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Army tests blood delivery drones, applying lesson from war in Afghanistan

Army drones are dropping packages of simulated blood over the Mojave Desert in an effort to find better ways to rush medical supplies to wounded troops as quickly as possible.

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Documentary offers intimate look at collapse of the Afghan army

‘Retrograde’ focuses on the departure of U.S. troops in 2021, and the resulting hopelessness and despair of the Afghan soldiers who remain to face the Taliban on their own.

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Video | Stripes in 7 for Nov. 24, 2022

In this episode, a Navy medical drill on Okinawa, Ramstein to offer commercial aviation mechanics’ certification and more.

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US aid to Ukraine puts pressure on Pentagon’s arms stockpile

If another major war broke out today, would the United States have enough ammunition to fight?

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Poland upsets some by rebuffing German air defense system

Polish leaders say that an air-defense system that Germany offered Poland would be best given to Ukraine to help it protect itself against Russian strikes.

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Biden brings Thanksgiving pies to Nantucket first responders

President Joe Biden on Thursday delivered at least half a dozen pumpkin pies to Massachusetts firefighters during a Thanksgiving Day show of appreciation and his toddler grandson walked away with a red fire hat topping his blond curls.

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Bombed, not beaten: Ukraine's capital flips to survival mode

Residents of Ukraine's bombed but undaunted capital clutched empty bottles in search of water and crowded into cafés for power and warmth Thursday, switching defiantly into survival mode after new Russian missile strikes a day earlier plunged the city and much of the country into the dark.

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Now 99, Massachusetts veteran survived World War II’s ‘best-kept secret’

As a 20-year-old U.S. Army soldier, Saul Gurman was aboard the British ship Rohna on Nov. 26, 1943, when it was struck by a radio-controlled missile dropped from a German plane.

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King of rockets, NASA’s SLS could soon be usurped by SpaceX’s Starship

Elon Musk’s in-development Starship with Super Heavy booster for SpaceX could not only take the title of most powerful rocket to make it to orbit but also be considered as an alternative for crew and cargo launch capability.

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‘Keep going, son. Don’t give up’: Marine says dead father’s voice guided rescue on Okinawa

Marine Lance Cpl. Vivencio Bio III remembered hearing a reassuring voice spurring him into a rip current on July 4 to save a woman being sucked out to sea at Blue Cave, a popular diving spot on Okinawa.

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‘She wouldn’t budge’: Rescue attempt haunts Army couple caught in Seoul's Halloween crowd crush

Riley and Allyson Watts, an Army couple from Camp Humphreys, are still processing what they saw and what happened to them Oct. 29 in Itaewon, where a crowd surge took at least 158 lives.

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