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In this July 21, 2021 file photo, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks at a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington. Austin has said he is working expeditiously to make the COVID-19 vaccine mandatory for military personnel and is expected to ask Biden to waive a federal law that requires individuals be given a choice if the vaccine is not fully licensed.
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The mid-September deadline could be accelerated if the vaccine receives final FDA approval.
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This photo provided by the U.S. Army shows large tents The 82nd Airborne Division has established to provide accommodations for up to 600 soldiers, shown March 17, 2020 at Fort Bragg, N.C. In one of Bragg's remote training areas, large tents have popped up over the last few days to house hundreds of 82nd Airborne Division troops that are returning to the base from Afghanistan and other Middle East deployments.
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Military Tries to to Improve Troop Quarantines
They were herded into buses, denied water and the use of bathrooms, then quarantined in packed barracks, with little food or access to the outdoors.
March 20, 2020
In this Sept. 6, 2019 file photo, the U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG-82) moors at Fort Trumbull State Park in New London, Conn. The Navy is proposing construction cutbacks and accelerated ship retirements that would delay, or sink, the Navy’s goal of a larger fleet — and potentially hurt shipyards, according to an initial proposal. The proposal would shrink the size of the fleet from today’s level of 293 ships to 287 ships, a far cry from the official goal of 355 ships established in the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act.
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Navy Considers Shipbuilding Cuts
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December 30, 2019
In this March 11, 2019 photo, construction crews replace a section of the primary wall separating San Diego, above right, and Tijuana, Mexico, below left, seen from Tijuana, Mexico. Defense Secretary Mark Esper has approved the use of $3.6 billion in funding from military construction projects to build 175 miles of President Donald Trump’s wall along the Mexican border.
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Trump Cuts $3.6B in Military Projects
Projects in 23 states, 19 countries and three U.S. territories would be stalled or killed by the plan.
September 5, 2019
This photo provided by the U.S. Defense Department shows the launch of a conventionally configured ground-launched cruise missile on San Nicolas Island off the coast of California.
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First Test of Previously Banned Missile
This type of missile was banned for more than 30 years by a treaty that both the U.S. and Russia abandoned this month.
August 20, 2019
In this March 11, 2019 photo, construction crews replace a section of the primary wall separating San Diego, above right, and Tijuana, Mexico, below left, seen from Tijuana, Mexico. The Pentagon has sent a 20-page list of military construction projects to lawmakers who want to know which might be cut to pay for President Donald Trump’s wall along the border with Mexico. Democrats say the list shows that Trump is willing to cut needed defense spending and make the U.S. less secure, just to finance his wall. Trump has vetoed legislation aimed at blocking the cuts, and a veto override vote is set for next week.
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Lists of Cuts to Pay for Wall
The document listed hundreds of projects envisioned around the U.S. and world worth around $12.9 billion.
March 19, 2019
This Dec. 10, 2018, file photo, provided by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA),shows the launch of the U.S. military's land-based Aegis missile defense testing system, that later intercepted an intermediate range ballistic missile, from the Pacific Missile Range Facility on the island of Kauai in Hawaii. The Trump administration will roll out a new strategy Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, for a more aggressive space-based missile defense system to protect against existing threats from North Korea and Iran and counter advanced weapon systems being developed by Russia and China.
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F-35 Program Grounded After Crash
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Pentagon Restricts Personal Devices
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August 7, 2018
The Army laid out plans to create the so-called Futures Command last October, marking the first time in decades that the service has added such a high-level, new headquarters.
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Army Finds New Futures Command HQ
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July 13, 2018
President Donald Trump shows off a 'Space Policy Directive' after signing it during a meeting of the National Space Council in the East Room of the White House, Monday, June 18, 2018, in Washington.
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Trump to Create 'Space Force'
The military service branch will be aimed at ensuring American supremacy in space.
June 19, 2018
In this March 1, 2017, file photo, Fitbit's new Alta HR device is displayed in New York. The Pentagon is doing a broad review of how military forces use exercise trackers and other wearable electronic devices in the wake of revelations that an interactive, online map can pinpoint troop locations, bases and other sensitive areas around the world.
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Military Okayed to Shoot Down Drones
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