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Lt. Gen. Bruce Crawford, the Army’s chief information officer, administers the oath of enlistment with more than 60 future soldiers, sailors and airmen during a mass joint-service swearing-in ceremony at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh on Nov. 10.<br>Benjamin Dobbs/U.S.Navy
Lt. Gen. Bruce Crawford, the Army’s chief information officer, administers the oath of enlistment with more than 60 future soldiers, sailors and airmen during a mass joint-service swearing-in ceremony at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh on Nov. 10.<br>Benjamin Dobbs/U.S.Navy

The Army is revamping the way it recruits after missing its recruiting goal in 2018 for the first time in more than a decade. It plans to build on 2019 efforts to refocus its recruiting system and marketing strategy to better connect with Generation Z — those born from the mid-1990s and about 2010 — who have grown up in a digital world.

Seaman Marshall Key works aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh during a transit of the Taiwan Strait, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. <br>Chanel Turner/U.S. Navy
Seaman Marshall Key works aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh during a transit of the Taiwan Strait, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. <br>Chanel Turner/U.S. Navy

US sends warship through Taiwan Strait days after island reelects separatist leader

The Yokosuka-based guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh sailed through the strait on Thursday, demonstrating “the U.S. commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific,” 7th Fleet spokesman Lt. Joe Keiley said Monday. He called the transit “routine.”

Chief Master Sgt. John Bentivegna, left, senior noncommissioned officer for Combined Force Space Component Command and Space Operations Command, poses with Chief Master Sgt. Brian Kruzelnick, the 5th Air Force command chief, during a Space Symposium on Yokota Air Base, Japan, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020.<br>Seth Robson/Stars and Stripes
Chief Master Sgt. John Bentivegna, left, senior noncommissioned officer for Combined Force Space Component Command and Space Operations Command, poses with Chief Master Sgt. Brian Kruzelnick, the 5th Air Force command chief, during a Space Symposium on Yokota Air Base, Japan, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020.<br>Seth Robson/Stars and Stripes

While social media jokes about uniforms and logos, Space Force is getting ready to fight wars, senior NCO says

It’s fun to talk about Space Force uniforms and blasting troops into orbit, but the first priority for the new service branch is getting capabilities to warfighters, a top Space Force enlisted leader said.

A young boy watches the USS Abraham Lincoln return to Naval Air Station North Island after a 10-month deployment on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2020. <br>Nick Bauer/U.S. Navy
A young boy watches the USS Abraham Lincoln return to Naval Air Station North Island after a 10-month deployment on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2020. <br>Nick Bauer/U.S. Navy

Two more Navy aircraft carriers to bring $1.6 billion economic boost to San Diego in 2020

San Diego is poised to become the home port of three Nimitz-class nuclear aircraft carriers in 2020, tripling the carrier footprint in the region and bringing a $1.6 billion-per-year boost to the local economy.


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U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) speaks at the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on the Nonpoint Source Management Program of the Clean Water Act on Jan. 8, 2020 in Washington, D.C. <br>Michael Brochstein/Zuma Press/TNS

FBI: Saudi Arabia 'almost certainly' helps citizens charged with crimes flee the US

Saudi Arabia has long denied involvement cases that appear to be extractions. But the FBI said that officials of the Persian Gulf nation "almost certainly" help their citizens accused of committing crimes to flee the United States.

South Korean guided-missile destroyer Wang Geon steams east of the Korean peninsula during exercise Foal Eagle in March 2017.<br>Ryan Harper/U.S. Navy
South Korean guided-missile destroyer Wang Geon steams east of the Korean peninsula during exercise Foal Eagle in March 2017.<br>Ryan Harper/U.S. Navy

South Korea to send destroyer to Strait of Hormuz amid tensions between US, Iran

Seoul faced a dilemma in trying to balance a need to support its decades-old ally the United States and avoid alienating Iran, one of the few countries to have diplomatic relations with both North and South Korea.

Members of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's 12th Infantry Regiment salute their flags during the opening ceremony for exercise Forest Light at Camp Oyanohara in Kyushu, Japan, Jan. 18, 2020.<br>Ethan LeBlanc/U.S. Marine Corps
Members of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's 12th Infantry Regiment salute their flags during the opening ceremony for exercise Forest Light at Camp Oyanohara in Kyushu, Japan, Jan. 18, 2020.<br>Ethan LeBlanc/U.S. Marine Corps

As US-Japan defense treaty turns 60, experts call for more Japanese investment in US alliance

The calls for more commitment from Japan mirror a statement from President Donald Trump commemorating the anniversary of the U.S.-Japan Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security.

