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President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting of the National Space Council in the East Room of the White House, Monday, June 18, 2018, in Washington. Vice President Mike Pence is left. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Lawmakers Petition Trump to Put New Space Force COCOM Headquarters in Florida

U.S. Army Soldiers of Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, patrol the roads near a tactical checkpoint in Taji, Iraq, Sept. 17, 2007. (Steve Czyz/Army)

Former 1st Cav Soldier to Receive Distinguished Service Cross for Iraq Heroism

The Civilian Marksmanship generated $196.8 million in revenue from sales of surplus M1 Garand rifles between fiscal years 2008 through 2017, according to the Government Accountability Office. Here, a surplus M1 rifle is shown at SHOT Show 2018. Matthew Cox/Military.com

Here's How Much Has Been Made from the Sale of Surplus M1 Rifles to Civilians

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 317th Airlift Wing walk to waiting family members and friends after stepping off of a C-130J Super Hercules at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Sept. 17, 2018 (U.S. Air Force/Airman 1st Class Mercedes Porter)

Air Force Releases Deploy-or-Out Policy Guidelines

Texas National Guard Joint Counterdrug Task Force member, Staff Sgt. Quincy Tidwell adjusts a tourniquet during training in Florence, Texas, Oct. 15, 2018. Since 2017, Texas National Guard Counterdrug Task Force members have provided support for the Department of Public Safety’s Tactical Emergency Casualty Care training by implementing their first-hand military experience for roughly 500 recruits and several multi-agency classes across the state. (Nadine Wiley De Moura/Texas Joint Counterdrug Task Force)

Pentagon's Counterdrug Money May Be Soft Target for Border Wall Fund

At the Department of Veterans Affairs'launch of its new claims appeals process, the back of the event program had a gender-neutral version of the agency's motto. Nikki Wentling/Stars and Stripes via Twitter

Program at VA Ceremony Featured Gender-Neutral Version of Lincoln Quote

Personnel stationed at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, walk on a dirt path around Carnes Road on Feb. 6, 2019. The path was opened to enable foot traffic around the Santa Margarita I and Wire Mountain II housing areas in order to avoid a sinkhole that developed in the road due to erosion. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Juan Bustos)

Air Force Secretary Proposes Tenant Bill of Rights for Military Families

Jean-Claude Van Damme and Nicholas Sean Johnny star in "We Die Young." (Lionsgate)

War Vet Jean-Claude Van Damme Fights PTSD and MS-13 on the DC Streets

'Winnie the Pooh' Was Created by a Vet Explaining War to His Boy

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The "Unconditional Surrender" statue in Florida, which recreates a famous kiss on V-J Day, was vandalized Feb. 18, 2019. Sarasota Police Department photo

'#Metoo' Painted onto 'Unconditional Surrender' Statue in Sarasota

Someone spray-painted "#MeToo" on a statue depicting a sailor and dental assistant kissing at the end of World War II.

In this July 2, 2009, photo George Mendonsa poses for a photo in Middletown, R.I., holding a copy of the famous Alfred Eisenstadt photo of Mendonsa kissing a woman in a nurse's uniform in Times Square on Aug. 14, 1945, while celebrating the end of World War II, left. Mendonsa died Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019, he was 95. It was years after the photo was taken that Mendonsa and Greta Zimmer Friedman, a dental assistant in a nurse’s uniform, were confirmed to be the couple. (Connie Grosch/Providence Journal via AP)

Sailor in Iconic V-J Day Times Square Kiss Photo Dies at 95

George Mendonsa, the ecstatic sailor shown kissing a woman in Times Square celebrating the end of World War II, died Sunday.

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) transits the Dardanelles Strait on Feb. 19, 2019. Donald Cook, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is on its eighth patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ford Williams)

Russia Shadows USS Donald Cook as It Heads to Black Sea

This is the 4th time this year the Navy has sent a warship to the Black Sea, following Russia's seizure of Ukrainian ships.

Former Apollo 17 astronaut Jack Schmitt hands a figurine to President Donald Trump after he signed a policy directive to send American astronauts back to the moon, and eventually Mars, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Dec. 11, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump Signs Directive That Would Place Space Force Within Air Force

The Space Force will fall within the Department of the Air Force if approved by Congress, according to a new directive.

Cmdr. Jeremy Butler, center, commanding officer, Expeditionary Port Unit 113 and Navy reserve component sailor, plays a game of soccer with kids of the Protection and Development Center during a Cobra Gold 2017 community outreach event. EPU 113 is a reserve unit based out of Fort Worth, Texas. (Grady T. Fontana/U.S. Navy)

IAVA Presses on with Ambitious Agenda after Founder Rieckhoff Departs

The Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America tries to pick up where founder Paul Rieckhoff left off.

In this Feb. 14, 2018, file photo, Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., speaks on Capitol Hill, in Washington. D.C. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo)

Duckworth Says Senate Has Enough Votes to Rescind Trump's National Emergency

Sen. Tammy Duckworth says her colleagues are prepared to block President Trump's declaration of a national emergency.

A U.S. Army soldier with the U.S. Army Golden Knights Parachute Team delivers the American flag at the beginning of the 2018 Atlantic City International Airshow “16th Annual Thunder Over The Boardwalk” at Atlantic City, N.J., Aug. 22, 2018. (New Jersey National Guard photo/Mark C. Olsen)

Injured Army Golden Knight Released from Hospital

The U.S. Army Golden Knights parachute team plans to resume training on Tuesday.

San Francisco Mayor London Breed, left, and Adm. John Aquilino, commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, watch as the crew of the Navy's newest littoral combat ship, USS Tulsa (LCS 16), brings the ship to life during the ship's commissioning ceremony. LCS 16 is the second Navy combat ship named after Tulsa, the second largest city in Oklahoma. (Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jacob I. Allison/U.S. Navy)

USS Tulsa Commissioned as the US Navy's Newest Warship

The USS Tulsa was commissioned on Saturday at a pier in San Francisco.

