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Thousands pay their respects to lost USS Fitzgerald sailors at Yokosuka
Sailors ceremonially fold seven American flags during a memorial ceremony for seven USS Fitzgerald sailors at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, Tuesday, June 27, 2017.<br>Raymond Diaz III/U.S. Navy

Thousands of people lined the streets of Yokosuka Tuesday to pay their respects to the seven USS Fitzgerald sailors who died after the destroyer collided with a cargo ship off the coast of Japan on June 17.

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis<br>Monica A. King/U.S. Army

Mattis: US will not slide into expanded war in Syria

The U.S. will not slide into an expanded role in Syria’s civil war despite recent incidents that led to U.S. warplanes firing on pro-regime forces there, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis said Monday.

In this Feb. 10, 2017 file photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks during an interview with Yahoo News in Damascus.<br>SANA via AP

White House warns Syria's Assad against chemical attack

The White House issued a stern warning to Syrian President Bashar Assad on Monday night as it claimed "potential" evidence that Syria was preparing for another chemical weapons attack.

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Budget office: Senate health bill adds 22 million uninsured

The Senate Republican health care bill would leave 22 million more Americans uninsured in 2026 than under President Barack Obama's health care law, the Congressional Budget Office estimated Monday.

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Peter Mims poses for a photo after being frocked to the rank of petty officer third class during a ceremony aboard the USS Shiloh May 25.<br>Courtesy photo

‘Missing’ Shiloh sailor who launched three-day search now facing court-martial

A USS Shiloh sailor who sparked a massive three-day search after appearing to have fallen off the ship only to be later found in the ship’s engine room is now facing court-martial.

A Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, conducted a training flight from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni to Kadena Air Base on Okinawa, Japan, Monday, June 26, 2017.<br>Charles Plouffe/U.S. Marine Corp

F-35B stealth fighters make first appearance on Okinawa

Two F-35B Lightning II aircraft landed on Okinawa Monday, the first time the state-of-the-art stealth fighter has visited the strategically important Japanese island.

Then-Col. Paul Rock is promoted to brigadier general at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., in 2015. Rock took command of Marine Corps Installations Pacific at Camp Foster, Okinawa, Tuesday, June 26, 2017.<br>Koby Saunders/U.S. Marine Corps

Marine Corps Installations Pacific gets new commander on Okinawa

Marine Brig. Gen. Paul Rock has taken command of Marine Corps Installations Pacific and Camp Butler, which provides installation services to forward-deployed Marines, sailors and their families in Okinawa, mainland Japan, South Korea and Hawaii.

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Protesters wave signs and chant during a demonstration against President Donald Trump's revised travel ban, Monday, May 15, 2017, outside a federal courthouse in Seattle. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments Monday in Seattle over Hawaii's lawsuit challenging the travel ban, which would suspend the nation's refugee program and temporarily bar new visas for citizens of Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.<br>Ted S. Warren/AP Photo

Ruling in travel ban leaves myriad questions unanswered

The Supreme Court's decision to partially reinstate President Donald Trump's temporary travel ban has left the effort to keep some foreigners out of the United States in a murky middle ground, with unanswered questions and possibly more litigation ahead.

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New South Korean President Moon Jae-in and his wife, Kim Jung-suk, observe the national anthem during his swearing-in ceremony in Seoul, Wednesday, May 10, 2017.<br>Courtesy of Korea.net

North Korea at the top of agenda as South Korea's new president comes to D.C.

When South Korea's new president comes to the United States this week for his first meeting with President Donald Trump, there will be no cozy dinners at Mar-a-Lago or rounds of golf in the Florida sunshine.

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Airmen from the 100th Civil Engineer Squadron and firefighters from Norfolk Fire and Rescue extinguish a burn with water blasts from a fire truck during an aircraft live-fire training exercise at RAF Mildenhall, England, Monday, June 26, 2017.<br>William Howard/Stars and Stripes

Local firefighters join Mildenhall department for training exercise

U.S. Air Force firefighters on Monday extinguished the raging inferno of a prop aircraft with a steady blast from the twin water cannons of a fire truck during a live-fire exercise on base.

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Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, center, testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on June 13, 2017, during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.. At left is Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford.<br>Carlos Bongioanni/Stars and Stripes

Mattis: After Raqqa, the Syrian battlefield will only get more complicated

As the fight against the Islamic State moves beyond its de facto capital in Raqqa, the Pentagon is readying itself for an increasingly complex battlefield in northern Syria, where U.S.-backed forces, pro-Syrian government troops and Russian jets will likely all be fighting near one another.

