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A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base’s 354th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron prepares to land at an undisclosed location within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Oct. 27, 2023. The U.S. leverages the most advanced training and platforms to promote long-term security and stability of the region. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)

Storied Air Force unit shutters as service moves on from its popular A-10 attack jet

While the A-10s have proven popular for their lifesaving ability to fend off enemy ground attacks when U.S. troops face little-to-no airborne threat, Air Force officials have long worried the aging Warthogs would prove easy targets against China or Russia.

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Photos posted to social media on Sept. 6, 2024, appeared to show soldiers sleeping outside the U.S. Army Garrison Ansbach vehicle registration office in Germany.

US Army garrison in Germany where soldiers slept outside for vehicle registration revamps process

Military family advocates, volunteers pack boxes of household supplies for new Fort Cavazos families

Commander acted in reprisal by nixing deployment after soldier’s sexual assault report, IG says

Air Force

A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base’s 354th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron prepares to land at an undisclosed location within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Oct. 27, 2023. The U.S. leverages the most advanced training and platforms to promote long-term security and stability of the region. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)

Storied Air Force unit shutters as service moves on from its popular A-10 attack jet

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Navy

240721-N-WV584-1014 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 21, 2024) Lt. Sarah Gomez-Lorraine, from Kodiak Island, Ala., chaplain of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111), holds Sunday service on the mess decks. Spruance, assigned to the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations. As an integral part of U.S. Pacific Fleet, U.S. 3rd Fleet operates naval forces in the Indo-Pacific in addition to providing realistic and relevant training necessary to flawlessly execute our Navy’s timeless roles of sea control and power projection. U.S. 3rd Fleet works in close coordination with other numbered fleets to provide commanders with capable, ready forces to deploy forward and win in day-to-day competition, in crisis, and in conflict. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Joey Sitter)

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Space Force

The second stage for Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket for its debut mission was set up Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024, on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Launch Complex 36 for an upcoming engine test. (Blue Origin/TNS)

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Coast Guard

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Marine Corps

Lt. Gen. James Glynn speaks during a ceremony at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024, during which he assumed command of Marine Corps Forces Pacific.

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Europe

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Asia-Pacific

FILE - A Taiwan national flag flutters near the Taipei 101 building at the National Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan, on May 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

Germany sails two warships through Taiwan Strait for first time in two decades

Pentagon approves eating disorder nonprofit as official resource for military families

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Middle East

Israeli soldiers take up positions outside a tunnel near the Philadelphia Corridor along the Gaza-Egypt border which the military says was used by Hamas militants.

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Africa

From left, American citizens Benjamin Reuben Zalman-Polun, Marcel Malanga and Tyler Thompson attend a court verdict in Kinshasa, Congo, on Sept .13, 2024.

Congo court sentences 3 Americans and 34 others to death on coup charges

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Americas

Outgoing President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador delivers his last State of the Union at the Zocalo, Mexico City's main square, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024.

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Japan

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Korea

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Guam

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Veterans

Queen Maxima of the Netherlands escorts World War II veteran Kenneth Thayer, 99, into a ceremony in Mesch, Netherlands, on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024, to mark 80 years since the beginning of the country’s liberation during the war.

US soldiers and WWII veterans join Dutch royalty to mark 80th anniversary of the Netherlands’ liberation

Thousands of Americans died freeing the Netherlands. On Thursday its citizens, including hundreds of schoolchildren, lined streets and festival grounds for commemorative activities.

Sports

Sigonella's Nyeema Fernandez manages to get the ball past the Vicenza wall of Alexandra Nelson, left, and Avonlea Sparling on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, in Vicenza, Italy.

Momentum swings wildly as volleyball season opens

Black Forest Academy gives up a big lead in one set, then overcomes an even bigger one in the third set to down Naples in a season-opening event in Vicenza, Italy.

History

Part of “A Soldier’s Journey” is displayed at Sabin Howard’s studio in Englewood, N.J. The final sculpture is frozen in bronze. MUST CREDIT: Jeenah Moon for The Washington Post

The decade-long mission to build the World War I memorial

Retired Col. Jennifer N. Pritzker, a billionaire who donated to the project, said our maps, borders, civil rights, weapons, technology and even fashion owe some credit to World War I, even though few people alive today have a direct connection to the conflict.

Living

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Travel

Despite its air of wealth and privilege, it would be a mistake to dismiss Saratoga as a relic of the past. The town bustles with activity.

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