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DOD Space Strategy

The Defense Department is taking innovative and bold actions to ensure space superiority and secure the nation's vital interests in space now and in the future.

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Value of Service

The U.S. military, the world's finest fighting force, is made up entirely of volunteers, reinforcing the American ideal of personal freedom while offering those with the desire and ability to serve opportunity, community and purpose.

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California Wildfire Response

The Defense Department is going to do everything it can to support all those who are battling the fires in California.

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DOD Space Strategy

The Defense Department is taking innovative and bold actions to ensure space superiority and secure the nation's vital interests in space now and in the future.

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Spotlight

Value of Service

The U.S. military, the world's finest fighting force, is made up entirely of volunteers, reinforcing the American ideal of personal freedom while offering those with the desire and ability to serve opportunity, community and purpose.

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Spotlight

California Wildfire Response

The Defense Department is going to do everything it can to support all those who are battling the fires in California.

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WWI Commission Unveils New Sculpture at WWI Memorial

The World War I Centennial Commission unveiled a new $44 million sculpture in Washington, D.C.’s, Pershing Park, Sept. 13, 2024. "A Soldier’s Journey" by Sabin Howard pays tribute to the nearly 4.7 million U.S. service members who served during WWI.

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Secretary Hegseth's Message to the Force

Secretary Hegseth's Message to the Force
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DOD Awards Hillsborough County Public Schools $86 Million Grant for Tinker Elementary/Middle School at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida

DOD Awards Hillsborough County Public Schools $86 Million Grant for Tinker Elementary/Middle School at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida
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Background Briefing on DOD Actions Responding to President Trump's Executive Order on Securing our Border

Background Briefing on DOD Actions Responding to President Trump's Executive Order on Securing our Border
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1st Lieutenant Plays Key Logistics Role in Homeland Response Exercise

Army

1st Lieutenant Plays Key Logistics Role in Homeland Response Exercise

Newest Amphibious Vehicle Platform Achieves Milestone in Okinawa

Marine Corps

Newest Amphibious Vehicle Platform Achieves Milestone in Okinawa

Training the Next Generation of Defense Manufacturers

Navy

Training the Next Generation of Defense Manufacturers

Airmen Deploy for Indo-Pacific Bomber Task Force Missions

Air Force

Airmen Deploy for Indo-Pacific Bomber Task Force Missions

New Space Campus to Boost Regional Ops

Space Force

New Space Campus to Boost Regional Ops

Airman Serves Community, Country

National Guard

Airman Serves Community, Country

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Art of the Shot

 

They're not dumb grunts, and hitting the target requires more than good aim. Set your sights on discovering what snipers do, and how they master their essential, exacting, lethal art.

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Sensors, Receivers and Ordnance, Oh My! Drones Carry It All

 

Unmanned systems help U.S. service members gain realistic training experience, test equipment and so much more. Can you pass this quiz on military drones with flying colors?

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Where Military Mountaineers Are Made

 

Mountaineering has long been a necessary skill for U.S. service members in battle and at the Army Mountain Warfare School, they learn from some of the best.

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Military Units: Space Force

 

The Space Force structure is unique. While it is a separate and distinct branch of the armed services, it is organized under the Department of the Air Force.

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