors beside his parents after his remains were found and identified this year.<br>Defense POW, MIA Accounting Agency
Army Pvt. John B. Cummings, who was killed during World War II, was buried with honors beside his parents after his remains were found and identified this year.<br>Defense POW, MIA Accounting Agency

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John B. "Jack" Cummings was 22, a handsome college man headed off to World War II from Juneau, Wisconsin, where his family, no doubt, prayed he would return. But on Dec. 31, 1944, near the French village of Neuhaeusel on the Rhine River, he vanished from his foxhole.

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