Air Force announces bases that will test, maintain the new B-21 stealth bomber
The Air Force has chosen Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma to maintain and sustain the B-21, and Edwards Air Force Base in California to handle testing and evaluation.
Funerals set for 2 recently identified Korean War soldiers
They died two days apart in a running battle with North Korean forces.
Trump expresses regret for not visiting Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day
Trump said his travel schedule and official business stopped him from attending.
‘All hell broke loose’ — ambushed Marine carried wounded to safety, fired at the enemy with his free arm
“There was no one out, nothing moving” before “all hell broke loose.”

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For the first time, a woman has passed initial Special Forces selection. (Patrick A. Albright/Army)

A female soldier has made it through the Army’s Special Forces selection

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Coast Guard seizes about $500M worth of cocaine
The operation led to the arrests of 49 people.
Trump visits Marines at Washington barracks, speaks at veterans’ event
President Donald Trump visited with Marines and spoke at a White House veterans' conference Thursday amid fallout over his decision not to visit an American cemetery during his weekend trip to Paris to commemorate the end of World War I.
The Texas Guardsman arrested at the border for sexual assault was fired last year by county sheriff
A National Guard member arrested on a sexual assault charge while serving on the U.S.-Mexico border lost his job as a county jailer last year after being arrested for drunken driving and allegedly lying to investigators.
A Jekyll and Hyde portrait emerges of the SEAL accused of murdering an Islamic State prisoner
Gallagher, a veteran of eight overseas and combat deployments, is facing 14 criminal counts, including premeditated murder for allegedly stabbing to death an alleged ISIS fighter Iraqi forces brought for medical care by his SEAL Team platoon in Mosul, Iraq, in early May 2017.
Was a $400,000 GoFundMe for a Good Samaritan homeless Marine vet a giant scam?
The three have been charged with conspiracy and theft by deception.

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Soldiers assigned to the U.S. Army Drill Team, 4th Battalion, 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) perform after the conclusion of the 4th Annual Philadelphia Veterans Day Parade on Nov. 4, 2018. (Army)

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Soldiers conduct a combatives demonstration at the Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade ranger graduation at Fort Benning, Ga., Oct. 26, 2018. (Patrick A. Albright/Army)

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A Marine fires a Light Anti-Armor Weapon (LAW) on Oct. 22, 2018, during Exercise Bougainville II at the Pohakuloa Training Area on the Island of Hawaii. (Sgt. Ricky Gomez/Marine Corps)

Best pics of the week: Oct. 28, 2018

Marine Corps Sgt. Jade Woodend, assigned to Battalion Landing Team 3/1, fires a FIM-92 Stinger from the flight deck of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) during a scheduled deployment with the Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU). (MC3 Jenna Dobson/Navy)

Best Pics of the week: Oct. 15, 2018

Commands have various events to launch their local Combined Federal Campaign pledge drives, held at various times between now and Jan. 11. Here, a tug-of-war tournament helped kick off the local 2017 Combined Federal Campaign charity pledge drive at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Oct. 13, 2017. (Cpl. Jason Jimenez/Marine Corps)

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