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House maneuver clears path for vote on Major Richard Star Act

If lawmakers do not enact the measure before the 119th Congress ends, supporters will have to pursue it again in the next congressional session.

Unite for Veterans Coalition to rally in DC for fair elections, Hegseth impeachment

The Veterans Day rally will highlight a range of issues, from the protection of democratic norms to National Guard deployments and the Iran war.
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Eighty-one years after the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, the last eight men whose fates remained unclear on that catastrophic evening have been identified.

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The new restrictions will begin Sunday and last for around a month, extending a junior enlisted curfew and curbing alcohol consumption past midnight.
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In his bid to reclaim chairmanship of the House Armed Services Committee, Rep. Adam Smith called for greater scrutiny of the Trump administration’s military operations abroad.
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U.S. Air Force officials conceded that troop housing at Middle East bases was “never designed for the threat environment now arriving overhead.”

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How Afghanistan War soul-searching led to renaming of Navy expeditionary command

The command’s recent name change was years in the making after the end of the Afghanistan War, according to the head of Commander, Navy Expeditionary Forces.

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Within an hour after a federal commission approved construction of a 250-foot arch Thursday, a federal judge blocked any work from starting,
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Vance blamed sweeping Republican losses in the midterm elections on public discontent over the U.S. war with Iran, in an apparent break with the Trump administration.

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US sailor deploying to Middle East injured in monkey attack in Thailand

The sailor was transferred back to Japan for medical care, a Navy spokesperson said.

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Three U.S. aircraft carriers are operating in Central Command’s area of responsibility for the first time since 2003.

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