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September 18, 2021

 

Navy’s monthly Taiwan Strait transits continue with guided-missile destroyer USS Barry The U.S. guided-missile destroyer's transit through the Taiwan Strait marks the Navy’s ninth journey through the politically sensitive waterway this year. READ MORE

USS Ronald Reagan returns to 7th Fleet waters after assisting Afghanistan withdrawal The USS Ronald Reagan is back with the 7th Fleet after spending nearly three months in the Arabian Sea supporting the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. READ MORE

Navy releases names of 2 Naval Air Station Sigonella sailors killed in Sicily crash Raquel Amanda Johnson and Darica Shunte Lashae Slaughter died Sept. 12 in Sicily, according to NAS Sigonella. READ MORE   Still waiting for dad to come home: Event honors prisoners of war, those who remain missing National POW/MIA Recognition Day is of towering importance to the thousands of other family members whose lives were forever changed by the unresolved loss of someone in uniform. READ MORE   Disclosures showing how Gen. Milley tried to check Trump also reveal further politicization of military Revelations that Milley covertly acted to counter his commander in chief are "bad for the military as an institution," according to a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. READ MORE

In edgy Washington, police outnumber Jan. 6 protesters In a city still on edge after the Jan. 6 insurrection, law enforcement bore down in large numbers on the Capitol on Saturday over concerns that a rally in support of the jailed rioters would turn violent. It didn't. READ MORE   Army scores early and often in 52-21 victory over UConn Christian Anderson ran for two touchdowns, passed for another and Army reached the end zone on all six of its first-half possessions in rolling to a 52-21 win over UConn on Saturday. READ MORE   Federal workers can be fired for refusing vaccination, but must show up to work until their cases are determined Most of the 2.1 million federal employees must receive their last dose of their vaccine no later than Nov. 8 to meet a Nov. 22 deadline to be fully vaccinated. The timing between the first and second shots will depend on which vaccine they take. READ MORE   Afghan survivors of errant US drone strike seek probe A survivor of an errant U.S. drone strike that killed 10 members of his family demanded Saturday that those responsible be punished and said Washington's apology was not enough. READ MORE   Lost grave markers surface from a distant World War II battlefield Last month, the National Museum of the Marine Corps officially acquired crosses and other grave artifacts from a nonprofit archaeological firm that has been excavating on Tarawa for more than a decade. READ MORE   An arms race is heating up on the Korean Peninsula. Is the window for diplomacy closing? Rival ballistic missiles tests this week by both nations signaled an escalating arms race rather than the careful drawdown the leaders once pledged. READ MORE

 

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