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Troops and dignitaries gathered at the Rhine to commemorate a major breakthrough by the Third Army against the Nazis.
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The USS Carl Vinson will join the USS Harry S. Truman as the U.S. military's fight against the Houthis in Yemen continues.
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The new commercial series “Uncommon is Calling” gets at the heart of Gen Zers who hate the 9-to-5 corporate life but also want careers with flexibility and meaning.
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“Turbo Weasel” was named to pay tribute to the 480th Fighter Squadron, which is tasked with suppressing enemy air defenses, also known as “Wild Weasel” missions.
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The U.S. military has resumed air and missile strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen. The strikes are going after “a much broader set of targets” in Yemen than before.
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An Army historian felt that while the film's iconic and terrifying D-Day landing scenes were realistic, the rest of the film's action and plot made it a “typical World War II movie.”
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Elon Musk called the idea "Starfleet Academy," as two former Army officers think a new academy should bring elite high-tech focused high school students together, close to the brainpower of Silicon Valley.
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The Army has unveiled the designs for the service’s new Mountaineering and Mariner Badges, which soldiers should be able to buy later this year.
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Denzel Washington reenacted the heroics of Sgt. William Carney. Sen. Tammy Duckworth called his disappearance from a Pentagon website a "middle finger to veterans."
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The Army's new arctic and extreme cold weather operations manual covers everything from ambushes and evacuations to how chaplains can keep wine warm for services in extreme cold.
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