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  1. Retweeted
    4 hours ago

    Today I had the opportunity to meet with Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Önal to discuss Russia’s unjustifiable invasion of and US-Turkey security cooperation. 🇺🇸🇹🇷

    17 replies 41 retweets 233 likes
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  2. 7 hours ago

    NEWS: U.S. to Resume Small, Persistent Presence in Somalia

    26 replies 41 retweets 120 likes
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  3. 7 hours ago

    .: & will convene their three-day LANPAC symposium & exhibition in Waikiki, Hawaii. LANPAC is the premiere land forces exposition & symposium in the Indo-Pacific, bringing together government, industry, academia, & many of our allies & partners.

    16 May News Brief Clip 2
    20 replies 36 retweets 97 likes
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  4. 7 hours ago

    .: has authorized the Department of Defense to return a small, persistent U.S. military presence to Somalia. This decision was based on a request from , advice from senior commanders, and concern for our troops.

    16 May News Brief Clip 1
    44 replies 98 retweets 252 likes
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  5. 7 hours ago

    : Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Donald Ballard was prepared to die to save Marines from a grenade. Amazingly, after throwing himself on the explosive device, it didn’t go off. His selfless act earned him the Medal of Honor.

    6 replies 39 retweets 151 likes
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  6. Retweeted
    9 hours ago

    Watch the USAFE Band, joined by Ukrainian colleagues Olga Zhukova (cello/voice) and Iryna Klimashevska (violin), perform Taras Petrynenko's "Lord, Have Mercy on Ukraine.”

    USAFE Band Ukraine Tribute
    8 replies 25 retweets 79 likes
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  7. 10 hours ago

    NEWS: Howitzers Proving Very Effective Against Russians, DoD Official Says

    35 replies 126 retweets 576 likes
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  8. 10 hours ago

    LIVE: John F. Kirby holds a news briefing at the Pentagon.

    13 replies 46 retweets 161 likes
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  9. 13 hours ago

    Strengthening alliances. soldiers assigned to the 30th Medical Brigade partnered with German military personnel during a medical training exercise at Baumholder Army Airfield, 🇩🇪 Germany.

    U.S. Army Trains With German Military Personnel.mp4
    20 replies 47 retweets 227 likes
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  10. Retweeted
    17 hours ago

    May is and today, we remember the first Asian-American in space, Ellison S. Onizuka. The former test pilot flew as a mission specialist in 1985 before his life was cut short in the Challenger disaster. Learn more:

    15 replies 72 retweets 261 likes
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  11. 19 hours ago

    Throwing a line. A sailor throws a heaving ball to a tug boat as the , which is on deployment with , pulls into Azores, Portugal, for a scheduled visit.

    8 replies 40 retweets 277 likes
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  12. May 15

    Airpower on display. F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to the ’s 55th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron fly in the area of responsibility.

    57 replies 154 retweets 1,058 likes
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  13. May 15

    Team Dive. Members from 🇨🇦 Fleet Diving Unit Atlantic and Pacific, , and 🇺🇸 divers mentor Caribbean divers during training on dive and search techniques as part of Exercise -22 in Belize City, Belize.

    Joint Dive Training
    9 replies 77 retweets 379 likes
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  14. May 15

    Honoring our veterans. assigned to the shake hands with at the in Washington, D.C.

    50 replies 120 retweets 677 likes
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  15. May 14

    Gas, Gas, Gas! Marines with prepare to enter the gas chamber at Camp Hansen in Okinawa, Japan.

    25 replies 69 retweets 449 likes
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  16. May 14

    A sailor assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 26 is lowered into the Arabian Gulf during exercise . Neon Defender is an annual training event between and the Bahrain Defence Force.

    9 replies 46 retweets 261 likes
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  17. May 14

    Watch as M777 howitzers are loaded onto a C-17 by Airmen at as part of U.S. assistance to 🇺🇦 Ukraine.

    Euorpean Support 2022.mp4
    114 replies 346 retweets 1,593 likes
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  18. May 14

    Traffic unjammed. Soldiers assigned to the ’s 36th Engineer Brigade clear a route during at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Ind.

    36th Engineer Brigade's Route Clearance Training
    16 replies 33 retweets 183 likes
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  19. May 13

    NEWS: DoD Must Take Action to Keep Tech Edge.

    21 replies 42 retweets 171 likes
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  20. May 13

    NEWS: Pentagon Announces Deployments to Replace Forces in Europe.

    32 replies 160 retweets 536 likes
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