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How Comic Legend Mel Brooks Defused Land Mines During World War II Brooks participated in the Battle of the Bulge -- Germany's final major offensive on the Western Front -- but to his...
![A view of the Britain's Royal Navy patrol ship OPV "Trent" in the Black Sea.](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2021-07/ApNewsroom_Ukraine_NATO_Drills_89985.jpg?itok=g4sOh3Zw "A view of the Britain's Royal Navy patrol ship OPV "Trent" in the Black Sea, July 8, 2021 during Sea Breeze 2021 maneuvers. Ukraine and NATO have conducted Black Sea drills involving dozens of warships in a two-week show of their strong defense ties and capability following a confrontation between Russia's military forces and a British destroyer off Crimea last month. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)")
![Cmdr. Frank Azzarello](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2021-06/facebook-Frank-Azzarello-1200.jpg?itok=RKbzMx1S "When Cmdr. Frank Azzarello was removed from his post on the destroyer Forrest Sherman, days before his change-of-command ceremony, the Navy said it was over a "loss of confidence in his ability to command." (Forrest Sherman Facebook page)")
