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Acute and chronic leukemias and other life-threatening cancers will now be recognized as presumptive conditions for toxic-exposed veterans who served during the past 25 years in Afghanistan, Iraq ...
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‘We’re Marines, and we’re different’: Commandant rules out …
1 day ago · In the latest National Defense Authorization Act, the annual must-pass bill that sets policy and spending priorities for the Pentagon, Congress wants the Air Force to examine the pros and cons of ...
US military presence in Somalia likely to be scrutinized by …
Dec 30, 2024 · Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley, head of U.S. Africa Command, talks with Somali troops in Mogadishu on Sept. 10, 2024. U.S. troops returned to Somalia in 2022 in an advisory capacity, two years ...
Army expects to meet recruiting goals, in dramatic turnaround, …
1 day ago · WASHINGTON — The Army expects to meet its enlistment goals for 2025, marking a dramatic turnaround for a service that has struggled for several years to bring in enough young people and has ...
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The Trump company is not banning private foreign deals, a break with its first term policy. The Trump family business has agreed to a voluntary ethics agreement that would ban it from striking ...
Through our lens: Stars and Stripes’ best photos from 2024
Dec 26, 2024 · With wars in eastern Europe, the Middle East and tensions in the Indo-Pacific, 2024 was a year of multinational exercises and engagements for the U.S. military.
US forces in Syria are able to keep their fight separate, for now
Dec 6, 2024 · American troops fighting Iran-backed militias in Syria, primarily focused on preventing an ISIS resurgence, have managed to keep their fight separate from the ongoing insurgency against President ...
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