Read the latest and breaking military and defense news and stories - June 7
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There will be a ceremony to present Operational Service Medals to the crews of both Her Majesty’s Canadian Ships (HMCS) Nanaimo and Whitehorse for their recent participation in Operation CARIBBE.
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Veterans from the 29th Infantry Division returned to the shores of Omaha Beach at dawn Friday after 70 years - this time the storms replaced by a bright sun and their mission of war giving way to a desire to remember their fallen comrades.
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By Lt(N) David Lewis
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Israel’s military has deployed its Iron Dome missile and rocket defense system near the frontier with Syria to stop a mortar attack from Syria.Military sources said the Israel Air Force has stationed an Iron Dome battery near the G...
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Rich Lowry, Politico Magazine
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Defense News
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Hayley Channer, East-West
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Andrew Smith, ASPI Strategist
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Josh Rogin & Eli Lake, Daily Beast
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D-Day veteran Bernard Jordan said it was "marvellous" to be back in the UK, after escaping from his care home to attend the anniversary celebrations
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Robert Farley, The Diplomat
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Sanger & Perlroth, NYT
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Sydney Freedberg, BD
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Kyle Mizokami, National Interest
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Tom Slear, Washington Post
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Gunmen have stormed a university in the restive Anbar province west of Baghdad and are holding dozens of students hostage, Iraqi officials said Saturday.
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In desperate efforts to gain ground on battlefields, frustrated governments in the Mideast are using barrel bombs., In desperate efforts to gain ground on battlefields, frustrated governments in the Mideast and Africa are using barrel bo...
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Missing D-Day veteran Bernard Jordan arrived back in the UK, following his "escape" from his care home to attend D-Day landings in Normandy
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The sergeant major at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island was arrested Friday, accused of assaulting a protester outside the base Thursday, according to the Port Royal Police Department.
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Schiebel´s dedication to the maritime domain and its ability to respond to the evolving unmanned systems requirements lead to a series of trials for the Brazilian Navy from 2nd to 5th June near San Pedro, Brazil, from the Brazilian Amazo...
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By David Pugliese
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Just one year ago, The Guardian reported the first leak based on top-secret documents that then-29-year-old Edward Snowden stole from the National Security Agency (NSA). At the time, Snowden worked as an intelligence contractor for Booz ...
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Petty Officer 3rd Class Wilbur Harwell has been arrested in connection with the Friday stabbing of a fellow servicemember outside a Navy Exchange at Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads/Portsmouth Annex.
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A cheer went up from the crowd as three helicopters, the Manhattan skyline behind them, slowly fluttered toward the statue, and opened their doors.
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National Security Advisor Susan Rice defended Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl saying he shouldn't be "tried in the court of public opinion."
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Now shoot without looking in the rifle scope.
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Marine Gen. James Mattis said he saw no evidence to confirm that Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, released in a prisoner swap last week, collaborated with his captors.
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A federal agency is investigating claims that Veterans Affairsofficials illegally retaliated against 37 whistleblowers.
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For the first time, a U.S. military color guard is expected to march alongside rainbow flags in Washington's gay pride parade.
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“It’s tragic for the veterans, but this pattern of scandals and reform is just more or less the entire history of the organization,” said Colin Moore, a university professor working on a book about the history of the VA.
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Blackanthem Military News KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers closed another chapter in Afghanistan as the Transatlantic Afghanistan District’s, or TAA’s, South Area Office was inactivated in a ceremony June 6 at Kan...
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JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURTS, N.J. - The New York Army National Guard's 37th Finance Detachment will hold a formal mobilization ceremony here on Saturday, June 7.
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B-roll of the 37th Airlift Squadron interacting with D-Day visitors and Gen. Breedlove. Produced by Senior Airman Nicholas Crisp.
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The CIA joined Twitter today , and they've already tweeted twice . Everyone's interested to see how the organization will use this medium. But we're already seeing how some people are using the opportunity to get their own kind of attent...
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Seventy years ago, Lawrence Peter Berra, a 19-year-old minor league baseball player from St. Louis, was on a small attack boat launching rockets at the Germans during the Allied invasion of Normandy.
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DARPA’s Z-Man program has demonstrated the first known human climbing of a glass wall using climbing devices inspired by geckos. The historic ascent involved a 218-pound climber ascending and descending 25 feet of glass, while also carry...
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President Barack Obama has chosen Gen. Joseph Dunford Jr. to serve as the 36th Commandant of the Marine Corps, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced June 5th, 2014. The decision is pending senate confirmation. Dunford is currently serv...
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China continues to modernize and improve its military capabilities, according to an annual DOD report to Congress, and is also preparing for contingencies in the South and East China Seas where Beijing has been involved in increasingly t...
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The U.S. Navy says law enforcement officials have arrested the man suspected of stabbing a fellow sailor near a naval hospital, ending an hours-long manhunt and lockdown.
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Video with clips of D-Day includes veterans talking about their memories from the day more than 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, ...
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Despite criticism of the deal that freed five Taliban detainees to secure the release of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, President Obama told NBC's Brian Williams on Friday that he believed it was the right thing to do. "It’s also importa...
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The Military Sealift Command is now poised for a greater role as the Navy balances growing demand from combatant commanders with fewer warships and a large number of unfilled sea billets.
