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Remember that time we forgot a navy and had to go back and get it?
“We forgot ’em.”
By Don North, Vietnam Magazine
Troops may spend Christmas on US-Mexico border
The original orders called for troops to be home Dec. 15; now deployment orders may be extended through January.
By Tara Copp, AP
The first African-American woman to join the Coast Guard dies at 103
During World War II, Olivia Hooker became the first African-American woman to join the Coast Guard as a member of the Semper Paratus program, or SPAR.
Outgoing VA Secretary Shulkin lashes out at White House officials looking to privatize veterans care
In a New York Times op-ed, Shulkin said the department "has become entangled in a brutal power struggle" that threatens veterans care.
Russia’s nuclear underwater drone is real and in the Nuclear Posture Review
A draft of the Pentagon’s Nuclear Posture Review confirms the existence of an underwater nuclear drone made and operated by Russia, a capability the U.S. Defense Department had not previously publicly acknowledged.
By Valerie Insinna