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Fitzgerald, McCain collisions: Are the right people being held to account?

The collision-damaged guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald sits in dry dock at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, July 11, 2017.<br>Leonard Adams/U.S. Navy
The collision-damaged guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald sits in dry dock at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, July 11, 2017.<br>Leonard Adams/U.S. Navy

An unlikely speaker took the podium last month at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory in Maryland to honor the life of one of the 17 sailors killed last year in two separate Navy destroyer collisions. Cmdr. Bryce Benson, the most senior officer to face criminal charges for the collision.

Lance Cpl. Dwight Weatherford, an assaultman with the Marines 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, fires a LAW rocket at a target while training with Ukrainian Marines during Exercise Sea Breeze, Saturday, July 14, 2018. <br>Martin Egnash/Stars and Stripes
Lance Cpl. Dwight Weatherford, an assaultman with the Marines 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, fires a LAW rocket at a target while training with Ukrainian Marines during Exercise Sea Breeze, Saturday, July 14, 2018. <br>Martin Egnash/Stars and Stripes

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Ukrainian troops keep Russia on their minds as they train with US Marines

Exercise Sea Breeze is a lot like many other annual drills at the operational level. But in this case, Ukrainians are going to use what they learn to fight separatists backed by Russia.

Marine Sgt. Matt DeMaio is pictured during a 2010 deployment to Mozambique, where he had the idea to make Condition One nutrition bars.<br>
Marine Sgt. Matt DeMaio is pictured during a 2010 deployment to Mozambique, where he had the idea to make Condition One nutrition bars.<br>

Marine veteran’s meal-replacement bars take aim at MREs

A health-conscious Marine veteran has channeled a longtime dissatisfaction with MREs into a full-time job making meal-replacement bars.

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Jake and Maria Grey<br>Screengrab from Today

Army veteran and wife consider divorce to afford 6-year-old daughter's medical care

An Army veteran and his wife publicly announced last week that they were considering divorce after nine years of marriage so their 6-year-old daughter can qualify for Medicaid.

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U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hand at the beginning of a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, Monday, July 16, 2018. <br>Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hand at the beginning of a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, Monday, July 16, 2018. <br>Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP

Trump says he hopes U.S.-Russia relations will improve as he heads to private meeting with Putin

President Donald Trump opened a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday by predicting that their countries will end up having “an extraordinary relationship” but without mentioning Moscow’s meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election in his opening remarks.

Haeder Alanbki is a member of the Florida National Guard<br>Jaime Lugo
Haeder Alanbki is a member of the Florida National Guard<br>Jaime Lugo

Iraqi interpreter who risked his life helping U.S. troops fights for citizenship

Haeder Alanbki, an Iraqi living in Orlando, has gone through many background checks and applied to become a U.S. citizen in 2016. Despite all this, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service has yet to grant Alanbki his wish to become an American citizen. So last month, he decided to sue.

Abdul Basir poses for a photo before a January 2018 attack by the Taliban in Kabul took his life. He was 21 at the time of his death. <br>Photo provided by the family
Abdul Basir poses for a photo before a January 2018 attack by the Taliban in Kabul took his life. He was 21 at the time of his death. <br>Photo provided by the family

Afghan civilian deaths up by 1 percent this year

As Abdul-Basir visited the Ministry of Interior, an ambulance packed with explosives killed him and about 100 other people. The former refugee's death is among the toll of civilians killed in the first half of 2018, which is more than any other six-month period since recording began 10 years ago.

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U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hand at the beginning of a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, Monday, July 16, 2018. <br>Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP

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U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hand at the beginning of a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, Monday, July 16, 2018. <br>Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP

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North Korean soldiers look across the border near the Military Demarcation Line at Panmunjom, South Korea, on Friday, Oct. 27, 2017.<br>Marcus Fichtl/Stars and Stripes

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Marine Sgt. Matt DeMaio is pictured during a 2010 deployment to Mozambique, where he had the idea to make Condition One nutrition bars.<br>
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Croatian team members, left and French team members celebrate during World Cup wins. The two teams will square off against each other in Sunday's final match.<br>AP

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