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South Sudanese refugee James Malish, whose mother and sister recently died days apart, visits their graves on June 5, 2017, at Bidi Bidi, the world's largest refugee settlement, in northern Uganda. Refugees sheltering here are having to learn new ways of life and death, and when they die, their families face a dilemma: bury them without the traditional customs, or carry them home and face war again.<br>Ben Curtis/AP

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South Sudanese refugees grapple with honoring their dead

The cemetery for South Sudanese refugees lies between two streams that flood when the rains come, leaving debris scattered across the otherwise unmarked graves.

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Protesters wave signs and chant during a demonstration against President Donald Trump's revised travel ban, Monday, May 15, 2017, outside a federal courthouse in Seattle. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments Monday in Seattle over Hawaii's lawsuit challenging the travel ban, which would suspend the nation's refugee program and temporarily bar new visas for citizens of Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.<br>Ted S. Warren/AP Photo

Ruling in travel ban leaves myriad questions unanswered

The Supreme Court's decision to partially reinstate President Donald Trump's temporary travel ban has left the effort to keep some foreigners out of the United States in a murky middle ground, with unanswered questions and possibly more litigation ahead.

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New South Korean President Moon Jae-in and his wife, Kim Jung-suk, observe the national anthem during his swearing-in ceremony in Seoul, Wednesday, May 10, 2017.<br>Courtesy of Korea.net

North Korea at the top of agenda as South Korea's new president comes to D.C.

When South Korea's new president comes to the United States this week for his first meeting with President Donald Trump, there will be no cozy dinners at Mar-a-Lago or rounds of golf in the Florida sunshine.

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Airmen from the 100th Civil Engineer Squadron and firefighters from Norfolk Fire and Rescue extinguish a burn with water blasts from a fire truck during an aircraft live-fire training exercise at RAF Mildenhall, England, Monday, June 26, 2017.<br>William Howard/Stars and Stripes

Local firefighters join Mildenhall department for training exercise

U.S. Air Force firefighters on Monday extinguished the raging inferno of a prop aircraft with a steady blast from the twin water cannons of a fire truck during a live-fire exercise on base.

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Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, center, testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on June 13, 2017, during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.. At left is Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford.<br>Carlos Bongioanni/Stars and Stripes

Mattis: After Raqqa, the Syrian battlefield will only get more complicated

As the fight against the Islamic State moves beyond its de facto capital in Raqqa, the Pentagon is readying itself for an increasingly complex battlefield in northern Syria, where U.S.-backed forces, pro-Syrian government troops and Russian jets will likely all be fighting near one another.

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South Sudanese refugee James Malish, whose mother and sister recently died days apart, visits their graves on June 5, 2017, at Bidi Bidi, the world's largest refugee settlement, in northern Uganda. Refugees sheltering here are having to learn new ways of life and death, and when they die, their families face a dilemma: bury them without the traditional customs, or carry them home and face war again.<br>Ben Curtis/AP

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South Sudanese refugees grapple with honoring their dead

The cemetery for South Sudanese refugees lies between two streams that flood when the rains come, leaving debris scattered across the otherwise unmarked graves.

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In this 1942 photo provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Office of History, a soldier places dynamite during construction of the Alaska Highway in the Northern Sector of Alaska. Nearly 4,000 segregated black soldiers helped build the highway across Alaska and Canada during World War II, a contribution largely ignored for decades but drawing attention as the 75th anniversary approaches.<br>U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Office of History via AP

Alaska lauds black soldiers' work on famed WWII highway

Leonard Larkins and nearly 4,000 other segregated black soldiers helped build a highway across Alaska and Canada during World War II, a contribution largely ignored for decades but drawing attention as the 75th anniversary approaches.

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A fixed wing aircraft mechanic assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 251 conducts maintenance on an F/A-18C Hornet during Red Flag-Alaska 17-2 on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 14, 2017. <br>Koby I. Saunders/ U.S. Marine Corps

2 Marines suffer severe burns from F/A-18 flash fire

Two Marine Corps maintainers working on an F/A-18 fighter jet were injured when a flash fire ignited as they were performing routine maintenance on the aircraft, the service said Monday.

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Airmen from the 100th Civil Engineer Squadron and firefighters from Norfolk Fire and Rescue extinguish a burn with water blasts from a fire truck during an aircraft live-fire training exercise at RAF Mildenhall, England, Monday, June 26, 2017.<br>William Howard/Stars and Stripes

Local firefighters join Mildenhall department for training exercise

U.S. Air Force firefighters on Monday extinguished the raging inferno of a prop aircraft with a steady blast from the twin water cannons of a fire truck during a live-fire exercise on base.

