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U.S. Soldiers, assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, prepare to board a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft in support of the final noncombatant evacuation operation missions at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Afghanistan, Aug. 30, 2021. The Afghanistan NEO was the largest non-combatant evacuation operation ever conducted by the U.S. military.

House approves $768 billion defense bill with strong support, despite some discord among Democrats

The legislation directs an independent review of the Afghanistan war's legacy and errors, and establishes a new means for the military to prosecute sexual assault and related crimes, according to a final draft released hours before the House passed it by a vote of 363 to 70.

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A tunnel inside of the Red Hill underground fuel storage facility in Hawaii, Jan. 26, 2018.

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The Pyeongtaek branch of Suwon District Court is seen on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021.

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Airman 1st Class Thadyn DuPont, an aerospace medical technician with the 137th Special Operations Medical Group, prepares to administer a COVID-19 vaccine for an Oklahoma Army National Guard Soldier at the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Norman, Okla., Jan. 15, 2021. Aerospace Medical Service specialists assist doctors and care for patients in a wide range of medical situations such as administering immunizations, like the COVID-19 vaccine, and supporting aeromedical evacuations. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Andrew M. LaMoreaux/Released)

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Ken Inouye, son of the late Hawaiian Sen. Daniel Inouye, passes the long glass to a sailor during the commissioning of the USS Daniel Inouye at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Dec. 8, 2021. The pass is part of a tradition to signify the start of the first watch.

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Cutting-edge Space Force radar installed at Alaska base

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Coast Guard swimmer pulls body from car above Niagara Falls

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A U.S. soldier stationed at Joint Base San AntonioFort Sam Houston, Texas, was sentenced Wednesday to 170 months, or more than 14 years, in prison for purchasing and possessing child pornography. Army investigators found the illicit material in the cellphone of Hae Yeong Song, a private first class and a South Korean national, court documents and a government ststement said.

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Europe

Migrants settle in the logistics center of the checkpoint "Bruzgi" at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. The West has accused Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko of luring thousands of migrants to Belarus with the promise of help to get to Western Europe to use them as pawns to destabilize the 27-nation European Union in retaliation for its sanctions on his authoritarian government. Belarus denies engineering the crisis. (Oksana Manchuk/BelTA via AP)

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Students connect with friends outside Humphreys High School at Camp Humphreys, South Korea, Aug. 26, 2019.

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Nada Homsi, a freelance American journalist who was detained in Beirut last month, smiles during an interview with The Associated Press, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021. Homsi released by Lebanese authorities on Wednesday just hours after two international human rights groups called her detention arbitrary and demanded that she be set free. Homsi said after her release that her arrest was part of an intimidation campaign used by Lebanon's security agencies against foreign journalists. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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Africa

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian attends the NATO Foreign Ministers meeting in Riga, Latvia, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Roman Koksarov)

France tries to end crisis with Algeria, resume cooperation

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An image of an ID card issued by Germany's Federal Archive that shows that an 18-year-old named Michael Kast joined the National Socialist German Workers' Party, or NSDAP, on Sept. 1, 1942. While the Federal Archive couldn't confirm whether Michael Kast was the German-born father of the Chilean presidential frontrunner José Antonio Kast, the date and place of birth listed on the card matches that of José Antonio Kast's father, who died in 2014. A copy of the ID card, identified with the membership number 9271831, was previously posted on social media by Chilean journalist Mauricio Weibel. (German Federal Archive via AP)

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Navy commissions destroyer named for storied Hawaiian senator, Medal of Honor recipient

Hawaii native Daniel Inouye was many things before he died in 2012: child of Japanese immigrants, wounded warrior, recipient of the Medal of Honor, U.S. senator for a half century.

Remains of US soldier killed in Korean War identified

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Julian Bourne and Vassilli Sanchez are part of a Humphreys boys basketball team not as tall but quicker than Blackhawks teams of past seasons.

DODEA basketball, wrestling are back in Korea again this weekend

DODEA-Korea’s regular season is being played over five Saturdays, the last one Jan. 29, with the postseason tournaments on Feb. 5.

Air Force quarterback Haaziq Daniels hands off to running back Brad Roberts in the first half against Army during an NCAA college football game in Arlington, Texas, Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021.

Air Force, Army receive college football bowl invites

Walker scores 23 to lead Air Force past Army 76-58

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Remains of US soldier killed in Korean War identified

Beverly Guliuzza was overcome with a mix of shock, sadness and relief when military officials told her they had identified the remains of her brother, Benjamin Bazzell, an Army corporal who went missing in action during the Korean War in 1950 when she was just 12.

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Frankfurt, Germany, August 28, 1959: Airman 2nd Class Gus Backus, an electrocardiograph technician at the U.S. Air Force hospital in Wiesbaden, sheds his jacket as he sings at the Rock ’n’ Roll-o-Rama at the Frankfurt Casino. It was the final Bad Nauheim-Friedberg American Youth Activities show of the summer vacation, and drew a crowd of 600. Backus was a member of the Del-Vikings, a group of airmen who had a million-selling hit, "Come Go with Me," earlier in the 1950s. After leaving the Air Force, he had great success as a performer in Europe, eventually recording mostly in German.
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Rock ’n’ Roll-o-Rama in Germany, 1959

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Nighttime traffic to popular destinations such as California's Joshua Tree National Park spreads the visitor footprint over a greater swath of the day. MUST CRDIT: Lian Law/National Park Service

'Dark sky' designations are giving communities new tourism appeal

80 percent of North Americans can't see the Milky Way over their home. Some studies and sentiment surveys show dark skies are increasingly becoming a factor of consideration for people when planning trips.