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Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division prepare to board an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft for an exercise at Fort Bragg, N.C., in June 2018. The Pentagon said Jan. 24, 2022, that roughly 8,500 troops based in the U.S. are ready to mobilize on short notice, should NATO activate its quick reaction force.

Soldiers from 82nd, 101st airborne divisions among troops on alert for possible Eastern Europe deployment to challenge Russia

Soldiers from the 82nd and 101st airborne divisions along with troops from other units are among the roughly 8,500 service members who have been placed on heightened alert for possible deployment to Eastern Europe should NATO request help deterring Russia from invading Ukraine, the Pentagon said Thursday.

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A medical provider administers the Jannsen COVID-19 Vaccine to Brian Sipp, public affairs specialist, 1st Theater Sustainment Command, at the Fort Knox, Kentucky, vaccination site March 11, 2021. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Nahjier Williams, 1st TSC Public Affairs)

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Pvt. Richard Halliday has been missing from Fort Bliss, Texas, since July 24, 2020. The search continues for the soldier and there is a $25,000 reward for credible information on his whereabouts.

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Army

How Fort Bragg officials turned an abandoned road into Liberty Park

The Army has an alarming suicide problem in Alaska, despite flooding area with resources

Woman accused of SC murder is Fort Bragg soldier, military official confirms

Air Force

Air Force officer pleads guilty to transporting child porn

Sonic booms heard in NM were from Holloman AFB night flights

National Guard sees troops reupping despite COVID, hard year

Navy

3,000 jobs, $165M in contracts: What’s new at Ingalls as US Navy secretary visits

Another former Navy officer pleads guilty to bribery in ‘Fat Leonard’ scandal

Navy separates another 23 sailors for refusing coronavirus vaccine

Space Force

State representative proposes Space Force license plate for Illinois

NDAA addresses Vandenberg Space Force Base infrastructure, Calif. wildfire needs

Space Force is a part of industry’s rapid launch in New Mexico

Coast Guard

Situation 'dire' as Coast Guard seeks 38 missing off Florida

Stranded duck hunters were ‘in distress’ when Coast Guard arrived, dramatic video shows

More than 30 migrants stopped off the Florida Keys get Coast Guard ride back to Cuba

Marine Corps

Inquiries into fatal 2020 amphibious vehicle sinking resume at Camp Pendleton

Dual-carrier drills bring thousands of US sailors and Marines together in South China Sea

Marines to halt separations and reprimands for razor bumps

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U.S.

FILE - The Department of Health and Human Services building is seen in Washington, April 5, 2009. The federal Department of Health and Human Services is failing to meet its responsibilities for leading the nation’s response to public health emergencies ranging from the coronavirus pandemic, to extreme weather disasters and even potential bioterror attacks, a nonpartisan congressional watchdog says in a report Thursday. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Watchdog says key federal health agency is failing on crises

Coast Guard to end search for migrants reported missing off Florida after 4 more are found dead

Biden, German leader to discuss Ukraine at Feb. 7 meeting

Europe

Guards and the military watching the start of work on the first part of some 180 kilometers (115 miles) of a 5.5 meter (18ft)-high metal wall intended to block migrants pushed by Belarus, in what the European Union calls a "hybrid attack," from crossing illegally into EU territory, in Tolcze, near Kuznica, Poland, on the Polish side of the border with Belarus on, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poland starts building metal wall on border with Belarus

NATO back in its comfort zone after the chaos of Afghanistan

In Romania, French defense minister pledges support

Asia-Pacific

Attackers from the West Papua Liberation Army fired on a military post in Indonesia’s easternmost province of Papua, killing three soldiers on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022.

