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French Riots Over Gas Tax Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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U.S. sailors on USS McCampbell, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, salute the Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, during the International Fleet Review in Vishakapatnam, India, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016. Mukherjee, who is the supreme commander of the Indian armed forces, reviewed a fleet of over 90 naval ships including several from foreign countries. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
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Illustration on cyber-warfare by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Illustration on foiling Chinese designs on Sri Lanka and the Maldives by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Demonstrators run by a burning fire near the Arc de Triomphe during a demonstration Saturday, Dec.1, 2018 in Paris. Paris police say at least 63 people have been arrested in violent clashes between protesters and police amid nationwide demonstrations against rising taxes and President Emmanuel Macron's policies. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
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Even after his lifetime of political service, the 41st U.S. president maintained that one of his proudest moments was signing up for the armed forces, and he urged young men and women to follow his example. (White House archives)
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off to war: George H.W. Bush was the youngest torpedo-bomber pilot in the Navy, earning his wings at 18. (White House archives)
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Let them in, they're nonviolent. (Illustration by Dana Summers of the Tribune Media Services)
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Sen. Ben Sasse, Nebraska Republican, told a gathering of military, intelligence and national security officials, "We are heading to an era where deep fakes technology is going to cause real chaos." (Associated Press/File)
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Ken Berry, who plays Captain Wilton Parmenter in an upcoming TV series called "F Troop," reaches down the wrong end of cannon in one of the show's episodes, July 1, 1965. Parmenter was promoted from private to captain for leading an unplanned charge in the wrong direction toward the enemy. The new series deals with a strange and comical cavalry troop on the American frontier. (AP Photo)
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Senior leader of a breakaway faction of the Taliban Mullah Abdul Manan Niazi, center, delivers a speech to his fighters, in Shindand district of Herat province, Afghanistan, in this Friday, May 27, 2016 file photo. Niazi said Sunday, May 29, 2016 it was willing to hold peace talks with the Afghan government but would demand the imposition of Islamic law and the departure of all foreign forces. (AP Photos/Allauddin Khan) ** FILE **
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U.S. Navy sailors participate in training exercises aboard an American military ship docked in Manama, Bahrain, Saturday, April 9, 2016. The Bahrain-based U.S. Naval Forces Central Command is leading naval and civilian maritime forces from more than 30 countries in three weeks of mine countermeasure exercises aimed at keeping key shipping lanes secure from piracy, terrorism and mines. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
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9. Michael A. Monsoor was a United States Navy SEAL who was killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. Monsoor enlisted in the United States Navy in 2001 and graduated from Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL training BUD/S class 250 in 2004. After further training he was assigned to Delta Platoon, SEAL Team 3. Delta Platoon was sent to Iraq in April 2006 and assigned to train Iraqi Army soldiers in Ramadi. Over the next five months, Monsoor and his platoon frequently engaged in combat with insurgent forces. On 29 September 2006, an insurgent threw a grenade onto a rooftop where Monsoor and several other SEALs and Iraqi soldiers were positioned. Monsoor quickly smothered the grenade with his body, absorbing the resulting explosion and saving his comrades from serious injury or death. Monsoor died about 30 minutes later from wounds caused by the grenade explosion. On 31 March 2008, the United States Department of Defense confirmed that Monsoor would posthumously receive the Medal of Honor. U.S. President George W. Bush presented the medal to Monsoor's parents on 8 April 2008. In October 2008, Secretary of the Navy Donald C. Winter announced that DDG-1001, the second ship in the Zumwalt-class of guided missile destroyers, would be named USS Michael Monsoor in his honor.
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6. William H. McRaven is a former United States Navy officer who last served as the ninth commander of the United States Special Operations Command from August 8, 2011, to August 28, 2014. From 2015 to 2018, he was the chancellor of The University of Texas System. McRaven previously served from June 13, 2008, to August 2011 as commander of Joint Special Operations Command and from June 2006 to March 2008 as commander of Special Operations Command Europe. In addition to his duties as COMSOCEUR, he was designated as the first director of the NATO Special Operations Forces Coordination Centre (NSCC), where he was charged with enhancing the capabilities and inter-operability of all NATO Special Operations Forces. McRaven retired from the U.S. Navy on August 28, 2014, after more than 37 years of service.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers walks along a wall at the border between Mexico and the United States, as seen from San Diego on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018. Migrants approaching the U.S. border from Mexico were enveloped with tear gas Sunday after a few tried to breach a fence separating the two countries. The Border Patrol office in San Diego said via Twitter that pedestrian crossings have been suspended at the San Ysidro port of entry at both the East and West facilities. All northbound and southbound traffic was halted. (AP Photo/Greg Bull)
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Saudi Arabian Foreign Policy illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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Brian Hook, U.S. special representative for Iran, walks past fragments of Iranian short range ballistic missiles (Qiam) at the Iranian Materiel Display (IMD) at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, in Washington, Thursday Nov. 29, 2018. The Trump administration accused Iran of stepping up violations of a U.N. ban on arms exports by sending rockets and other weaponry to rebels in Afghanistan and Yemen. The presentation displays weapons and fragments of weapons seized in Afghanistan, Bahrain and Yemen that it said are evidence Iran is a "grave and escalating threat" that must be stopped. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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M4A1 carbine – A U.S. Marine assigned to the Maritime Raid Force (MRF), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), fires an M4A1 carbine rifle during a 25 meter range as part of Eager Lion at the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center, Amman, Jordan, April 20, 2018. Eager Lion is a capstone training engagement that provides U.S. forces and the Jordan Armed Forces an opportunity to rehearse operating in a coalition environment and to pursue new ways to collectively address threats to regional security and improve overall maritime security. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jered T. Stone/Released)
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M27 infantry automatic rifle - Lance Cpl. Zachary A. Whitman, a shooter with the III Marine Expeditionary Force detachment, familiarizes himself with the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle in preparation for the Australian Army Skill at Arms Meeting 2012. AASAM is a multilateral, multinational event allowing Marines to exchange skills tactics, techniques and procedures with members of the Australian Army as well as other international militaries in friendly competition. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Brandon L. Saunders/released)
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M32A1 multiple grenade launcher - Lance Corporal Brandon Renteria fires simulation rounds from a M32A1 multi-shot grenade launcher during a live-fire training event alongside Australian soldiers with 5th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, Australian Army, Australian Defence Force, May 15 at Kangaroo Flats Training Area, Victoria, Northern Territory, Australia. The Marines with Company A, 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, and Australian soldiers brushed up on squad attack tactics, basic point man skills and explosives to refine basic infantry skills. The rotational deployment of U.S. Marines affords an unprecedented combined training opportunity with their Australian allies and improves interoperability between the two forces. Renteria is a rifleman with Company A, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, MRF-D. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Angel Serna/Released)