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This Jan. 9, 2015 photo shows U.S. Navy Cmdr. David Morales, assigned to Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Korea, during a tour of the a memorial in Pyeongtaek, Republic of Korea. The Navy has charged Morales with accepting gifts and sex with prostitutes from a Malaysian defense contractor. Prosecutors alleged at a preliminary hearing in Norfolk, Virginia, on Monday, June 26, 2017, that Morales accepted bottles of champagne, $5,000 meals and sex, and helped Singapore-based businessman Leonard Francis, nicknamed "Fat Leonard," secure lucrative contracts to service U.S. Navy ships in Asian ports.<br>Wendy Wyman/U.S. Navy photo via AP

First military case in 'Fat Leonard' Navy bribery scandal begins

While he was stationed in Singapore, a U.S. Navy commander ate suckling pigs worth $400 apiece, attended a Gucci fashion show with his wife and enjoyed the services of prostitutes — all courtesy of a Malaysian defense contractor, Navy prosecutors alleged Monday.

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Colorado jury acquits Army Green Beret who killed intruder

A jury in Colorado Springs has acquitted a U.S. Army Green Beret who shot and killed an intruder in his detached garage.

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Coast Guard to sell vacant housing near Concord Naval Weapons Station

The Coast Guard announced last month its willingness to negotiate a possible sale of the vacant military housing near Concord Naval Weapons Station to Concord, a city official said.

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A fixed wing aircraft mechanic assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 251 conducts maintenance on an F/A-18C Hornet during Red Flag-Alaska 17-2 on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 14, 2017. <br>Koby I. Saunders/ U.S. Marine Corps

2 Marines suffer severe burns from F/A-18 flash fire

Two Marine Corps maintainers working on an F/A-18 fighter jet were injured when a flash fire ignited as they were performing routine maintenance on the aircraft, the service said Monday.

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Airmen from the 100th Civil Engineer Squadron and firefighters from Norfolk Fire and Rescue extinguish a burn with water blasts from a fire truck during an aircraft live-fire training exercise at RAF Mildenhall, England, Monday, June 26, 2017.<br>William Howard/Stars and Stripes

Local firefighters join Mildenhall department for training exercise

U.S. Air Force firefighters on Monday extinguished the raging inferno of a prop aircraft with a steady blast from the twin water cannons of a fire truck during a live-fire exercise on base.

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This Jan. 9, 2015 photo shows U.S. Navy Cmdr. David Morales, assigned to Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Korea, during a tour of the a memorial in Pyeongtaek, Republic of Korea. The Navy has charged Morales with accepting gifts and sex with prostitutes from a Malaysian defense contractor. Prosecutors alleged at a preliminary hearing in Norfolk, Virginia, on Monday, June 26, 2017, that Morales accepted bottles of champagne, $5,000 meals and sex, and helped Singapore-based businessman Leonard Francis, nicknamed "Fat Leonard," secure lucrative contracts to service U.S. Navy ships in Asian ports.<br>Wendy Wyman/U.S. Navy photo via AP

First military case in 'Fat Leonard' Navy bribery scandal begins

While he was stationed in Singapore, a U.S. Navy commander ate suckling pigs worth $400 apiece, attended a Gucci fashion show with his wife and enjoyed the services of prostitutes — all courtesy of a Malaysian defense contractor, Navy prosecutors alleged Monday.

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Colorado jury acquits Army Green Beret who killed intruder

A jury in Colorado Springs has acquitted a U.S. Army Green Beret who shot and killed an intruder in his detached garage.

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Coast Guard to sell vacant housing near Concord Naval Weapons Station

The Coast Guard announced last month its willingness to negotiate a possible sale of the vacant military housing near Concord Naval Weapons Station to Concord, a city official said.

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Twenty-three-year-old Arnold Palmer in the United States Coast Guard in 1953.<br>U.S. Coast Guard historical photo

Westmoreland County, Pa., Airshow was thrilling, but Arnold Palmer's absence was felt

This year's show was dedicated to Palmer, who died in September.

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Twenty-three-year-old Arnold Palmer in the United States Coast Guard in 1953.<br>U.S. Coast Guard historical photo

Westmoreland County, Pa., Airshow was thrilling, but Arnold Palmer's absence was felt

This year's show was dedicated to Palmer, who died in September.

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