War_Conflict

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Capt. Mike Gongol helped to land a Boeing 737 at an Omaha, Nebraska airport last December after the pilot suffered a heart attack. (U.S. Air Force)

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U.S. President Barack Obama and Poland's President Bronislaw Komorowski make statements and meet with U.S. and Polish troops at an event featuring four F-16 fighter jets, two American and two Polish, as part of multinational military exercises, in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, June 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with special forces troops at a military training ground near the Siberian city of Chita, Russia, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2002. During the visit Putin urged military leaders on Wednesday to maintain their combat-readiness and crack down on corruption, part of his push for reforming Russia's military to stem its steady decline since the fall of the Soviet Union. (AP Photo/ITAR-TASS, Presidential Press Service)

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President Barack Obama talks with General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, after attending the Armed Forces farewell tribute for Defense Secretary Leon Panetta at Joint Base Myer-Henderson in Arlington, Va., Feb. 8, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 30: Veteran Raymond Anderson recollects his experience on D-Day, June 6, 1944, and his life after World War II while speaking with a reporter at the Armed Forces Retirement Home on May 30, 2014. (Eva Russo/Special to The Washington Times)

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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 30: Veteran Raymond Anderson recollects his experience on D-Day, June 6, 1944, and his life after World War II while speaking with a reporter at the Armed Forces Retirement Home on May 30, 2014. (Eva Russo/Special to The Washington Times)

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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 30: D-Day veteran Raymond Anderson chats with recreation therapist Carol Mitchell at the Armed Forces Retirement Home on May 30, 2014. (Eva Russo/Special to The Washington Times)

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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 30: Veteran Raymond Anderson recollects his experience on D-Day, June 6, 1944, and his life after World War II while speaking with a reporter at the Armed Forces Retirement Home on May 30, 2014. (Eva Russo/Special to The Washington Times)

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This undated file image provided by the U.S. Army shows Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. A Pentagon investigation concluded in 2010 that Bergdahl walked away from his unit, and after an initial flurry of searching, the military decided not to exert extraordinary efforts to rescue him, according to a former senior defense official who was involved in the matter. Instead, the U.S. government pursued negotiations to get him back over the following five years of his captivity a track that led to his release over the weekend. (AP Photo/U.S. Army, File)