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Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin gives opening remarks accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley at a virtual meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at the Pentagon, Monday, May 23, 2022, in Washington.

20 countries in US-led Ukraine Contact Group offer new military aid packages to help Ukrainians beat back invading Russians

Some 20 countries in the U.S.-led Ukraine Contact Group agreed to contribute new military aid packages to help Ukrainian troops fight off the Russian forces that have been attacking their country for the last three months, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced Monday.

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The U.S. Air Force renamed a C-17 Globemaster III to "Spirit of the Candy Bomber" in Provo, Utah, May 20, 2022, in honor of Gail Halvorsen, the original "Candy Bomber" of the Berlin Airlift.

Cargo plane given moniker paying tribute to legendary Berlin Airlift ‘candy bomber’

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jami Shawley, head of the Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa, speaks after taking command at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, May 14, 2022.

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Air Force

Second Wright-Patterson child care center proposed as a new Air Force 'unfunded priority'

Cargo plane given moniker paying tribute to legendary Berlin Airlift ‘candy bomber’

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Navy

190830-N-YG104-3011 LOS ANGELES (Aug. 30, 2019) The Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Scout (MCM 8) is moored at the Port of Los Angeles to support Los Angeles Fleet Week (LAFW). LAFW is an opportunity for the American public to meet their Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard teams and experience America's sea services. During fleet week, service members participate in various community service events, showcase capabilities and equipment to the community and enjoy the hospitality of Los Angeles and its surrounding areas. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Sarah Villegas)

Los Angeles Fleet Week returns for Memorial Day weekend

USS Minneapolis-St. Paul commissioned for service

USS Abraham Lincoln arrives in Japan for port call ahead of presidential visit

Space Force

This video image provided by SpaceX, a SpaceX Falcon 9 mission to launch 53 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E), takes off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., on Friday, May 13, 2022.

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites from California

Senators introduce legislation to create Space National Guard under Space Force

Lawmakers fight to keep US Space Command in Colorado Springs

Coast Guard

A time-lapse image shows the trajectory of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifting off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station over the Orlando Science Center observatory at dusk, Jan. 31, 2022.

Space launches vs. cruise lines: Coast Guard concludes investigation into Royal Caribbean ship

55 Cuban migrants stopped at sea off the Florida Keys in a week, Coast Guard says

Vice President Kamala Harris tells Coast Guard Academy graduates their importance in ‘unsettled world’

Marine Corps

Marine base lockdown caused by inadvertent weapon discharge

Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island wages battles, not war, against climate change

Marines identify corporal killed in single-vehicle crash on Okinawa

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U.S.

The Seawolf-class fast-attack submarine USS Connecticut (SSN 22) returns to its homeport in Bremerton, Washington, Dec. 21, following a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. The Pacific Submarine Force provides anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface ship warfare, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and early warning, special warfare capabilities, and strategic deterrence around the world to enhance interoperability through alliances and partnerships in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific Region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Sophia H. Brooks)

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Europe

A video screen grab shows stamps depicting a Ukrainian border guard displaying his middle finger to a Russian warship.

Ukraine issues stamp commemorating sinking of Russian warship

Goodbye Pushkin: Ukrainians target Russian street names, monuments

Starbucks to exit Russia after pausing business there in March

Asia-Pacific

The Kaishin work barge is seen in Shari, Hokkaido, on Monday. MUST CREDIT: Japan News-Yomiuri.

Work resumes to raise Japanese tour boat 1 month after sinking

UN rights chief says her rare China trip isn't an investigation

US, Japan launch bid to put first Japanese astronaut on moon

Middle East

A man navigates his wheelchair on a street during a sand torm in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 23, 2022.

More hardship as new sandstorm engulfs parts of Middle East

Iran vows revenge over killing of Guard member in Tehran

Ahead of Biden visit, Israel launches biggest eviction of Palestinians in decades

Africa

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends a joint press conference after a meeting with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Friday, May 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

German chancellor Scholz kicks off Africa trip in Senegal

Next AFRICOM leader could be the first Black four-star general in Marine Corps history

African scientists baffled by monkeypox cases in Europe, US

Americas

Residents travel on a motorbike as they flee their home to avoid clashes between armed gangs, in the Croix-des-Mission neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, April 28, 2022. Experts say the scale and duration of gang clashes, the power they are wielding and the amount of territory they control has reached levels not seen before. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

Gangs strangle Haiti's capital as deaths, kidnappings soar

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Yomitan Bull Fight Tournament to be held June 5 on Okinawa

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Veteran Donald Rhodes adopted Yankee, a rescue dog, through the low-cost pets-for-patriots program from Harford County, Connecticut, animal shelter. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun/TNS)

Pets for Patriots pairs shelter dogs and cats with service members and veterans

Pets for Patriots is a national organization that networks with animal shelters to promote adoptions of homeless dogs and cats by military personnel, both active-duty and retired.

While pulling this scam, bodybuilder Zachary Barton and his wife were posting pictures and videos online of Barton pushing heavy iron to build his physique and flexing in the gym and on stage in contests.

Florida bodybuilder pulling a $245,000 scam told the VA he could lift only 10 pounds

sports

Former Navy linebacker Diego Fagot, seen in this undated Navy Football photo, is among four Naval Academy athletes who have received permission from the Department of Defense to pursue professional sports, the academy announced Sunday. Fagot was offered a contract as an undrafted free agent by the Ravens following the 2022 NFL draft in April 2022.

Linebacker Diego Fagot among 4 Naval Academy athletes who receive permission to pursue professional sports

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III issued the approval Saturday in accordance with Directive-Type Memorandum 19-011. That policy allows service academy graduates to pursue employment in professional sports immediately following graduation.

The Vilseck Falcons celebrate after winning the DODEA-Europe Division I softball championships on Saturday, May 21, 2022, at Kaiserslautern, Germany.

Never-quit Falcons rally late to stun Wiesbaden

Naples pitcher Alexia Malaca sends a pitch toward home plate in the Wildcats' victory over Spangdahlem on Saturday, May 21, 2022, at the DODEA-Europe Division II/III softball championships in Kaiserslautern, Germany.

Experienced few lead Wildcats to softball title

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Tokyo, 1956: Japan's Crown Prince (and future Emperor) Akihito talks with Ethiopia's Emperor Haile Selassie at a reception during Selassie's goodwill visit to Japan. Akihito acceded to the throne in 1990 after the death of his father, Hirohito, the year before.

Akihito and Haile Selassie in Tokyo, 1956

Tokyo, 1956: Japan’s Crown Prince (and future Emperor) Akihito talks with Ethiopia’s Emperor Haile Selassie at a reception during Selassie’s goodwill visit to Japan.

Rose Greenhow was held in the Old Capitol Prison in Washington with her 8-year-old daughter, "Little Rose," during the Civil War after repeatedly being caught spying for the Confederacy. MUST CREDIT: Library of Congress mphoto

The most audacious Confederate spies — and how they got away with it

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Tom Cruise poses for the media during the 'Top Gun Maverick' UK premiere at a central London cinema, on Thursday, May 19, 2022.

'Top Gun' and Tom Cruise return to the danger zone

Almost four decades after the original, and after sitting on the shelf for two years due to the pandemic, "Top Gun: Maverick" is flying full throttle into a new world.