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A Japanese Coast Guard ship is seen at sea during a search operation for U.S. Marine refueling plane and fighter jet off Muroto, Kochi prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. <br>Kyodo News/AP
A Japanese Coast Guard ship is seen at sea during a search operation for U.S. Marine refueling plane and fighter jet off Muroto, Kochi prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. <br>Kyodo News/AP

The Marine Corps has ended an extensive search for five Marines missing after their KC-130J Hercules collided midair with an F/A-18 Hornet last week off Japan’s southern coast. Of the tanker's seven-person crew, only one survived.

Mike Yates holds a poster as he and other advocates gather on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, May 18, 2016, to promote the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act.<br>Carlos Bongioanni/Stars and Stripes
Mike Yates holds a poster as he and other advocates gather on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, May 18, 2016, to promote the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act.<br>Carlos Bongioanni/Stars and Stripes

Last-ditch effort to pass Blue Water Navy bill fails in Senate

A final deal to provide Department of Veterans Affairs benefits to thousands of veterans who served off the coast during the Vietnam War failed in the Senate on Monday night with little time remaining in the 115th Congress to try again.

A formation of A-29 Super Tucanos fly over Kabul, Afghanistan, during a mission in 2016. The Afghan air force has recently conducted its first nighttime airstrikes after months of training by U.S. and international forces.<br>Larry Reid Jr./U.S. Air Force
A formation of A-29 Super Tucanos fly over Kabul, Afghanistan, during a mission in 2016. The Afghan air force has recently conducted its first nighttime airstrikes after months of training by U.S. and international forces.<br>Larry Reid Jr./U.S. Air Force

Afghan air force conducts first nighttime airstrikes

The Afghan air force has conducted nighttime airstrikes for the first time in a step toward making the country less dependent on American airpower, officials said Tuesday.

A British Royal Marine readies a FLIR Black Hornet drone for demonstration during Exercise Autonomous Warrior on the Salisbury Plain Training Area, England, Monday, Dec. 10, 2018. The nearly silent, pocket-sized drone transmits live video and high-definition images back to the operator and can fly about a mile in up to 25 minutes of flight time.<br>William Howard/Stars and Stripes
A British Royal Marine readies a FLIR Black Hornet drone for demonstration during Exercise Autonomous Warrior on the Salisbury Plain Training Area, England, Monday, Dec. 10, 2018. The nearly silent, pocket-sized drone transmits live video and high-definition images back to the operator and can fly about a mile in up to 25 minutes of flight time.<br>William Howard/Stars and Stripes

Army Warfighting Experiment 2018: Soldiers put driverless vehicles to the test

Children who grew up playing with remotely controlled toy tanks are now using real world versions in wargames here on the Salisbury Plain Training Area near Stonehenge.

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Marine Pilots fly in a missing-man formation upon returning to Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C., Jan. 13, 2017.<br>U.S. Marine Corps
Marine Pilots fly in a missing-man formation upon returning to Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C., Jan. 13, 2017.<br>U.S. Marine Corps

Fallen Marines to be honored with missing-man formation flight over MCAS Iwakuni

F/A-18 Hornets will conduct a single-pass, missing-man formation Wednesday morning over Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni as part of a private memorial service for Marines lost in a midair collision last week.

South Korean workers remove the signage from Eighth Army's former headquarters at Yongsan Garrison in Seoul, South Korea, July 10, 2017. <br>Sean Harp/U.S. Army
South Korean workers remove the signage from Eighth Army's former headquarters at Yongsan Garrison in Seoul, South Korea, July 10, 2017. <br>Sean Harp/U.S. Army

US warns S. Korean workers will be furloughed if no deal reached on military cost-sharing

The U.S. military has warned that South Koreans working on bases across the divided peninsula will need to be furloughed if Seoul and Washington fail to reach a new military cost-sharing agreement.

