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The president’s fiscal year 2021 budget request enables irreversible implementation of the National Defense Strategy.
Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper is reviewing the combatant commands' force posture to ensure the forces meet the National Defense Strategy's priorities, a senior defense official said.
American forces continue to work with their NATO allies and partners in Europe as great-power competition with Russia and China becomes a larger threat to global security.

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Making a Mark - Army Marksmanship Unit - Imagine spending all day, every day, practicing trick shots with a shotgun, taking out 10 moving targets with a pistol in six seconds flat, or perfecting your shot toward a target the size of a period.

Service members, eligible family members and U.S. citizens overseas have the right to vote, and DOD has the tools and resources to help them do so — from anywhere in the world. - Service members, eligible family members and U.S. citizens overseas have the right to vote, and DOD has the tools and resources to help them do so — from anywhere in the world.

USS New York: A City on the Sea - USS New York: A City on the Sea

A historic photo of Women's Army Corps members. - Women's Army Corps Maj. Charity Adams, 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion commander, and Army Capt. Abbie Noel Campbell, 6888th CPD executive officer, inspect the first soldiers from the unit to arrive in England, Feb. 15, 1945. The only all-African-American Women's Army Corps unit sent to Europe during World War II, the 6888th was responsible for clearing years' worth of backlogged mail in both England and France. National Archives photo

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