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After six months apart, Lance Cpl. Michael Casillas finally welcomed his dog, Margaery, to Okinawa with help from a nonprofit that assists military families with the often costly and complicated process of moving pets overseas.

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A South Korean navy frigate took top honors in a live-fire competition among 13 warships during Rim of the Pacific, the recently concluded, monthlong naval exercise around Hawaii.

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U.S. District Judge Anthony Trenga’s decision gave the State Department 15 days to issue travel documents to the families of five of the seven refugee plaintiffs, whose relatives had already been approved to enter the United States.

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The “Delivery Dog” has flown its last ship-to-shore errands, retiring last week after a flyby salute from the Navy’s Blue Angels at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida.
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The Army opened a third privately run dining facility last week at Fort Drum and has plans to open the next one in September at Fort Bragg.

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Navy commands that issue shaving waivers are now required to produce monthly facial hair accountability reports.

Commanding officers are instructed to maintain a log of personnel requiring medical facial hair treatment plans. Learn more:
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An A-10C Thunderbolt II took flight for the last time at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona last week, leaving the Air Force with just two active-duty squadrons of the venerable ground-attack aircraft.
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order establishing the “Presidential Military Spouse Commission” to address challenges faced by military families.

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The B-21 stealth bomber will join an operational squadron next year, and a first flight scheduled for 2028 for the F-47 next-generation fighter.
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Leadership of NATO’s mission to oversee support to Ukraine has switched hands as U.S. European Command began shifting responsibility for parts of the effort to European allies.
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The U.S. sent Ukraine six of the Navy’s Metal Shark “40 Defiant” patrol boats a few months after Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, allowing the small Ukrainian navy to transform into a more agile force.
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The Defense Department announced agreements to sharply expand production for two key missile interceptors as part of an effort to replenish air defense stockpiles strained by the war with Iran.
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A federal court ruled that travel restrictions imposed by the White House cannot prevent the spouses and children of a group of Afghan refugees who supported U.S. forces in Afghanistan from joining their families stateside.
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The commander of the 92nd Air Refueling Wing has issued a limited evacuation order for personnel and dependents affected by major wildfires burning in Spokane and Stevens counties in Washington.

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We've reached the point in the Iran war where people are petitioning to evacuate Pizza Cat from Al Udeid.

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+32 more injuries in the Iran war as of Friday. All of them Army.

Total now 685.

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After sailor’s killing, Navy tightens transfer rules for those accused of sexual assault -- story by @alisonbath_
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Japan launched a Tomahawk cruise missile from a warship in the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, the country’s first test of the weapon system as Tokyo builds its long-range counterstrike capability.

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Personnel from the 30 nations participating in the six-week Rim of the Pacific exercise in Hawaii completed more than 500 maritime drills, flew 2,400 sorties and sank two decommissioned warships, its commander said Wednesday.

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