Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis arrives at Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence, New Delhi, India, Sept. 6, 2018. (Lisa Ferdinando/DoD)

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The US is currently building an Aegis Ashore base near the Baltic Sea coast.
To have and to hold, in Lancer or Spirit bombers: Trailblazing husband-wife pilots retire together
The two trailblazing pilots became the first married couple to pilot the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber.
Navy IDs sailor who died after being struck by a propeller on the aircraft carrier Bush
Navy officials have identified the sailor killed onboard the aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush on Monday.
The Corps just slapped a counter-drone system on an MRZR all-terrain vehicle
The MRZR counter-drone system can blast drones from the sky with electronic attack.
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency forensic anthropologist Jennie Jin, bottom right, secures one of the 55 cases of remains of service members as North Korean officials watch in Wonsan, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, July 27, 2018. The cases were transported via military aircraft to Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, for initial review before being transferred to DPAA's forensic laboratory at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. (Sgt. 1st Class David J. Marshall/Army)

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Report ranking military installations for sex assault risk delayed
The potentially explosive report will rank individual military installations and ships based on the likelihood that troops may experience sexual assault there.
US names Iran as top terror sponsor; global attacks fall
The report comes out as the Trump administration is taking a tougher stance against Iran.
As floodwaters recede, VA works to reopen locations hit by Hurricane Florence
VA facilities in the path of the storm escaped major damage, but still must wait before patients return after thousands of appointments were cancelled.
North Korean leader agrees to dismantle main nuclear site if US takes similar action
The two Koreas agreed to set up buffer zones, no-fly zone on border to reduce military tensions.
The Air Force has big plans for expansion, but can’t yet say how it’ll get there
The Air Force is making its case for the biggest expansion since the end of the Cold War — swelling its number of operational squadrons by 24 percent, from 312 to 386 by the end of 2030.But getting there will be tricky — not only financially, but also logistically.

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Tactical air control party Airmen with the 227th Air Support Operations Squadron, New Jersey Air National Guard, demonstrate a special extraction system while hanging from a UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter assigned to the 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, New Jersey Army National Guard, during the 2018 Atlantic City International Airshow at Atlantic City, New Jersey, Aug. 22, 2018. (Mark C. Olsen/New Jersey National Guard)

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Sgt. Derek Levi, MV22 crew chief, Marine Medium Tilt Rotor Squadron, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing looks over the landscape of Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., during an aerial flight formation exercise August 12, 2018. “I get to see the world from the sky,” said Sgt. Derek Levi, MV22 crew chief, Marine Medium Tilt Rotor Squadron, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. (Lance Cpl. Rachel K. Young/Marine Corps)

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An Airman checks behind a simulated military escort for combatants at the Emergency Medical Technician Rodeo at Melrose Air Force Range, N.M., August 8, 2018. A total of 21 Air Force bases from around the world visited MAFR and Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, to participate in the EMT Rodeo, giving the technicians a wide assortment of scenarios to test their knowledge and training in the medical field. (A!C Gage Daniel/ Air Force)

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