Sgt. Luke Caney, a gunner with the 615th Military Police Company, talks on the radio from atop his Humvee at Combined Resolve XI, at Hohenfels, Germany, Monday, Dec. 10, 2018.<br>Martin Egnash/Stars and Stripes
Sgt. Luke Caney, a gunner with the 615th Military Police Company, talks on the radio from atop his Humvee at Combined Resolve XI, at Hohenfels, Germany, Monday, Dec. 10, 2018.<br>Martin Egnash/Stars and Stripes

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US, Ukrainian tanks fight through mud and rain during war games

Troops and tanks from Texas and choppers from Colorado fought a mock battle in a freezing, muddy German forest on Tuesday, alongside units from 15 allies and partner nations, including Ukraine.

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U.S. Border Patrol agents stand guard on the other side of the border in San Diego as they prepare for the arrival of hundreds of pro-migration protesters, seen through the border fence from Tijuana, Mexico, Monday, Dec. 10, 2018.<br>Rebecca Blackwell/AP

Trump says military to build border wall if Democrats refuse

President Donald Trump sought Tuesday to pressure Democratic congressional leaders into supporting his demand for billions of dollars to build his promised wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, threatening to have the military build it "if Democrats do not give us the votes to secure our Country."

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Japanese personnel stand in front of the destroyer Izumo, part of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force in Yokosuka, on March 31, 2015. Japan is seeking to possess its first aircraft carrier to allow for the deployment of U.S.-made stealth fighters as it seeks to bolster its arms capability under a new 10-year defense plan.<br>Eugene Hoshiko/AP

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Sgt. Luke Caney, a gunner with the 615th Military Police Company, talks on the radio from atop his Humvee at Combined Resolve XI, at Hohenfels, Germany, Monday, Dec. 10, 2018.<br>Martin Egnash/Stars and Stripes

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A formation of A-29 Super Tucanos fly over Kabul, Afghanistan, during a mission in 2016. The Afghan air force has recently conducted its first nighttime airstrikes after months of training by U.S. and international forces.<br>Larry Reid Jr./U.S. Air Force

Afghan air force conducts first nighttime airstrikes

The Afghan air force has conducted nighttime airstrikes for the first time in a step toward making the country less dependent on American airpower, officials said Tuesday.

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PGA TOUR executives and five players, including U.S. Naval Academy graduate Billy Hurley III, visit Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti, Africa with the USO this week.<br>Scott Kunath/ PGA Tour

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U.S. servicemembers stationed at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, received a visit from members of the Professional Golf Association as part of a joint USO-PGA Birdies for the Brave Tour.

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U.S. Border Patrol agents stand guard on the other side of the border in San Diego as they prepare for the arrival of hundreds of pro-migration protesters, seen through the border fence from Tijuana, Mexico, Monday, Dec. 10, 2018.<br>Rebecca Blackwell/AP

Trump says military to build border wall if Democrats refuse

President Donald Trump sought Tuesday to pressure Democratic congressional leaders into supporting his demand for billions of dollars to build his promised wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, threatening to have the military build it "if Democrats do not give us the votes to secure our Country."

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Japanese personnel stand in front of the destroyer Izumo, part of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force in Yokosuka, on March 31, 2015. Japan is seeking to possess its first aircraft carrier to allow for the deployment of U.S.-made stealth fighters as it seeks to bolster its arms capability under a new 10-year defense plan.<br>Eugene Hoshiko/AP

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Japan is seeking to possess its first aircraft carrier to allow for the deployment of U.S.-made stealth fighters as it seeks to bolster its arms capability under a new 10-year defense plan.

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Sgt. Luke Caney, a gunner with the 615th Military Police Company, talks on the radio from atop his Humvee at Combined Resolve XI, at Hohenfels, Germany, Monday, Dec. 10, 2018.<br>Martin Egnash/Stars and Stripes

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US, Ukrainian tanks fight through mud and rain during war games

Troops and tanks from Texas and choppers from Colorado fought a mock battle in a freezing, muddy German forest on Tuesday, alongside units from 15 allies and partner nations, including Ukraine.

