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The bombers will demonstrate their abilities to perform air intercept, inert ordinance drops and close air support during the exercises. (Getty File Photo)

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U.S. sending B-52s to Europe

Tara Copp · June 5, 2015 10:30 pm

This undated file image provided by the U.S. Army shows Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. A U.S. official says Bergdahl, who abandoned his post in Afghanistan and was held by the Taliban for five years, will be court martialed on charges of desertion and avoiding military service. (AP Photo/U.S. Army, file)

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Bergdahl seeks to remove general from his case

Tara Copp · June 5, 2015 9:10 pm

Islamic State militants pass by a convoy. (Militant website via AP)

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General: If Iraq airstrike hit civilians, blame ISIS

Tara Copp · June 5, 2015 7:50 pm

Suspect anthrax sent to 52 labs, 18 states; number likely to rise

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Suspect anthrax sent to 52 labs, 18 states; number likely to rise

Tara Copp · June 4, 2015 8:31 pm

U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter inspects a guard of honor during his ceremonial welcome in New Delhi, Wednesday, June 3, 2015. (AP Photo/ Saurabh Das)

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Carter’s India trip falls short

Tara Copp · June 4, 2015 2:57 pm

Col. Michael Midkiff, 310th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) and officer-in-charge of the 1st Sustainment Command (Theater) Logistics Advise and Assist Team from Fort Bragg, N.C., helps an Iraqi soldier unwrap an M16A2 rifle he received as part of the fielding of combat brigade sets supplied to Iraqi Security Forces in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve May 25, 2015, at Camp Taji, Iraq. (Capt. A. Sean Taylor, 310th A&A, CJTF-OIR Public Affairs)

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U.S. delivers weapons directly to Iraqi forces for first time

Tara Copp · June 4, 2015 1:20 pm

Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., and Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain, R-Ariz., right, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Senators debate controversial war funding tactics

Tara Copp · June 3, 2015 5:52 pm

Dugway Proving Ground military base, about 85 miles southwest Salt Lake City, Utah. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it is investigating what the Pentagon called an inadvertent shipment of live anthrax spores to government and commercial laboratories in as many as nine states, as well as one overseas, that expected to receive dead spores. (AP Photo/Jim Urquhart, File)

Pentagon warns of more live anthrax discoveries

Tara Copp · June 3, 2015 3:02 pm

"The Operational Camouflage Pattern was selected following the most comprehensive uniform camouflage testing effort ever undertaken by the Army, reflecting the Army's paramount commitment to force protection," the Army said in a news release. (Courtesy www.army.mil)

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Army goes ‘tan’ to ‘sand’ in new camo pattern

Tara Copp · June 3, 2015 4:01 am

The Pentagon would not confirm U.S. State Department allegations that Syrian President Bashar Assad is directly aiding the Islamic State through targeted airstrikes by his government forces. (AP Photo)

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State: Syria’s Assad directly supporting ISIS

Tara Copp · June 2, 2015 7:44 pm

In this May 11, 2003, file photo, Microbiologist Ruth Bryan works with BG nerve agent simulant in Class III Glove Box in the Life Sciences Test Facility at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, File)

Anthrax also shipped to Canada as list grows to 12 states

Tara Copp · June 2, 2015 4:18 pm

U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, front left, shakes hands with his Vietnamese counterpart Gen. Phung Quang Thanh, front right, after the two signed a joint vision statement between the two defense ministries in Hanoi, Vietnam Monday, June 1, 2015. Carter is on a three-day visit to Vietnam to deepen military cooperation between the two former foes. (AP Photo/Tran Van Minh.)

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Pentagon chief shores up Asian allies amid China flap

Tara Copp · June 2, 2015 1:54 pm