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US deploys Bradleys, mechanized infantry to Syria to ensure 'freedom of movement' for coalition forces

U.S. Army soldiers and airmen unload Bradley fighting vehicles from a C-17 aircraft near northeastern Syria Sept. 18, 2020. <br>Jensen Guillory/U.S. Army
U.S. Army soldiers and airmen unload Bradley fighting vehicles from a C-17 aircraft near northeastern Syria Sept. 18, 2020. <br>Jensen Guillory/U.S. Army

The mechanized forces are from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, deployed to Kuwait from Fort Bliss, Texas, according to Operation Inherent Resolve .

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks during a discussion on the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington on Feb. 10, 2020. <br>Patrick Semansky/AP
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks during a discussion on the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington on Feb. 10, 2020. <br>Patrick Semansky/AP

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a diminutive yet towering women’s rights champion who became the court’s second female justice, died Friday at her home in Washington. She was 87.

A U.S. Army drill sergeant assigned to the34th Infantry Regiment uses the "shark attack" method on a recruit during basic training on June 12, 2017, at Fort Jackson, S.C. The Army says it will no longer shout in recruits' faces and use intimidation to establish authority and weed out the weak during basic training.<br>Darius Davis/U.S. Army
A U.S. Army drill sergeant assigned to the34th Infantry Regiment uses the "shark attack" method on a recruit during basic training on June 12, 2017, at Fort Jackson, S.C. The Army says it will no longer shout in recruits' faces and use intimidation to establish authority and weed out the weak during basic training.<br>Darius Davis/U.S. Army

Army infantry school is doing away with 'mean, nasty' shark attack methodology at basic training

Infantry recruits will no longer have drill sergeants barking orders at them inches from their faces during basic training as the “shark attack” technique, which uses intimidation to establish authority and weed out the weak, is dropped in favor of a new approach.

Capt. Brett Crozier, then-commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), addresses the crew in San Diego, Calif., on Jan. 17, 2020.<br>Alexander Williams/U.S. Navy
Capt. Brett Crozier, then-commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), addresses the crew in San Diego, Calif., on Jan. 17, 2020.<br>Alexander Williams/U.S. Navy

Former USS Theodore Roosevelt captain says he knowingly risked career with virus warning

Brett Crozier's witness statement, recorded in May during the Navy's investigation into the handling of the outbreak aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt, provides a look at his thinking when he sent the March email that upended the military world.


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Storm damage at Naval Air Station Pensacola. Fla.<br>NAS Pensacola/Facebook
Storm damage at Naval Air Station Pensacola. Fla.<br>NAS Pensacola/Facebook

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In a July 14, 2017 photo, U.S. Marine Corps Col. Stephen Keane, incoming commanding officer of Security and Emergency Services Battalion, speaks during a change of command ceremony aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif.<br>Maritza Vela/U.S. Marine Corps
In a July 14, 2017 photo, U.S. Marine Corps Col. Stephen Keane, incoming commanding officer of Security and Emergency Services Battalion, speaks during a change of command ceremony aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif.<br>Maritza Vela/U.S. Marine Corps

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