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Pentagon Again Expanding Military Border Zones, This Time in Arizona The newest military zone in Arizona -- the fourth border zone created by the Trump administration -- will encompass 140 miles...
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Army Creating New Artificial Intelligence-Focused Occupational Specialty and Officer Field Service planners are moving to establish a new enlisted military occupational specialty focused on artificial intelligence...
![Kim Jong Un visits an artillery exercise at an undisclosed place in North Korea.](http://images03.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-02/ApNewsroom_Koreas_Tensions_01841.jpg?itok=q6WOc6kT "FILE - In this undated photo provided Oct. 6, 2024, by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un, center, visits an artillery exercise at an undisclosed place in North Korea. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)")
