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Troops begin Hurricane Ian response in Florida as Georgia, South Carolina bases prepare for storm’s arrival

Coast Guard and National Guard troops on Thursday began rescue and cleanup operations along Hurricane Ian’s destructive path across Florida as military installations in southeast Georgia and South Carolina braced for the storm’s impact there, military officials said.

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An artist's rendering of a B-21 Raider, with Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., as the backdrop. The Air Force announced Sept. 20, 2022, that it plans to unveil the B-21 in the first week of December during a ceremony at the Northrop Grumman production facilities in Palmdale, Calif.

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Gas and electricity prices poised to surge for US military families in Italy

North Korea fires missile after Harris leaves South Korea

Nord Stream pipeline leaks point to sabotage, NATO says without identifying culprit

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Russia to annex more of Ukraine on Friday at the Kremlin

Hi, HIMARS: Army goes barnstorming around Europe with acclaimed rocket system

‘Beautiful letters’ reveal Trump-Kim friendship that sidelined South Korea’s president

Army major and wife indicted for trying to pass information to Russians

Taiwan’s military needs overhaul amid China threat, critics say

Search for mariner missing from Norfolk-based Navy cargo ship suspended after 37 hours

Searchers find body of snorkeling Okinawa airman who was swept out to sea

USS Zumwalt, one of the Navy’s new stealth destroyers, visits Japan for first time

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ICYMI episode: Pseudoscience, the occult and the rise of Nazi Germany

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Army

Army major and wife indicted for trying to pass information to Russians

‘Storm is coming’: Army relief fund helps US soldiers as Europe energy costs soar

Hi, HIMARS: Army goes barnstorming around Europe with acclaimed rocket system

Air Force

Air Force to (some) THC users: You might get a second chance

Hurricane Hunters flight into and above Ian especially harrowing and important

Air Force Osprey recovered a month after emergency landing on island in Norway

Navy

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 21, 2016) The Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE-13), sails through the Atlantic after breaking away during a replenishment-at-sea from the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5). Bataan is conducting Amphibious Squadron 8 and 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit integrated training. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Mutis A. Capizzi/Released)

Search for mariner missing from Norfolk-based Navy cargo ship suspended after 37 hours

US, Japan, South Korea to stage anti-submarine exercise after North’s latest launch

USS Zumwalt, one of the Navy’s new stealth destroyers, visits Japan for first time

Space Force

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.

NASA delays moon rocket launch due to potential hurricane

Nominee to lead Space Force shares vision

Space Force unveils official song ‘Semper Supra’

Coast Guard

Coast Guard cutter goes on alert with sighting of Russian-Chinese naval formation near Alaska

Christian Coast Guard members sue over religious objections to military's coronavirus vaccine mandate

As storm-battered Western Alaska takes stock of damage and begins cleanup, officials pledge help

Marine Corps

Navy’s one-stop hotel reservation center is now booking rooms on Marine bases

Navy, Marine Corps create integrated task force for 18-month Indo-Pacific experiment

Marines to send F-35Bs to Philippines, fire HIMARS there and in Japan next month

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U.S.

U.S. Border Patrol agents render medical aid to migrants traveling with a group that crossed the border near Sunland Park, New Mexico, on March 19, 2019. Two brothers in Texas have been arrested after authorities say one of them opened fire on a group of migrants getting water near the U.S.-Mexico border.

Authorities: Texas man shoots 2 migrants near Mexico border

Vet experience with VA’s health, benefit administrations is missing piece of suicide data, veteran advocate says

Long debated tax credit to support hiring of military spouses may finally pass

Europe

Cars line up toward the border crossing at Verkhny Lars between Russia and Georgia, on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022.

