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U.S. Army Pfc. Kenneth Bonn, a combat engineer with the 753rd Engineering Brigade, conducts a pre-mission inspection on a search and rescue vessel during Hurricane Ian, Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, Fla, Sept. 27, 2022. Bonn is an attached component of the Florida National Guard's Chemical, Biological, Radiological/Nuclear, and Explosive (CBRNE) - Enhanced Response Force Package (FL-CERFP). The FL-CERFP provides search and rescue capabilities during natural disasters and other emergencies. ( U.S. Army photo by Sgt. N.W. Huertas)

Military planes, ships evacuated as ‘extremely dangerous’ Hurricane Ian approaches Florida

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Navy

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NASA is going to attempt to launch its massive Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft to the moon next week, but is keeping an eye on a storm that could force a postponement. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Jonathan Newton.

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Marine Corps

A landing craft air cushion leaves the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay during training in the Gulf of Thailand, Feb. 28, 2022.

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5 nonprofits awarded $1 million each to modify, repair homes of low-income veterans with disabilities

Five nonprofits have been awarded $5 million from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to help fund efforts by the organizations to modify or repair the homes of low-income veterans with disabilities.

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Air Force wide receiver David Cormiercatches a pass from quarterback Ben Brittain for a touchdown reception as Nevada defensive back Jaden Dedman defends during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, in Air Force Academy, Colo.

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Shigeru Imaizumi, a 96-year old graduate from Kenkoku University, points to himself in a school photo, Sept. 16, 2022, in Toyokawa, Aichi prefecture, Japan. Kenkoku University was established in northern China in 1938 as a grand piece of imperial propaganda meant to celebrate Japan's prewar colonization of large swaths of Asia, but in recent years, the dwindling number of surviving students, their families and those who have researched its history have come to share a sense of cross-national unity.

Imperial Japan university unites graduates decades after war

Inspired by her Taiwanese grandfather, a journalist in Japan has illuminated a little-known university that started out as a grand piece of imperial propaganda celebrating Japan's subjugation of Asia.