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Air Force makes policy accommodations for pregnant women with officer ambitions Pregnancy will no longer be a yearlong sidelining factor for women who are interested in becoming an officer in the Air Force or Space Force. Read more >

USS Ronald Reagan redeploys near South Korea in wake of North's latest missile test The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan is redeploying to South Korea’s eastern coast less than a week after it concluded trilateral naval drills with South Korean and Japanese warships. Read more >

‘I have friends who are dying:’ Photographer’s project created to raise awareness of breast cancer, honor vets impacted by the disease Photographer Charise Isis’ latest exhibit featuring portraits of female veterans impacted by breast cancer is now on display at the Military Women’s Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery, Va., and Isis said she hopes it will raise awareness of the disease. Read more >   US military is delivering people, cargo to Antarctica as scientific research season begins Operation Deep Freeze, the U.S. military mission to support scientists working in Antarctica is underway, Pacific Air Forces said. Read more >   Navy to roll out its ‘common sense alternative’ to coveralls by year’s end The Navy is preparing to introduce yet another clothing item to the fleet — a two-piece flame retardant uniform that aims to be “a common sense alternative to coveralls,” according to a U.S. Fleet Forces spokeswoman. Read more >

Marine veteran gets probation in fraud spawned by fake tale of 20-buck bailout of stranded motorist Johnny Bobbitt Jr., of Philadelphia, had pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to commit money laundering in a case stemming from a GoFundMe campaign established by two others on his behalf in 2017. Read more >   Seoul's reprisal blows up after North Korean missile success A malfunctioning South Korean ballistic missile blew up as it plowed into the ground during a drill with the United States that was a reprisal for North Korea's launch a day earlier of a weapon that flew over Japan. Read more >   Video | Stripes in 7 for Oct. 5, 2022 This episode focuses on coed bathrooms and dorms for Air Force special operations trainees, a Coast Guard cutter going on alert after sighting a Russian-Chinese naval formation near Alaska and more. Read more >   Los Alamos National Laboratory's pit production a year behind schedule During a 20-month stretch, only seven months of work was accomplished in modernizing the plutonium facility and bolstering operations so the lab could reach the first goal of making 10 warhead triggers, called pits, by 2024. Read more >   Poland is in talks with US about nuclear-weapons sharing Poland has spoken to the U.S. about sharing atomic weapons, President Andrzej Duda said, a provocative statement that comes as Western nations confront Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. Read more >   Fort Stewart soldier, wife found dead after their kids couldn’t get inside home, Georgia cops say Army officials identified the husband as a staff sergeant with the 63rd Expeditionary Signal Battalion at Fort Stewart. Read more >

 

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