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The U.S. Navy has introduced a new measure to increase safety during flight operations on destroyers.
By U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Patrick Gearhiser [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey, has been invited by France to visit aircraft carrier Charles De Gaulle in the Gulf.
“General Martin E. Dempsey, CJCS, official portrait 2012” by United States Department of Defense. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
1st Lt. Kevin Summerbell joined the U.S. military as an infantryman in 2003, on his second tour in Iraq, he was shot in the left arm and had to be evacuated by a C-17.
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U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Dennis Sloan
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Chief of Islamic Republic of Iran Navy, Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, told the Tasnim News Agency that there are plans to clone the Phalanx close-in weapon system (CIWS).
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By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Edward Vasquez [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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