Russia opens more border draft offices amid call-up exodus

Gas and electricity prices poised to surge for US military families in Italy

Russia's nuclear trade with Europe flows despite Ukraine war

Asia-Pacific

CM-11 tanks fire their cannons during a live-fire military exercise in Pingtung county, southern Taiwan, on Sept. 7, 2022. (Sam Yeh/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)

Taiwan’s military needs overhaul amid China threat, critics say

‘Beautiful letters’ reveal Trump-Kim friendship that sidelined South Korea’s president

Sightings of deadly ‘fire mushroom’ prompt warning from US military in Japan

Middle East

President Ebrahim Raisi attends an interview with the state TV at the presidency office in Tehran, Iran, Sept. 28, 2022.

Iran’s protesters chant from buildings amid crackdown

Iraq summons Iran ambassador after drone bombing campaign

Europe's hunt for clean energy in the Middle East has a dirty secret

Africa

The Ethiopian flag flies above Ethiopia’s embassy in Washington, D.C., on July 6, 2022.

Ethiopia’s civil war is heating up once again

A surprise presidential candidate leads the race in Nigeria, poll shows

Renewed militia clashes rock western Libya; 5 killed

Americas

A Yaqui Indigenous family walks past the cemetery where slain water-defense leader Tomás Rojo is buried, outside a church where they arrive to celebrate the Virgin Mary in Potam, Mexico, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022.

Mexico is world’s deadliest spot for environmental activists

US issues ‘temporary and targeted’ Jones Act waiver for Puerto Rico after Hurricane Fiona

Three years ago he was in prison. Now he’s poised to be Brazil’s next president

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Korea

20 events to look forward to this October in Busan

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Okinawa

Okinawa's Naha Tug of War coming back with some restrictions Oct. 9

An introduction to dialects of Japan

Ocean Expo Park a hot spot on Okinawa

Guam

Feel beat of Guam's traditional Chamorro dancing

Taste of Guam: Island's land crabs a delicacy

Surfing on Guam: Beware of 'localism' off island shores

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Vet experience with VA’s health, benefit administrations is missing piece of suicide data, veteran advocate says

An organization that challenged the accuracy of a recent veteran suicide report from the Department of Veterans Affairs told House lawmakers that the agency’s data is missing a key piece: the veteran's experience with the VA’s health and benefits administrations.

There are anywhere from four to 10 unaccompanied veteran burials a year held at the Rio Grande Valley State Veterans Cemetery in Mission, Texas. On Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022, Navy veteran Mark Joseph Griffin would have had an unaccompanied burial at the cemetery, but veterans from multiple branches of the military gathered to say goodbye.

Goodbye, brother: Unaccompanied Navy veteran laid to rest

sports

Air Force Falcons running back Brad Roberts (20) scores a touchdown during an NCAA football game on Sept. 23, 2022, in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Air Force football sanctioned for recruiting violations

The Air Force football program received two years of probation from the NCAA and had its squad size reduced by 10 for four years as part of its sanctions for recruiting violations.

Kadena's Evan Davis smacks a forehand return against Kubasaki's Owen Ruksc during Thursday's Okinawa tennis matches. Ruksc won 8-5.

Pacific Scoreboard: Sept. 29, 2022

Sophomore Darryl Veal, with ball, set a Pacific single-game record with 530 yards in last year's season finale for Humphreys.

Humphreys, Osan ready to square off again

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MAZAR-I-SHARIF, AFGHANISTAN, October 31, 2004: Capt. Jose Antonio Ferrari of Spain's 3rd Paratroop Battalion, the "Ortiz de Zarate," said he is proud to have helped the Afghan people hold their Oct. 9 presidential election. Farrari, who is based in Mazar-I-Sharif, Afghanistan, said, "We are Spanish paratroopers. We are prepared to go anywhere in the world. Otherwise we wouldn't be soldiers. We wouldn't be paratroopers." META TAGS: Afghanistan, Operation Enduring Freedom, Spain, War on Terror,

Prepared to go anywhere, 2004

Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, Oct. 31, 2004: Capt. Jose Antonio Ferrari of Spain’s 3rd Paratrooper Battalion said he is proud to have helped the Afghan people hold their Oct. 9 presidential election.