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Half of Defense Department schools in US will start classes remotely
In a May 7, 2020 photo, Dr. Donn Keels, a USAG Ansbach Middle High School science and math teacher, teaches his students during his virtual class from his home in Ansbach, Germany.<br> Alleea Oliver/U.S. Army
In a May 7, 2020 photo, Dr. Donn Keels, a USAG Ansbach Middle High School science and math teacher, teaches his students during his virtual class from his home in Ansbach, Germany.<br> Alleea Oliver/U.S. Army

In the U.S., 25 of the 50 DODEA schools will start classes remotely, including those at Fort Benning, Ga., and Fort Bragg, N.C.

U.S. Marines and Sailors with Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/4, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, carry a casket inside a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, Aug. 12, 2020. The remains of seven Marines and a Sailor recovered Aug. 7 off the coast of San Clemente Island following a July 30 assault amphibious vehicle mishap were transferred to Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, for final preparation for burial before being released to their families. <br> Brendan Mullin/ U.S. Marine Corps
U.S. Marines and Sailors with Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/4, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, carry a casket inside a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, Aug. 12, 2020. The remains of seven Marines and a Sailor recovered Aug. 7 off the coast of San Clemente Island following a July 30 assault amphibious vehicle mishap were transferred to Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, for final preparation for burial before being released to their families. <br> Brendan Mullin/ U.S. Marine Corps

With honor ceremony, seven Marines, sailor who died in ocean training exercise are flown to Dover Air Force Base

In a final “honorable carry,” each casket was moved by a Marine or Navy pallbearer from a hearse to the awaiting plane during a private gathering at Marine Corps Air Station Mirimar in San Diego, California.

Sgt. Trevor Goldyn seen after he had been promoted to lance corporal. <br>Erik Antorbeza/Facebook
Sgt. Trevor Goldyn seen after he had been promoted to lance corporal. <br>Erik Antorbeza/Facebook

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Air Force Master Sgt. John Grimesey will receive the Silver Star on Friday, Aug. 14, 2020 for actions during a 2013 firefight in Afghanistan.<br>U.S. Air Force
Air Force Master Sgt. John Grimesey will receive the Silver Star on Friday, Aug. 14, 2020 for actions during a 2013 firefight in Afghanistan.<br>U.S. Air Force

Air Force combat controller to receive Silver Star for actions in 'harrowing' 2013 Afghanistan fight

Air Force Master Sgt. John Grimesey’s Silver Star is an upgrade of a lesser award he received for his life-saving actions during a May 25, 2013, fight in Afghanistan on his first of many combat deployments.


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A flight cap with brigadier general rank rests on a desk during a promotion ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Fla., June 8, 2020. A recent Rand Corp. study said the armed services trains and promotes its flag officers in different ways.<br>Blake Wiles/U.S. Air Force
A flight cap with brigadier general rank rests on a desk during a promotion ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Fla., June 8, 2020. A recent Rand Corp. study said the armed services trains and promotes its flag officers in different ways.<br>Blake Wiles/U.S. Air Force

Differing values dictate how each Pentagon service promotes top officers, study finds

Marines tend to value discipline over risk-tasking for their one-star candidates, the Navy prizes technical expertise, and relations with peers hold greater sway in the Army, a Defense Department-commissioned report by the Rand Corp. found.

Samaritan Shopper Program volunteer Kim McCann holds up his phone so the quarantined person he shopped for can tell her credit card number to a commissary cashier at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, Aug. 4, 2020. <br>Caitlin Doornbos/Stars and Stripes
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An F-22 Raptor fighter jet assigned to the 3rd Wing takes off at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 6, 2020, during the Red Flag exercise.<br>Emily Farnsworth/U.S. Air Force
An F-22 Raptor fighter jet assigned to the 3rd Wing takes off at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 6, 2020, during the Red Flag exercise.<br>Emily Farnsworth/U.S. Air Force

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Air Force Master Sgt. John Grimesey will receive the Silver Star on Friday, Aug. 14, 2020 for actions during a 2013 firefight in Afghanistan.<br>U.S. Air Force

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