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Family of dead Fort Hood soldier seeks $25M for negligent treatment at Army hospital

Sgt. Elder Fernandes, 23, was found dead about 30 miles from the base in Temple, Texas, on Aug. 25, 2020. His family says he did not receive adequate mental health care at the base hospital in the week before he died by suicide.

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Gen. Christopher Cavoli, head of U.S. European Command and NATO supreme allied commander, addresses the 14th Annual Center for European Policy Analysis in a YouTube livestream on Sept. 27, 2022. NATO nations are developing new plans to defend their eastern members, Cavoli said.

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Members of Marine Rotational Force – Darwin train this summer at Yampi Sound Training Area in Western Australia.

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An RC-135V/W Rivet Joint aircraft leaves the runway Aug. 13, at Offutt AFB, Neb. The Rivet Joint is a reconnaissance aircraft used by both the U.S. Air Force and U.K. Royal Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Josh Plueger/Released)

Offutt planes getting ready to leave Lincoln for good

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Navy

A fire continues to burn aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) at Naval Base San Diego, July 12, 2020.

Navy prosecutors say circumstantial evidence enough to convict sailor in San Diego ship fire

Military recruiter killed by Texas police after fatally shooting wife, wounding NCIS agent

US aircraft carrier arrives in South Korea with strike group to kick off joint drills

Space Force

NASA is going to attempt to launch its massive Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft to the moon next week, but is keeping an eye on a storm that could force a postponement. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Jonathan Newton.

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Coast Guard cutter goes on alert with sighting of Russian-Chinese naval formation near Alaska

Christian Coast Guard members sue over religious objections to military's coronavirus vaccine mandate

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Marine Corps

A landing craft air cushion leaves the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay during training in the Gulf of Thailand, Feb. 28, 2022.

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Foreign Minister of Sweden Ann Christin Linde addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 24, 2022 at U.N. headquarters.

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Europe

A sign shows the exchange rate in London, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022.

British pound stabilizes, but turmoil still roils UK economy

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Asia-Pacific

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, right, holds a bilateral meeting with South Korea's Prime Minister Han Duck-soo in Tokyo, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022.

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Middle East

In this photo provided by Kurdish-run Hawar News Agency, Kurdish women hold portraits of Iranian Mahsa Amini, during a protest condemning her death in Iran, in the city of Qamishli, northern Syria, Sept. 26, 2022.

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Libyan army forces and vehicles are stationed in a street in the country’s capital of Tripoli on Friday, July 22 2022. One of Libya’s rival governments on Friday called on militias to stop fighting, after clashes broke out in the country’s capital, Tripoli overnight, killing at least one civilian and forcing around 200 people to flee the area.(AP Photo/Yousef Murad)

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Americas

Workers remove a boat from the water in the bay of Havana, Cuba, Monday, Sept. 26, 2022.

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Air Force wide receiver David Cormiercatches a pass from quarterback Ben Brittain for a touchdown reception as Nevada defensive back Jaden Dedman defends during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, in Air Force Academy, Colo.

Roberts, Brittain spark Air Force in 48-20 win over Nevada

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Guzura district, Afghanistan, November 13, 2018: Miriam Gul, 4, and her brother Mustafa, 3, harvest saffron flowers from a field in their village in a rural district of Herat province in Afghanistan. META TAGS: Afghanistan, Operation Freedom Sentinel, Afghan, agriculture, saffron, Herat, War on Terror

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Guzura district, Afghanistan, Nov. 13, 2018: Miriam Gul, 4, and her brother Mustafa, 3, harvest saffron flowers from a field in their village in a rural district of Herat province in Afghanistan.