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Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Regiment, conducts platoon live-fire gunnery qualification Feb.14, 2019, at the Orchard Combat Training Center.The Idaho Army National Guard Soldiers are preparing for the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team’s upcoming rotation at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., later this year.

US to buy new Abrams tanks for Ukraine because military has no spares, Pentagon says

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin recommended to President Joe Biden to obtain the tanks through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative — a funding program that procures military equipment from industry rather than from existing Defense Department stocks.

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U.S. Army Sgt. Shane Newton, assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 107th Cavalry Regiment, Ohio National Guard, watches the 59th Presidential Inauguration near the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2021. At least 25,000 National Guard men and women have been authorized to conduct security, communication and logistical missions in support of federal and District authorities leading up and through the 59th Presidential Inauguration. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by 2d Lt Christi Richter)

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This is a screenshot from a video demonstrating how the robot can liquefy to escape a small cage. The metal microbot, made out of liquid metal microparticles that can be steered and reshaped by external magnetic fields, has been widely compared to the character T-1000 in “The Terminator” movie franchise.

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A German army Leopard 2 tank during a Saber Junction exercise in Hohenfels, Germany, in 2012. Ukraine is hoping to acquire the tank despite German reluctance.

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Gen. Park Jeong-hwan, chief of staff of the South Korea army, center, meets with the commander of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, Lt. Gen. Daniel Karbler, right, at Redstone Arsenal, Ala., Jan. 24, 2023.

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Dezi Heffner-Reiner points to her photo on a poster in memory of members of the Zionist youth movement underground in Hungary during the Holocaust at a ceremony awarding the Jewish Rescuers Citation, at Kibbutz HaZorea, northern Israel, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. Just before Nazi Germany invaded Hungary in March 1944, Jewish youth leaders in the eastern European country jumped into action: they formed an underground network that in the coming months would rescue tens of thousands of fellow Jews from the gas chambers.

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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore speaks on January 21, 2023. The governor highlighted the “Keep Our Heroes Home Act” in his legislative agenda during a roundtable with veterans.

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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore wants to expand state tax relief for military retirees. The governor highlighted the "Keep Our Heroes Home Act" in his legislative agenda during a roundtable with veterans.

Performers await their rescue from a Bell UH-1 Iroquois Helicopter, nicknamed the “Huey”, during a reenactment of a Vietnam era combat search and rescue mission performed by Cavanaugh Flight Museum. The performance took place at the 2019 Sioux Falls Air Show, Power on the Prairie, which was hosted at Joe Foss Field, S.D., Aug. 17-18. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Jorrie Hart)

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Shooters sight in during their prep time for the kneeling event of the marksmanship competition at the JROTC air rifle range inside Vilseck High School, Vilseck, Germany, on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022.

Ansbach looks to topple Stuttgart from marksmanship throne

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Kubasaki's Adria Lockhart pulls down a rebound in front of Kadena's Ayanna Levi during Thursday's Okinawa girls basketball game. The Panthers won 43-29.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy took part in the solemn meeting of the Plenum of the Supreme Court on December 15, 2022.

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Forward Operating Base Warhorse, 2009

Baqouba, Iraq, Sept. 24, 2009: Army Sgt. Abdiel Cabrerra, a mechanic from B company, 296th Brigade Support Battalion, feeds new tow cable during maintenance on a 5-ton truck Thursday at Forward Operating Base Warhorse, Iraq.

‘Huey’ helicopter to soar above Alabama veterans park as permanent display