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Upon entering Guam's harbor, the Americans were greeted on the beaches by curious residents instead of gunfire.
After more than half a century, these veterans returned to Vietnam
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China maps ocean floor as it prepares for submarine warfare with US
Dozens of Chinese research vessels are on a quest to map the sea floor at strategically vital regions of the world's oceans.
The US has counter-mine ships homeported in the Middle East. Are they effective?
Some military and defense experts argue the Independence-class littoral combat ship equipped with the MCM mission package falls short of its predecessor.
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“I demand that the producers of this disgusting and juvenile war porn remove my voice immediately,” Steve Downes wrote in a post on X.
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Hollywood has never lacked war stories. But it has often lacked veteran storytellers telling them.
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