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President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally at The Broadmoor World Arena, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020, in Colorado Springs, Colo. <br>AP Photo/Evan Vucci

Trump praises Colorado Springs, but makes no commitment on future of US Space Command location

President Donald Trump said he will decide where to house the command by the end of 2020, possibly after the November election.

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Midshipman dies at Naval Academy in Annapolis
Retired Adm. William McRaven speaks at an event in Austin, Texas, on Aug. 21, 2014. <br>Eric Gay/AP Retired Adm. William McRaven speaks at an event in Austin, Texas, on Aug. 21, 2014. <br>Eric Gay/AP
Admiral who led Osama bin Laden raid to give MIT commencement speech
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marine corps

U.S. Marines of the 28th Regiment, 5th Division, raise the American flag atop Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan, on Feb. 23, 1945.<br>U.S. Marine Corps
U.S. Marines of the 28th Regiment, 5th Division, raise the American flag atop Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan, on Feb. 23, 1945.<br>U.S. Marine Corps

A Marine captured the famous Iwo Jima flag raising on film. The original hasn’t been seen in 75 years.

Marine Corps Sgt. Bill Genaust filmed the raising of the American Flag during the World War II battle of Iwo Jima. But 75 years later, Genaust’s original “in camera” color film has been lost.

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air force

Service members attend a memorial ceremony for Master Sgt. Nicholas Vollweiler at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 16, 2018.<br>Theron Godbold/Stars and Stripes
Service members attend a memorial ceremony for Master Sgt. Nicholas Vollweiler at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 16, 2018.<br>Theron Godbold/Stars and Stripes

As murder trial opens, Japanese woman says she stabbed her Yokota airman boyfriend in 2018

On the first day of her jury trial Friday in Tokyo District Court, a 28-year-old Japanese woman admitted to killing her U.S. airman boyfriend at his home near Yokota Air Base.

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army

The U.S. military is working with the German government to help it find 200 rental properties for the growing number of American troops coming to Hohenfels in Bavaria. The properties should be within a 30-mile radius of the main gate of the Hohenfels Training Center, the military has said.<br>Martin Egnash/Stars and Stripes
The U.S. military is working with the German government to help it find 200 rental properties for the growing number of American troops coming to Hohenfels in Bavaria. The properties should be within a 30-mile radius of the main gate of the Hohenfels Training Center, the military has said.<br>Martin Egnash/Stars and Stripes

Army seeks hundreds more homes for troops at Hohenfels

The Army has asked the German government to help it find hundreds of homes near Hohenfels to house the growing number of troops coming to the training area, officials said this week.

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navy

Retired Adm. William McRaven speaks at an event in Austin, Texas, on Aug. 21, 2014. <br>Eric Gay/AP
Retired Adm. William McRaven speaks at an event in Austin, Texas, on Aug. 21, 2014. <br>Eric Gay/AP

Admiral who led Osama bin Laden raid to give MIT commencement speech

Retired Adm. William McRaven was head of U.S. Special Operations Command in 2011 when a team of Navy SEALs killed the al-Qaida leader in Pakistan. He also led the 2009 rescue of Richard Phillips, a ship captain who was captured by Somali pirates and later portrayed by Tom Hanks in a movie.

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coast guard

The Golden Ray, a massive cargo ship, caught fire and capsized on the St. Simons Sound off the coast of Georgia in the early hours of Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019. <br>Ryan Dickinson/Coast Guard
The Golden Ray, a massive cargo ship, caught fire and capsized on the St. Simons Sound off the coast of Georgia in the early hours of Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019. <br>Ryan Dickinson/Coast Guard

Coast Guard provides update on salvage operation for capsized ship

After netting to trap pollutants and debris is erected on the piles surrounding the vessel, the complicated process to remove the capsized Golden Ray will begin.