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January 16, 2024 | View in browser
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Army has too many infantry, armor lieutenants, asks some to switch to combat-support jobs
The service is asking some 250 infantry and armor officers from the group year of 2021 to move voluntarily to the adjutant general or finance or signal corps, Army Human Resources Command said.
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UK bringing 20,000 troops to upcoming exercise with America and other NATO allies
The United Kingdom will soon dispatch 20,000 troops to an exercise bringing together thousands of American and other allied militaries for maneuvers across Europe.
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Japan apologizes after grenade goes missing from former US training site
The Japanese government is seeking the return of a grenade that went missing from a former U.S. military training site in Okinawa’s northern jungle.
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US Army Black Hawk helicopters to join earthquake relief efforts in Japan
Army helicopters will deliver supplies to an earthquake-devastated area of central Japan, the U.S. military said.
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South Korea should be annexed if war breaks out on peninsula, North’s leader says
North Korea ought to amend its constitution to state that its forces will “completely occupy” the South if war breaks out on the peninsula, leader Kim Jong Un said in a speech Monday.
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USS Theodore Roosevelt quietly departs San Diego for Western Pacific patrol, report says
The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt departed its home port of San Diego last week with little fanfare and steamed toward the Western Pacific on an undisclosed deployment.
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Navy relieves commander of ballistic-missile submarine USS Georgia
The Navy has fired a guided-missile submarine’s commander after losing confidence in his leadership ability.
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US and Houthi attacks, reprisals in Middle East fuel worries of broader regional war
A barrage of U.S., coalition and militant attacks in the Middle East over the last five days are compounding U.S. fears that Israel’s war on Hamas in Gaza could expand, as massive military strikes failed to stall the assault on Red Sea shipping by Yemen-based Houthis.
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‘Debt of gratitude’: Secretary of Navy visits Ford sailors at sea ahead of their return to Norfolk
Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro visited USS Gerald R. Ford sailors at sea just days before the ship’s return to Norfolk following an extended maiden deployment in hostile waters.
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Iran attacks alleged militant bases in Pakistan; Islamabad says ‘unprovoked’ strikes kill 2 children
Iran launched attacks Tuesday in Pakistan targeting what it described as bases for the militant group Jaish al-Adl. Pakistan said the strikes killed two children and wounded three others in an assault it described as an “unprovoked violation” of its airspace.
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Iran strikes targets in northern Iraq near US consulate as regional tensions escalate
Iran fired missiles late Monday at what it claimed were Israeli “spy headquarters” near the U.S. consulate in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil, and at targets linked to the extremist group Islamic State in northern Syria. A defense official said no U.S. facilities were struck or damaged in the attacks.
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