Under Secretary of the Army Ryan D. McCarthy speaks at the Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade ranger graduation at Victory Pond at Fort Benning, Georgia, Oct. 26, 2018. (U.S. Army photo/Patrick A. Albright)

Enterprising Veterans Attend 'Shark Tank'-Style Event in DC

Army Under Secretary Ryan McCarthy joined an event to promote veteran entrepreneurs.

U.S. Air Force Capt. Josh Welch, left, and 2nd Lt. Kent Melendez, right, both pilots assigned to the 50th Air Refueling Squadron, perform pre-flight procedures in the KC-135 flight simulator at MacDill Air Force Base, Fl. Pilots perform multiple simulator flights each year testing their proficiency with the aircraft and their ability to handle a wide array of emergency scenarios. (Airman 1st Class Scott Warner/U.S. Air Force)

Florida Military Bases Could Lose up to $177 Million to Trump's Border Wall

A Littoral Combat Ship support facility and KC-135 Stratotanker pilot flight simulator are among the projects in jeopardy.

Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jonathan R. Farmer, 37, of Boynton Beach, Fla. (U.S. Army photo)

Friends, Relatives Gather for Service for Soldier Killed in Syria

Jonathan Farmer was killed Jan. 16 in a bombing in northern Syria.

A U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighter stands atop a building used as a temporary base near the last land still held by Islamic State militants in Baghouz, Syria, Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Tense Standoff Spells Endgame for ISIS Militants in Syria

The last speck of land held by the Islamic State group is a patch along the Euphrates River in eastern Syria.

Darlene Thompson, Stephen Schultz and Joseph Gagnon, 30th Contracting Squadron civilians, pose Feb. 12, 2019, in a warehouse used for storing government property at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Their team is responsible for saving $1 billion over the course of seven years. (Airman 1st Class Hanah Abercrombie/U.S. Air Force

Air Force Base Saves $1 Billion by Reusing Old Equipment

Three Air Force civilians at Vandenberg Air Force Base have focused on the mantra of "reduce, reuse and recycle."

In this Friday, Nov. 16, 2018, file photo, members of the U.S. military install multiple tiers of concertina wire along the banks of the Rio Grande near the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge at the U.S.-Mexico border, in Laredo, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

These Military Construction Projects Could Be Cut to Fund a Border Wall

"Some generals thinks this is more important," Trump said of funding a wall rather than military construction projects.

Vice President Mike Pence briefs the media during the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. (Matthias Schrader/AP Photo)

Trump Warns Europe He Will Free ISIS Fighters if Allies Won't Prosecute Them

Trump threatened to release hundreds of Islamic State fighters if allies don't agree to take custody of the militants.

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The photo depicts the 1st Marine Division Headquarters Building on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, May 17, 2018. (U.S. Marine Corps photo/Joseph Prado)

Marine Division's Historic Headquarters Has Uncertain Future

Senior Airman Alberto Mosqueda, 2nd Force Support Squadron guest services representative, does inverted pull-ups at the Senior Airman Bryan Bell Fitness Center at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Jan. 21, 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo/Sydney Campbell)

Vance Air Force Base Is Raising Fitness Bar with Iron Airman Challenge

Capt. Captain Zoe M. Kotnik was the first female commander of the United States Air Force F-16 Viper Demonstration Team (U.S. Air Force)

Air Force's 1st Female Demo Team Commander Relieved After 2 Weeks

Sailors with the Navy’s VQ-4 Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, make preparations for moving an E-6B Mercury out of a TACAMO hangar bay in 2013. (Air Force photo by Mike W. Ray)

One of Navy's Nuclear War Contingency Aircraft Damaged in Hangar Incident

Raider Brigade Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, conduct weapons training on a M249 Squad Automatic Weapon system on Oct. 9, 2018, to remain tactically proficient and ready to execute operations in Afghanistan. The Army plans to replace it soon with the Next Generation Squad Weapon. Spc. Markus Bowling/Army

Army's Next-Gen Squad Weapon to Feature Deadly Accurate Fire Control

Navy Adm. Philip Davidson testifies during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on April 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Admiral to Lawmaker: Lots of Navy Ships Didn’t Have Collisions

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Movers unpack 1st Lt. Kathryn Bailey's belongings at Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii, in May 2017. (Photo by Karen A. Iwamoto, Oahu Publications via DVIDS)

Try These Ideas Before Privatizing Military Moves

The Pentagon should try these ideas first and allow TRANSCOM more time to consider the effects of privatizing military moves.

"Black Panther" star Chadwick Boseman will star in a new Spike Lee film about Vietnam veterans. (Marvel/PBS)

'Black Panther' Chadwick Boseman Set to Star in Spike Lee's Upcoming Vietnam Movie

"Da 5 Bloods" is the story of Vietnam veterans who return to the jungle to confront their pasts.

Garrett Hedlund, Oscar Isaac, Charlie Hunnam and Ben Affleck star in the Special Forces thriller "Triple Frontier." (Netflix)

Special Forces Go Rogue in Netflix Heist Thriller 'Triple Frontier'

"Make no mistake about it: You guys need to own the fact that we do not have the flag on our shoulders."

Operations Specialist 3rd Class Cody Wood looks on from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) as the ship passes the USS Midway Museum during its arrival in San Diego, Calif., May 8, 2018. (U.S. Navy photo/Zachary DiPadova)

The Best Military Discounts in San Diego

Whether you're stationed in San Diego or just visiting, there are plenty of military discounts to use while you're there.

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