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Paratroopers jump into Estonia during ‘complex but awesome’ nighttime drill
A 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, paratrooper receives a T-11 parachute onboard a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft bound for Estonia during Swift Response 21, May 7, 2021. <br>Alexander Burnett/82nd Airborne Division
A 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, paratrooper receives a T-11 parachute onboard a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft bound for Estonia during Swift Response 21, May 7, 2021. <br>Alexander Burnett/82nd Airborne Division

Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division dropped into Estonia early Saturday during an exercise meant to test their ability to communicate and cooperate with each other and their allies.

Then- acting U.S. Attorney Michael Sherwin attends a briefing in Washington on Jan. 12, 2021. <br>Sarah Silbiger, Pool /AP
Then- acting U.S. Attorney Michael Sherwin attends a briefing in Washington on Jan. 12, 2021. <br>Sarah Silbiger, Pool /AP

Backlash was swift after then-acting US Attorney spoke on '60 Minutes' about Capitol riot probe

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Army Capt. Kristen Griest, one of the first two women to complete the Army's Ranger School and the first woman to become an infantry officer. <br>Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post
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An Army trailblazer set her sights on a new target. The reaction highlights a deep rift.

One of the Army's most celebrated trailblazers watched with concern as her service began revising its new combat fitness test. To Griest, who made history in 2015 as one of the first two women to graduate the Army's famously difficult Ranger School, the adjustment is regrettable.

Master Sgt. Dewey Christopher, left, poses for a photo with his ground crew and his first B-17 Flying Fortress, “Skipper” at Thorpe Abbotts, Diss, England, in 1942. <br>Courtesy photo
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Air Force dedicates nose art on KC-135 at RAF Mildenhall to late WWII crew chief

The Air Force has dedicated nose art on a KC-135 Stratotanker in memory of a World War II crew chief who helped the allied effort in Europe by keeping the B-17s of the 100th Bombardment Group mission-ready.


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World War II veteran Harry Miller elbow-bumps Ukrainian Defense Attache Maj. Gen. Borys Krementskyi before a ceremony at the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. on May 8, 2021, the 76th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe. Last year's planned 75th anniversary ceremonies were canceled due to the pandemic.<br>Joe Gromelski/Stars and Stripes
World War II veteran Harry Miller elbow-bumps Ukrainian Defense Attache Maj. Gen. Borys Krementskyi before a ceremony at the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. on May 8, 2021, the 76th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe. Last year's planned 75th anniversary ceremonies were canceled due to the pandemic.<br>Joe Gromelski/Stars and Stripes

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Veterans, service members. dignitaries — and, after a year of canceled ceremonies, members of the public — gathered at the National World War II Memorial Saturday morning to mark the anniversary of the end of fighting in Europe.

President Donald Trump tours the border wall prototypes near the Otay Mesa Port of Entry in San Diego County on March 13, 2018. At right is Rodney Scott, Chief Patrol Agent of the San Diego Sector of the Border Patrol. <br>K.C. Alfred, San Diego Union -Tribune/TNS
President Donald Trump tours the border wall prototypes near the Otay Mesa Port of Entry in San Diego County on March 13, 2018. At right is Rodney Scott, Chief Patrol Agent of the San Diego Sector of the Border Patrol. <br>K.C. Alfred, San Diego Union -Tribune/TNS

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Most of the nearly $10 billion that the Trump administration diverted from the armed services to build barriers on the U.S.-Mexico border will never be seen again, Pentagon and congressional officials confirmed Friday.

U.S. troops from Company B, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry, are silhouetted against the sun during the push north to Baghdad in March, 2003.<br>Joseph Giordono/Stars and Stripes
U.S. troops from Company B, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry, are silhouetted against the sun during the push north to Baghdad in March, 2003.<br>Joseph Giordono/Stars and Stripes

Drone attack targets Iraqi base hosting US troops; no casualties

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