An F-35B Lightning II approaches the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) as the guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) transits alongside on April 18, 2018, following an expeditionary strike as part of Certification Exercise (CERTEX) in the Philippine Sea. (MC1 Daniel Barker/Navy)

The Marine Corps has lost its first F-35

The cost to repair the F-35B was not worth the return on investment.
Trump declares North Korea still poses ‘extraordinary threat’
President Donald Trump declared Friday that North Korea still poses an “extraordinary threat” to the United States.
Pentagon chief to visit China amid South China Sea tensions
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, who has accused China of “intimidation and coercion” in the South China Sea, visits Beijing this week as the countries increasingly spar over U.S. arms sales to Taiwan and Beijing’s expanding military presence overseas.
Mattis to Naval War College grads: ‘If this was vodka, it’d be a lot better speech’
The 2018 graduates were treated to some candid comments from the defense secretary.
US sends coffins, flags to North Korean border to receive war remains
The U.S. has prepared 158 metal coffins to fly the remains home.
Mattis says exercises with South Korea ‘indefinitely suspended’
The Pentagon would not say if the suspension would also halt major spring exercises.
Migrants ‘lucky we aren’t executing them,’ National Guardsman writes on social media
An Oregon Army National Guard soldier will be disciplined after a comment he wrote on a Facebook fundraiser for immigrant families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border.
This combo of artillery and missile tech could solve the military’s extended range problems
Testing is expected to begin next year and operational readiness could happen as soon as 2023.
Navy, Marine bases may house tens of thousands of detained immigrants
The installations, along with bases in Texas, are under consideration to house illegal immigrants.
Here’s why DoD wants to make millions more eligible to shop commissaries, exchanges
Some new shoppers would pay a fee to earn the privilege.

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Soldiers with the 3rd Cavalry Regiment fire artillery alongside Iraqi Security Forces artillery at known ISIS locations near the Iraqi-Syrian border, June 7, 2018. Iraqi Security Forces and Coalition partners provided fire support to assist the Syrian Democratic Forces as they continued Operation Roundup, the military offensive to rid the final pockets of the terrorist organization from the Middle Euphrates River Valley in Syria. (Spc. Anthony Zendejas IV/Army)

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Sailors assigned to Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) wave to spectators of the Grand Floral Parade during Portland Rose Festival Fleet Week. (MC2 Ryan J. Batchelder/Navy)

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Team Air Force veteran Sr. Airman Brett Campfield competes in the visually impaired category for archery during the 2018 DoD Warrior Games at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. June 7, 2018. (EJ Hersom/DoD)

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FC1 Kial Hartwell is greeted by his children during the homecoming ceremony for the guided-missile destroyer USS O'Kane (DDG 77) at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. O'Kane is returning from an independent deployment to the western Pacific in support of theatre operations. (MCS1 Holly L. Herline/Navy)

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