Indonesia's military says 3 soldiers killed in Papua clash

China demands US halt Olympics ‘interference’

From Tiananmen to Hong Kong, China's crackdowns defy critics

Middle East

Syrian Democratic Forces fighters escort suspected Islamic State militants in Hassakeh, northeast Syria, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Dozens of armed Islamic State militants remained holed up in the last occupied section of a Syrian prison, U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces said Thursday. The two sides clashed a day after the Syrian Democratic Forces announced they had regained full control of the facility. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)

Dozens of armed militants still hold corner of Syria prison

Jordanian military kills 27 in shootout with Syria smugglers

In freezing Afghanistan, aid workers rush to save millions

Africa

FILE - An Ethiopian woman scoops up portions of yellow split peas to be allocated to waiting families after it was distributed by the Relief Society of Tigray in the town of Agula, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, on May 8, 2021. Nearly 1,500 people died of malnutrition in just part of Ethiopia's blockaded Tigray region over a four-month period between July and October 2021, according to a new report published in Jan. 2022 by the region's health bureau. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Report: 5,000-plus deaths under Ethiopia's Tigray blockade

Mali tells Danish troops to leave European special force

EU warns Mali, Sahel states over use of Russian mercenaries

Americas

Russian Navy Admiral Gorshkov frigate arrives at the port of Havana, Cuba, Monday, June 24, 2019. A flotilla of Russian Navy vessels entered Havana Harbor early Monday morning, a sign of solidarity between Russia and Cuba after the deepening rift with the United States, which stopped all U.S. cruise ships from visiting the country earlier this month. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

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Putin discusses ‘strategic partnership’ with Cuban leader amid fears of military threat

More migrants seek asylum through reopened Canadian border

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Japan

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Korea

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Tricky trail to Cetti Falls an exhilarating hike on Guam

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Florida man stole twin brother’s identity to receive veteran benefits, DOJ says

Wayne Bowen told authorities that in 2014 he used his brother’s name, Social Security card, and military discharge papers to apply for subsidized housing benefits.

With no housing available, disabled veterans left homeless after arson at Miss. apartments

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FILE - Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger holds up the Vince Lombardi trophy after the Steelers' 27-23 win over the Arizona Cardinals in the NFL Super Bowl XLIII football game in Tampa, Fla., Feb. 1, 2009. Ben Roethlisberger's NFL career is over. The longtime Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback announced his retirement on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, saying it was “time to clean out my locker, hang up my cleats” after 18 years, two Super Bowls, countless team records and a spot in the Hall of Fame all but secure. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

Roethlisberger retires at 39: Time to 'hang up my cleats'

The announcement came less than two weeks after Pittsburgh's lopsided loss to Kansas City in the first round of the postseason, the 12th time in Roethlisberger's career the Steelers reached the playoffs.

Nordic combined has been an Olympic sport since the first Winter Games in 1924. It mixes cross-country skiing and ski jumping.

Jumping, sliding US soldiers seek Olympic glory in Nordic combined

Jimmy Reed, who grew up in the U.S. military community in Garmisch, Germany, will compete in bobsled for Team USA at next month’s Winter Olympics in Beijing.

From Garmisch to Beijing: Former military kid is latest addition to Team USA’s bobsled team

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FILE - Indians of the Wiyot Tribe paddle a dugout redwood canoe from Indian Island, background, across Humboldt Bay Friday, June 25, 2004, in Eureka, Calif. The remains of 20 Native Americans massacred in the 1860s on the Northern California island have been returned to their tribe from a museum where they had been in storage. The tribe's historic preservation officer says the remains will be reunited with their families. (AP Photo/Ben Margot,File)

California museum returns massacre remains to Wiyot Tribe

The most vulnerable members of the Wiyot Tribe were asleep the morning of Feb. 26, 1860, when a attackers slipped into their Northern California villages under darkness and slaughtered them.

Kaiserslautern Outdoor Recreation offers a Sept. 26 tour of Poland’s Krakow and the Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Her family saved him during the Holocaust. Years later, a chance encounter led to love.

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Stephanie and Trevor Harnen pose in Middletown, N.Y., on June 17, 2021. The two wed on a Thursday, tapping into a trend of couples choosing weekdays for their weddings, either by choice or necessity.

So long, Saturdays: More couples embrace weekday weddings

With some coveted venues still backed up because of rescheduled weddings, and with more couples traveling again for destination ceremonies, an uptick in weekday nuptials has carried into 2022.