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Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Jedidiah P. Royal and State Department Senior Bureau Official for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Bethany P. Morrison co-chaired the virtual U.S.-India 2+2 Intersessional Dialogue.
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As Russia and China seek to expand their influence in space, Space Force Gen. Stephen Whiting, commander of U.S. Space Command, urged greater international cooperation to safeguard the domain at the South American Defense Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Army Staff Sgt. Zachary Graham, a member of the South Carolina National Guard assigned to the D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force, Joint Task Force District of Columbia, helped a man that had been struck by a train and thrown across a Washington Metro station platform.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and a trio of senior department officials with ties to the National Guard paid a visit to roughly 300 mobilized National Guardsmen at the D.C. Armory in Washington to thank the soldiers and airmen for their efforts to increase safety throughout the city.
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Marines and sailors participating in Exercise Koa Moana 25 partnered with Chuuk State Hospital and Grace International Baptist Church in Micronesia to conduct a community blood typing event to educate residents on the public health benefits of knowing their blood type.
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Airmen from the New Jersey Air National Guard’s 177th Civil Engineer Squadron participated in a training exercise with the New Jersey Army National Guard’s 21st Weapons of Mass Destruction-Civil Support Team in preparation for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. joined service members and DOD civilians to participate in a first-of-its-kind “fitness check,” part of an overall promotion by DOD to highlight the importance of physical fitness.
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Sailors and Marines assigned to the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group – 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) recently departed for a deployment to conduct presence operations and safely embark Marines ashore for a wide variety of contingency missions worldwide.
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Approximately 7,000 soldiers from around the Army Reserve are training at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, as a part of the Combat Support Training Exercise 25, Global Strike, an annual exercise designed to prepare reserve soldiers for the transforming battlefield of the future.
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The NFL’s Washington Commanders hosted thousands of service members and their families for a military appreciation day, an invitation‑only session at the team’s practice facility that culminated in a joint‑service “Salute to Service” boot camp on the field.