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First Sgt. Joseph N. Buck Jr., 1173rd Deployment and Distribution Support Battalion, 595th Transportation Brigade, recites the noncommissioned officer creed alongside other soldiers during an NCO induction ceremony at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Feb. 9, 2019. Many NCOs, primarily in the ranks from staff sergeant through master sergeant, will be able to rank their desired next assignments under a new program.<br>Jordan M. Rose/U.S. Army

NCOs to rank their assignment choices under Army’s new preference system

Army officers have had a similar system of ranked choices in place since 2016, this is the first time it has been introduced for NCO ranks.

Capt. Brett Crozier addresses his crew while serving as commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, Jan. 17, 2020.<br>Alexander Williams/U.S. Navy Capt. Brett Crozier addresses his crew while serving as commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, Jan. 17, 2020.<br>Alexander Williams/U.S. Navy
Removal of fired USS Theodore Roosevelt commander’s name from plaque causes uproar
Kaveonne I.R. Dearmon is accused of engaging in sexual activity with a girl younger than 14 years old, who was pretending to be 19 years old on the dating app Tinder.<br>Facebook Kaveonne I.R. Dearmon is accused of engaging in sexual activity with a girl younger than 14 years old, who was pretending to be 19 years old on the dating app Tinder.<br>Facebook
Malmstrom Air Force Base airman accused of sexual relationship with underage girl
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Episode six: Spooky service stories

The specter in the Spectre. The terror in Tonga. Just in time for Halloween, host Rod Rodriguez and guests share their own personal tales of frights, spirits and other paranormal events in this eerie episode of Military Matters.

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air force

Gate 12A at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base from 2017. Col. Patrick Miller, the base's installation commander, will soon make a decision on whether to allow up to half of the base’s workforce back within the fence line. <br>Michelle Gigante/U.S. Air Force
Gate 12A at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base from 2017. Col. Patrick Miller, the base's installation commander, will soon make a decision on whether to allow up to half of the base’s workforce back within the fence line. <br>Michelle Gigante/U.S. Air Force

Commander acknowledges COVID-19 uptick on Wright-Patterson

Ohio's largest single-site employer, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base has been largely closed down for the past seven months of the global COVID-19 pandemic, with only 10% of the base's typical 30,000 workers permitted to be physically on base in the pandemic's earliest weeks.

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army

First Sgt. Joseph N. Buck Jr., 1173rd Deployment and Distribution Support Battalion, 595th Transportation Brigade, recites the noncommissioned officer creed alongside other soldiers during an NCO induction ceremony at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Feb. 9, 2019. Many NCOs, primarily in the ranks from staff sergeant through master sergeant, will be able to rank their desired next assignments under a new program.<br>Jordan M. Rose/U.S. Army
First Sgt. Joseph N. Buck Jr., 1173rd Deployment and Distribution Support Battalion, 595th Transportation Brigade, recites the noncommissioned officer creed alongside other soldiers during an NCO induction ceremony at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Feb. 9, 2019. Many NCOs, primarily in the ranks from staff sergeant through master sergeant, will be able to rank their desired next assignments under a new program.<br>Jordan M. Rose/U.S. Army

NCOs to rank their assignment choices under Army’s new preference system

Army officers have had a similar system of ranked choices in place since 2016, this is the first time it has been introduced for NCO ranks.

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navy

Capt. Brett Crozier addresses his crew while serving as commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, Jan. 17, 2020.<br>Alexander Williams/U.S. Navy
Capt. Brett Crozier addresses his crew while serving as commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, Jan. 17, 2020.<br>Alexander Williams/U.S. Navy

Removal of fired USS Theodore Roosevelt commander’s name from plaque causes uproar

The USS Theodore Roosevelt's executive officer said Capt. Brett Crozier's nameplate, which has been replaced, was missing because someone 'took it as a souvenir.'

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Fast take: How do extremist ideologies find a home in the military community?

In this fast take episode of Military Matters, host Rod Rodriguez discusses feedback we've gotten after the QAnon episode, and explores possible characteristics about veterans and service members that make them so vulnerable to extremism. To uncover more, he talks again with journalist and military veteran Jack Murphy.