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Ukrainian soldiers clean the muzzle of Ukrainian howitzer D-30 near Siversk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022.

9 NATO countries call to admit Ukraine as counteroffensive presses on

The leaders of Czechia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania and Slovakia issued a joint statement backing a path to NATO membership for Ukraine.

FILE - Students in the new Army prep course stand at attention after physical training exercises at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C., Aug. 27, 2022. The Army fell about 15,000 soldiers — or 25% — short of its recruitment goal this year, officials confirmed Friday, Sept. 30, despite a frantic effort to make up the widely expected gap in a year when all the military services struggled in a tight jobs market to find young people willing and fit to enlist. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford, File)

Army misses recruiting goal; other services squeak by

The USS Gerald R. Ford is the Navy’s newest and largest aircraft carrier, and the first of a new generation of carriers.

USS Gerald R. Ford to skip traditional sendoff, braces for potential weather delays

Air Force offers condolences after airman’s death while snorkeling off Okinawa

Russia's annexation puts world 'two or three steps away' from nuclear war

Americans captured by Russia detail months of beatings, interrogation

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Army

Army looks at long-term solutions for homes near Yakima Training Center with contaminated water

Army rescue crews help evacuate dozens off Florida’s Sanibel Island

Army misses recruiting goal; other services squeak by

Air Force

Airman 1st Class Keija Xavier Hilt, 20, of the 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, poses in a photo posted to his Instagram account on Nov. 12, 2021.

Air Force offers condolences after airman’s death while snorkeling off Okinawa

Air Force Academy’s ‘mom/dad’ controversy draws renewed attention to a modern, military-wide debate

Agencies lend aid to Hurricane Ian recovery

Navy

The USS Gerald R. Ford is the Navy’s newest and largest aircraft carrier, and the first of a new generation of carriers.

USS Gerald R. Ford to skip traditional sendoff, braces for potential weather delays

Sailor acquitted of arson in San Diego Navy ship fire

Five USS Nimitz sailors report health concerns possibly linked to water contaminated by fuel

Space Force

Space Force Lt. Gen. Bradley Saltzman, left, and Air Force Gen. Anthony Cotton.

New commanders of Space Force and STRATCOM confirmed by Senate

NASA delays moon rocket launch due to potential hurricane

Nominee to lead Space Force shares vision

Coast Guard

A Coast Guard flight crew member looks out the window as she's positioned to watch for any danger on a flight to Southwest Florida on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022.

On Coast Guard flight over battered Florida coast, massive damage is evident

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

Marine Corps

U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J Super Hercules with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, refuels an MV-22 Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 268 Reinforced, Aviation Combat Element, Marine Rotational Force-Darwin 22, over the Pacific Ocean during a Trans-Pacific flight, Sept. 15, 2022.

Marines make 6,100-mile trans-Pacific flight in Ospreys

Navy’s one-stop hotel reservation center is now booking rooms on Marine bases

Navy, Marine Corps create integrated task force for 18-month Indo-Pacific experiment

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U.S.

A man receives a flu shot in Brattleboro, Vt., on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021. Doctors have a message for vaccine-weary Americans: Don't skip your flu shot this fall 2022. And for the first time, seniors are urged to get a special extra-strength kind.

It’s flu vaccine time and seniors need revved-up shots

Florida begins cleanup in aftermath of Ian

Residents at Florida retirement community struggle with massive flooding

Europe

Family members of military medics taken prisoners by Russia participate in the larger demonstration of family members of prisoners demanding their release on the Independence Square in Kyiv on Sept. 24, 2022.

Their loved ones are Ukrainian medics — and Russian prisoners of war

10 torture sites in 1 town: Russia sowed pain, fear in Izium

9 NATO countries call to admit Ukraine as counteroffensive presses on

Asia-Pacific

COVID-19 vaccines are unpacked at Osan Air Base, South Korea, Dec. 28, 2020.

