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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.
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This week in the Defense Department, President Donald J. Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reached 200 days in their roles, Fort Bliss was approved to develop a detention facility and the Army will reinstall the Reconciliation Monument in Arlington, Va.
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The Defense Department invites media to cover pretrial proceedings in the case of United States v. Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarek Bin ‘Attash, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi, scheduled for Oct. 27 – Nov. 21, 2025.
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The Defense Department began construction in mid-July of a detention center at Fort Bliss, Texas, in response to a request for assistance from the Department of Homeland Security, Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson said during a briefing at the Pentagon.