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Chief Master Sgt. John Bentivegna, left, senior noncommissioned officer for Combined Force Space Component Command and Space Operations Command, poses with Chief Master Sgt. Brian Kruzelnick, the 5th Air Force command chief, during a Space Symposium on Yokota Air Base, Japan, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020.<br>Seth Robson/Stars and Stripes

While social media jokes about uniforms and logos, Space Force is getting ready to fight wars, senior NCO says

It’s fun to talk about Space Force uniforms and blasting troops into orbit, but the first priority for the new service branch is getting capabilities to warfighters, a top Space Force enlisted leader said.

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Members of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's 12th Infantry Regiment salute their flags during the opening ceremony for exercise Forest Light at Camp Oyanohara in Kyushu, Japan, Jan. 18, 2020.<br>Ethan LeBlanc/U.S. Marine Corps

As US-Japan defense treaty turns 60, experts call for more Japanese investment in US alliance

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Anti-government protesters set fire and close streets while security forces use tear gas during ongoing protests in central Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 20, 2020. <br>Hadi Mizban/AP

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Pressure builds against the Pentagon as it weighs reducing troop numbers in Africa

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Chief Master Sgt. John Bentivegna, left, senior noncommissioned officer for Combined Force Space Component Command and Space Operations Command, poses with Chief Master Sgt. Brian Kruzelnick, the 5th Air Force command chief, during a Space Symposium on Yokota Air Base, Japan, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020.<br>Seth Robson/Stars and Stripes

While social media jokes about uniforms and logos, Space Force is getting ready to fight wars, senior NCO says

It’s fun to talk about Space Force uniforms and blasting troops into orbit, but the first priority for the new service branch is getting capabilities to warfighters, a top Space Force enlisted leader said.

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Members of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's 12th Infantry Regiment salute their flags during the opening ceremony for exercise Forest Light at Camp Oyanohara in Kyushu, Japan, Jan. 18, 2020.<br>Ethan LeBlanc/U.S. Marine Corps

As US-Japan defense treaty turns 60, experts call for more Japanese investment in US alliance

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Associates of President Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani, Lev Parnas, left, and Igor Fruman were arrested Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019, on campaign finance charges.<br>Alexandria, Virginia, Sheriff's Office

Lev Parnas’ feverish texts show his wide reach among Ukraine’s oligarchs and political elite

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Anti-government protesters set fire and close streets while security forces use tear gas during ongoing protests in central Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 20, 2020. <br>Hadi Mizban/AP

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Paul Prewitt Prewitt, 99, who served under Gen. George S. Patton during his 2½ years of duty in Europe during World War II, was made a Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honor by the French government.

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Chief Master Sgt. John Bentivegna, left, senior noncommissioned officer for Combined Force Space Component Command and Space Operations Command, poses with Chief Master Sgt. Brian Kruzelnick, the 5th Air Force command chief, during a Space Symposium on Yokota Air Base, Japan, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020.<br>Seth Robson/Stars and Stripes
Chief Master Sgt. John Bentivegna, left, senior noncommissioned officer for Combined Force Space Component Command and Space Operations Command, poses with Chief Master Sgt. Brian Kruzelnick, the 5th Air Force command chief, during a Space Symposium on Yokota Air Base, Japan, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020.<br>Seth Robson/Stars and Stripes

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Lorena Mendez, the widow of Marine Lance Cpl. Norberto Mendez-Hernandez, stands with their children Anthony and Audrey in their new home. <br>Maria Cortes Gonzalez, El Paso Times/TNS
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Seaman Marshall Key works aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh during a transit of the Taiwan Strait, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. <br>Chanel Turner/U.S. Navy
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US sends warship through Taiwan Strait days after island reelects separatist leader

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Chief Master Sgt. John Bentivegna, left, senior noncommissioned officer for Combined Force Space Component Command and Space Operations Command, poses with Chief Master Sgt. Brian Kruzelnick, the 5th Air Force command chief, during a Space Symposium on Yokota Air Base, Japan, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020.<br>Seth Robson/Stars and Stripes
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Lorena Mendez, the widow of Marine Lance Cpl. Norberto Mendez-Hernandez, stands with their children Anthony and Audrey in their new home. <br>Maria Cortes Gonzalez, El Paso Times/TNS
Lorena Mendez, the widow of Marine Lance Cpl. Norberto Mendez-Hernandez, stands with their children Anthony and Audrey in their new home. <br>Maria Cortes Gonzalez, El Paso Times/TNS

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Seaman Marshall Key works aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh during a transit of the Taiwan Strait, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. <br>Chanel Turner/U.S. Navy
Seaman Marshall Key works aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh during a transit of the Taiwan Strait, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. <br>Chanel Turner/U.S. Navy

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San Francisco 49ers running back Raheem Mostert scores in front of Green Bay Packers free safety Darnell Savage during the first half of the NFL NFC Championship football game Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020, in Santa Clara, Calif. <br>Tony Avelar/AP

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