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A formation of A-29 Super Tucanos fly over Kabul, Afghanistan, during a mission in 2016. The Afghan air force has recently conducted its first nighttime airstrikes after months of training by U.S. and international forces.<br>Larry Reid Jr./U.S. Air Force

Afghan air force conducts first nighttime airstrikes

The Afghan air force has conducted nighttime airstrikes for the first time in a step toward making the country less dependent on American airpower, officials said Tuesday.

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PGA TOUR executives and five players, including U.S. Naval Academy graduate Billy Hurley III, visit Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti, Africa with the USO this week.<br>Scott Kunath/ PGA Tour

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U.S. servicemembers stationed at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, received a visit from members of the Professional Golf Association as part of a joint USO-PGA Birdies for the Brave Tour.

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"Battleship Row" after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 Dec. 7, 1941. The capsized USS Oklahoma is visible in the foreground, behind her is USS Maryland. USS West Virginia burns on the right.<br>U.S. Navy
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Military accounts for Kansas native killed at Pearl Harbor

Scientists from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency and the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System identified the remains of Navy Seaman 1st Class Camillus M. O’Grady, who was among sailors killed on the battleship USS Oklahoma on Dec. 7, 1941.

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A Lockheed P-38L Lightning is seen Aug. 13, 2018, before being towed to the World War II Gallery at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.<br>Ken LaRock/U.S. Air Force
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Marine Pilots fly in a missing-man formation upon returning to Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C., Jan. 13, 2017.<br>U.S. Marine Corps
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Fallen Marines to be honored with missing-man formation flight over MCAS Iwakuni

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Sgt. Luke Caney, a gunner with the 615th Military Police Company, talks on the radio from atop his Humvee at Combined Resolve XI, at Hohenfels, Germany, Monday, Dec. 10, 2018.<br>Martin Egnash/Stars and Stripes
Sgt. Luke Caney, a gunner with the 615th Military Police Company, talks on the radio from atop his Humvee at Combined Resolve XI, at Hohenfels, Germany, Monday, Dec. 10, 2018.<br>Martin Egnash/Stars and Stripes

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F-35C Lightning IIs, and F/A-18E/F Super Hornets fly over Naval Air Station Fallon's Range Training Complex on Sept. 3, 2015.<br>Darin Russell/U.S. Navy
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US Navy bombing range expansion could limit public access

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A Lockheed P-38L Lightning is seen Aug. 13, 2018, before being towed to the World War II Gallery at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.<br>Ken LaRock/U.S. Air Force

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Fallen Marines to be honored with missing-man formation flight over MCAS Iwakuni

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Sgt. Luke Caney, a gunner with the 615th Military Police Company, talks on the radio from atop his Humvee at Combined Resolve XI, at Hohenfels, Germany, Monday, Dec. 10, 2018.<br>Martin Egnash/Stars and Stripes
Sgt. Luke Caney, a gunner with the 615th Military Police Company, talks on the radio from atop his Humvee at Combined Resolve XI, at Hohenfels, Germany, Monday, Dec. 10, 2018.<br>Martin Egnash/Stars and Stripes

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US, Ukrainian tanks fight through mud and rain during war games

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The U.S. Olympic Committee has fired chief of sport performance Alan Ashley in the wake of an independent report that said neither he nor former CEO Scott Blackmun elevated concerns about the Larry Nassar sexual abuse allegations when they were first reported to them. Nassar is pictured here in a Feb. 2, 2018 photo as he listens to a victim's statement in court.<br>Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal via AP

Report: USOC and others delayed in response to Nassar molestation allegations

From the top office at the U.S. Olympic Committee to FBI bureaus in three cities to what was essentially an unchecked, rogue operation at the Karolyi Ranch in Texas, nobody stepped in quickly enough to stifle Larry Nassar's crimes, a new independent report concludes.

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The U.S. Olympic Committee has fired chief of sport performance Alan Ashley in the wake of an independent report that said neither he nor former CEO Scott Blackmun elevated concerns about the Larry Nassar sexual abuse allegations when they were first reported to them. Nassar is pictured here in a Feb. 2, 2018 photo as he listens to a victim's statement in court.<br>Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal via AP

Report: USOC and others delayed in response to Nassar molestation allegations

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