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Military news…
The nation’s newest aircraft carrier, the Enterprise, reaches a milestone
The more than 1,100-foot-long, 100,000-ton carrier will be the ninth Navy ship to bear the name Enterprise since 1775, according to Capt. Brian Metcalf, the program manager for the new Ford class of aircraft carrier.
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South Korean trade unions say joint military drills with US fuel ‘war crisis’
Representatives of South Korea’s largest trade unions are warning that Ulchi Freedom Shield, the largest military exercise by the U.S. and South Korea in five years, runs counter to their members’ interests.
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Solomon Islands denies port call for Guam-based US Coast Guard cutter
The Solomon Islands recently denied entry to a U.S. Coast Guard cutter for a scheduled port call, further raising concerns that the Oceania nation is severing U.S. ties in favor of China.
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| Navy follows through on White House promise to send more warships through Taiwan Strait |
| The USS Antietam and USS Chancellorsville, both homeported in Yokosuka, sailed “through a corridor of the Strait that is beyond the territorial sea of any coastal State,” 7th Fleet spokesman Mark Langford said in a statement Sunday. |
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Russia, Ukraine trade claims of nuclear plant attacks
Russia and Ukraine traded claims of rocket and artillery strikes at or near Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, intensifying fears that the fighting could damage the facility and cause a massive radiation leak.
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| Ukraine launches counteroffensive, breaks through Russian front line in Kherson |
| Ukraine launched a long-awaited counteroffensive in the Russian-occupied Kherson region Monday, breaking through Russia’s front line in the southeastern Ukraine oblast, its military said in a statement Monday. |
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US, South Korea kick off ‘counterattack’ phase of Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise
American and South Korean forces commenced the second phase of their largest joint exercise in five years.
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Here is my first Medal of Honor soldier. Very proud to present them to you:
Gary George Wetzel
Born
Sept 29, 1947
South Milwaklee, Wisconsin
Service branch
U.S. Army
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