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Trump administration plans to end Afghan relocation programs
The White House plans to shutter a program that relocates Afghan nationals who are endangered because of their involvement with U.S. war efforts.
By Riley Ceder
Trump to attend the Army-Navy game at West Point, official says
The game on Saturday at the U.S. Military Academy's homefield in West Point, New York, will mark the first time the storied rivalry will be held at an academy’s field since 1943.
The ‘unexplained’ reasons female feds make less money
Female feds still make less money on average than their male counterparts, but the reasons why are getting harder to quantify.
By Jessie Bur
Best pics of the week: Dec. 6, 2020
An M1 Abrams at Grafenwoehr, recruits on the Confidence Course in San Diego, an F-16 over the CENTCOM area of responsibility and more in this week's Frontline Photos.
Pearl Harbor ceremony marking 79th anniversary of attack closed to public amid virus
The health risks to the aging survivors of the attack and other World War II veterans mean none of them will gather at Pearl Harbor this year.
Biden is facing high hopes, tough choices on border wall
A spokesman for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which oversees construction paid with military funds reappropriated by Trump under a national emergency declaration, declined to speculate what actions the Biden administration may take.
82nd Airborne paratroopers earn Chilean jump wings as part of holiday toy drive
The 82nd Airborne collected more than 1,500 toys as part of a raffle to earn foreign jump wings.
By Davis Winkie
Coast Guard icebreaker Polar Star heading to Arctic as COVID-19 limits Antarctic operations
The crew of the Polar Star, the U.S. Coast Guard’s only working heavy-duty icebreaker, is preparing for a rare mission north to the Arctic after the coronavirus pandemic scuttled their usual journey.
Naval Academy midshipman reaches a milestone for Black women
Next semester, Midshipman Sydney Barber will be the first Black woman to hold the position of brigade commander at the U.S. Naval Academy.
Excerpt from ‘Rock Force’ on the retaking of Corregidor during World War II
In this excerpt from Kevin Maurer’s 2020 book “Rock Force,” we meet Pvt. Lloyd McCarter as he and the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment prepare for the airborne assault in February 1945.
By Kevin Maurer