Updated COVID-19 boosters arrive in South Korea as infection numbers decline

Air Force maintainers thank Japanese doctors for saving Misawa airman’s life after crash

South Korean activists clash with police over anti-Kim balloons

Middle East

Iran's release of Iranian American not conditioned on asset unfreezing, US says

Yemen's warring sides fail to extend UN-backed truce

Top Iran official warns protests could destabilize country

Africa

Libyan forces are deployed in Tripoli, Libya, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. Clashes broke out early Saturday between rival militias in Libya's capital, a health official said. (AP Photo/Yousef Murad)

Libyan authorities: 42 bodies discovered in mass grave

Ousted Burkina Faso leader leaves country for Togo

Gunmen kill Pakistani UN peacekeeper in east Congo

Americas

FILE - This undated file photo posted on Twitter on June 18, 2020, by Venezuela's Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza, shows CITGO oil executives Jose Angel Pereira, from left to right, Gustavo Cardenas, Jorge Toledo, Jose Luis Zambrano, Tomeu Vadell and Alirio Jose Zambrano, standing outside the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service, in Caracas, Venezuela. On Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022, Venezuela freed seven Americans, including five oil executives imprisoned for nearly five years, in exchange for the release of two nephews of President Nicholas Maduro's wife who had been jailed for years by the United States on drug smuggling convictions. (Posted on Twitter by Jorge Arreaza/Venezuela's Foreign Ministry via AP File)

Venezuela releases 7 jailed Americans; US frees 2 prisoners

Protests erupt in Cuba after days without power in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian

Mexico is world’s deadliest spot for environmental activists

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Korea

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Okinawa

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VIDEO: Enjoy snorkeling, diving at Okinawa's Gorilla Chop

Cat lover’s paradise: Tempura, calm beaches, lots of felines on Ojima Island, Okinawa

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Japan autumn festival to be held on Guam Nov. 19

Stationed on Guam? 10 fun things to do on the island

Feel beat of Guam's traditional Chamorro dancing

veterans

VA to open caregiver program to all veterans Saturday

The Department of Veterans Affairs will open eligibility for one of its caregiver programs to veterans starting Saturday.

Vet experience with VA’s health, benefit administrations is missing piece of suicide data, veteran advocate says

sports

Georgia State breaks away late, beats Army 31-14

After Army (1-3) closed within three in the second half, the Panthers scored two late touchdowns.

Air Force quarterback Haaziq Daniels evades Navy defensive lineman Donald Berniard Jr., center, and linebacker Colin Ramos for a short gain in the second half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022, at Air Force Academy, Colo.

Air Force finds struggling run game late, beats Navy 13-10

There will be no DODEA-Europe Division II football champion this season. Instead, the division’s five entries - Aviano, Naples, Vicenza and Sigonella of Italy and Spain-based Rota - will play out the final three weekends of their regular-season schedule in whatever fashion participating squads are able.

With two weekends left in regular season, several teams clinch playoff spots

history

Central Saudi Arabia, January 22, 1991: Airman 1st Class William Peter of Quincy, Ill., checks the engine air inlet of an F-15 Eagle aircraft for damage and loose rivets during the first week of Operation Desert Storm. Peter was an F-15E crew chief with the 336th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, 4th Tactical Fighter Wing, out of Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina.

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Checking for damage, 1991

Central Saudi Arabia, Jan. 22, 1991: Airman 1st Class William Peter of Quincy, Ill., checks the engine air inlet of an F-15 Eagle for damage and loose rivets during the first week of Operation Desert Storm.

White Beach, Okinawa, March 19, 1971: A sailor paints an anchor on the USS Oklahoma City during the 7th Fleet command ship's three-day visit to Okinawa.

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Getting USS Oklahoma City shipshape, 1971

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From left, the author, Alyssa Edes and Vasilios Niphoratos re-create the iconic shot from the top of the Sears Tower, now the Willis Tower. MUST CREDIT: Courtesy of Leigh Giangreco.

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A floating market on one of Bangkok's canals.

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