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Naval Special Warfare members perform a high-altitude low opening jump, during the 2022 Arctic Edge Exercise. Arctic Edge is a U.S. Northern Command biennial defense exercise designed to demonstrate and exercise the ability to rapidly deploy and operate in the Arctic. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Trey Hutcheson)

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Senators reach agreement on health care, benefits for veterans exposed to burn pits and other toxins

The PACT Act seeks to provide an easy path to health care and benefits for veterans who served near open-air burn pits, which were used throughout the 1990s and the post-9/11 wars to burn garbage, jet fuel and other materials.

U.S. military drape a national flag over the possible remains of a WWII U.S. airman found in northern Thailand, during a repatriation ceremony Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at the U-Tapao Air Base in Rayong province, eastern Thailand. The possible human remains were found at a crash site in a rice field in northern Thailand by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency and were sent to Hawaii where they will be tested to see if they belong to a U.S. pilot who went missing in 1944. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai archival find may resolve fate of missing WWII US flyer

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Rota goalkeeper Nathan Alindog breaks up a run on goal by Aviano's Andrew Walker at the DODEA-Europe boys Division II soccer tournament at Landstuhl, Germany.

Traditional powers try to hold off contenders to thrones

Semifinals in D-I and D-III and key games in D-II will leave six teams with shots at three titles on Thursday.

American Overseas School of Rome's Clara Clayton breaks up an attack from Naples' Emma Kasparek in the DODEA-Europe girls Division II soccer championships on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, at Landstuhl, Germany.

Two teams reach finals and more close in on spots

Ramstein Royals Team Captain and mid-fielder Benjamin Brewster jumps over a slide tackle by Vilsecks Quinlan McKinney during the DODEA-Europe Soccer Championships at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, May 16, 2022. Vilseck could hold off the Royals for most of the game, but the Team found their rythm during the second half of the game for a 2-0 win.

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South Vietnam, December, 1968: A village official checks refugees against lists in an attempt to sort out suspected Communists at a camp near Dien Ban, a small village 10 miles south of Da Nang. More than 2,600 refugees who had been evacuated from 30 hamlets and 14 villages were housed at the camp, where they were cared for by and received aid from U.S. soldiers and Marines and the South Vietnamese government.

Refugees in Vietnam, 1968

South Vietnam, December 1968: A village official checks refugees against lists in an attempt to sort out suspected Communists at a camp near Dien Ban, a small village 10 miles south of Da Nang.