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FILE -- A fighter of Christian Syriac militia that battles the Islamic State group burns an ISIS flag on the western side of Raqqa, northeast Syria, July 17, 2017. U.S.-backed Syrian fighters fought Islamic State militants in the heart of Raqqa, the extremists' self-styled capital, as scores of civilians fled areas controlled by the group. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Op-Ed: An Assessment of the Islamic State in 2018

Mike Sunderhaus of Bel Air, Maryland, becomes emotional as he visits the grave site of his friend, U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jeremiah E. Savage, who was killed in 2004 during Operation Iraqi Freedom, at Arlington National Cemetery on May 25, 2014. Alex Wong/Getty Images

Families of Fallen Carry On Tradition of Resilience on Memorial Day

People embrace outside the Alamo Gym where students and parents wait to reunite following a shooting at Santa Fe High School Friday, May 18, 2018, in Santa Fe, Texas. ( Michael Ciaglo/Houston Chronicle via AP)

School Shooting Solution: Help Those Who Are Hurting

A drill sergeant with the Mississippi National Guard Recruiting and Retention Battalion leads the warriors of the Senatobia Recruit Sustainment Program during a road march Oct. 7, 2017. (U.S. National Guard/Staff Sgt. Scott Tynes)

Op-Ed: Fight Wage Theft at the National Guard

From left, the images of President Trump, South Korean president Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appear on a public TV screen at the Seoul Railway Station in South Korea. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Op-Ed: The US-North Korean Summit: The Winners and Losers So Far

A soldier says goodbye to her children before her 9-month deployment. (U.S. Army/Ian Ives)

If Russia Hacked Me, It Exposed the US Army Family System

Victory Day in Europe graphic. (U.S. Navy graphic by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Cat Campbell)

A Hero of D-Day Helped Make V-E Day Possible

Nathan Eckman wonders what a recall to service would mean for the life he’s built since exiting active duty, and if he’d answer that call.

Veteran Ponders the Possibility of Being Recalled to War

A screenshot from a video of an Air National Guard master sergeant using a dinosaur hand puppet while reciting the oath of re-enlistment. (Screenshot from Facebook)

Military Page Admin: I Wish I'd Handled 'Dino Puppet' Video Differently

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FILE - In this Wednesday, March 23, 2016 file photo, a Pakistani-made Shaheen-III missile is on display during a military parade in Islamabad, Pakistan. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed, File)

Op-Ed: The Nuclear Risks of India-Pakistan Rivalry in South Asia

Marine Lance Cpl. Jordan Haerter. (Photo: Courtesy of JoAnn Lyles)

Years Before His Death, Hero Marine Wrestled With Realities of War

The Thresher (SSN 593) is under way in the Atlantic on July 24, 1961, shortly before its commissioning ceremony 10 days later. (US Navy photo courtesy of Naval History and Heritage Command)

55 Years After Thresher Disaster, Navy Still Keeps Secrets on Sub Loss

A U.S. Army AH-64D Apache Attack Helicopter, assigned to the 1-151st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, flies in front of a wall of fire during the South Carolina National Guard Air and Ground Expo at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina, May 6, 2017. (U.S. Air National Guard/Tech. Sgt. Jorge Intriago)

Army Aviator Describes the Biggest Problems Facing Military Aviation

In this undated photo distributed on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, celebrates what was said to be the test launch of an intermediate range Hwasong-12 missile at an undisclosed location in North Korea. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

Op-Ed: The Trump-Kim Summit: Diplomatic Breakthrough or Deja Vu?

Fern relaxes on the couch (Courtesy of Rachael Harris)

Op-Ed: Her Name Is Fern and She Taught Me Gratitude

Bronze Star recipient Dr. Chase Kohne is a veteran and Army Reserve major with a Civil Affairs Battalion based at Fort Carson. He is running for Congress in the Fourth Congressional District in Colorado. Photo courtesy of Dr. Chase Kohne

Op-Ed: Why Military Service Prepares Veterans for Public Service

FILE - In this Tuesday May 7, 2013 file photo, Russian S-400 air defense missile systems make their way through Red Square during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander File)

Op-Ed: The Illusion of Russian Power

World War II veterans arrive at the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., for a ceremony honoring their service in the Pacific theater March 11, 2010. (U.S. Marine Corps/Cpl. Scott Schmidt)

Op-Ed: Many Veterans Still Excluded from Critical VA Services

ESAs for Military Families: Too Good to Be True

FILE -- A Pfc. gives helpful hints to her teammate holding four excess gunpowder bags that weren’t needed for the three-increment charge during live-fire training on the M119A3 howitzer, Fort Sill, March 1, 2016. (U.S. Army photo/Cindy McIntyre)

Op-Ed: Yes, I Serve Too

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (Emmanuel DUNAND/AFP/File)

Op-Ed: Erdogan the Magnificent, Turkey's Neo-Ottoman Revival

Shundra Johnson returns a wedding ring to her husband Coast Guard Lt. Sancho Johnson after his seated discus practice Navy’s wounded warrior training camp. Shundra is also her husband’s caregiver. (DoD News photo by EJ Hersom)

Op-Ed: The Time For Caregiver Expansion Is Now

Op-Ed: What Can Be Done to Prevent Veteran Homelessness

Op-Ed: Do Government Shutdowns Impact National Security?

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President Donald Trump has directed the Pentagon to create a "Space Force" as a new, sixth military branch.

In this May 2016 photo provided by Spenser Rapone, Rapone raises his left fist while displaying a sign inside his hat that reads "Communism will win," after graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. (Courtesy of Spenser Rapone via AP)

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Report: California Police Justified in Killing Army Veteran with PTSD

Investigators say police who killed an Army veteran suffering from PTSD were justified in using lethal force.

This U.S. Army photo, provided by the Tacoma, Wash., News-Tribune, shows Staff Sergeant Robert Bales in March, 2012. (U.S. Army/Tacoma News-Tribune via AP)

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Former Army staff sergeant Robert Bales will likely ask the president to commute his life sentence.

This Sept. 3, 2008, file photo shows Track Palin, son of Sarah Palin during the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn. Track Palin was formally accepted into a diversion court program Tuesday, June 19, 2018, after assaulting his father, the former first gentleman of the state of Alaska, so severely it left him bleeding from the head. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer testifies at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Sept. 19, 2017. (JOE GROMELSKI/STARS AND STRIPES)

Officers Censured for Bringing 'Embarrassment' in Fat Leonard Scandal

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In this Tuesday, June 5, 2018 photo, reviewed by U.S. military officials, troops stand guard outside Camp Delta at the Guantanamo Bay detention center, in Cuba. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

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A security forces technician assigned to the 180th Fighter Wing, Ohio Air National Guard, conducts live-fire training using the M-240B, a belt-felt, gas-operated machine gun that shoots 7.62mm rounds, April 18, 2018. (Air National Guard photo/John Wilkes)

Minot Air Force Base Finds Missing Gun; Explosives Still Missing

Officials discovered the M240 machine gun was missing during a routine weapons inventory at Minot Air Force Base on May 16.

Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson, right, and Air Force Chief of Staff David L. Goldfein, center, speak with 386th Air Expeditionary Wing Airmen and joint coalition partners during a town hall event held at the base theater, Aug. 20, 2017, in an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jonathan Hehnly)

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Air Force leaders have broken their silence following President Trump's order to create a new military service branch.

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Coast Guard Cutter Leaves Astoria After 15 Years of Service

A Coast Guard cutter that has tended buoys in the Pacific Northwest for 15 years has left Astoria for good.

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