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In this 2018 photo provided by Gonzalo Mórtola, the Russian research vessel Yantar is shown docked in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Russian ships are skulking around underwater communications cables, worrying the U.S. and its allies the Kremlin might be taking information warfare to new depths. (Gonzalo Mórtola via AP)

Could enemies target undersea cables that link the world?

By DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

In this June 3, 2011, file photo, the Pentagon is seen from air from Air Force One. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) **FILE**

Trump reinstates broad ban on transgender troops

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 31, 2018, photo, a mother whose daughter said she was sexually assaulted during first grade by a classmate at their elementary school on a U.S. military base in Germany stands in her daughter's bedroom at their new home in Colorado. The Associated Press is not identifying the girl's mother or father, a U.S. Army soldier, to protect the girl's identity. The family was one of several who said the principal did not tell them about allegations their daughters were sexually assaulted. An Associated Press investigation showed how student-on-student sex assault reports languish in the Pentagon's worldwide school network. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Parents to AP: Military ignored boy’s abuse of girls on base

By REESE DUNKLIN and JUSTIN PRITCHARD - Associated Press

AP Investigation: US military overlooks sex abuse among kids

By JUSTIN PRITCHARD and REESE DUNKLIN - Associated Press

This Feb. 7, 2018, photo, shows Leandra Mulla at her home in Tabor City, N.C. As a high school freshman in 2014, Mulla told Army investigators her ex-boyfriend dragged her to a secluded area of their base in Germany and sexually assaulted her. Four years later, she still wonders what came of her report. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

AP: Child-on-child sex assault cases languish on US bases

By JUSTIN PRITCHARD and REESE DUNKLIN - Associated Press

US military IDs airman lost in dogfight over Germany in ‘43

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US says 2 extremists killed in latest Somalia airstrike

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Bearing witness

By JOHN MATUSZAK - Associated Press

Lee Gyeong Pil waits for spectators to arrive at one the entrances of the Gangneung Curling center at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018. Lee was among five babies born on an American ship that ferried thousands of Korean refugees from North Korea during the Korean War. Nicknamed by U.S. crew as Kimchi 1 through Kimchi 5, they’ve become a symbol of the South Korea-U.S. military alliance. Lee, Kimchi 5, and his friend Sohn Yang Young, Kimchi 1, were in Gangneung to volunteer for the Olympics as part of their efforts to promote peace and remind younger generations of the lessons of the Korean War. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Rescued from Korean War by US ship, now Olympic volunteers

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

The Latest: California teacher defends anti-military remarks

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President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with law enforcement officials on the MS-13 street gang and border security, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Latest: Mattis says military parade a sign of respect

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Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, left, speaks, accompanied by Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs General Paul J. Selva, during a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018 in Washington. Mattis says the administration's new nuclear strategy pays the right amount of attention to arms control, even as it focuses on strengthening the nuclear force. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

James Mattis issues stark warning to Congress over delayed defense spending

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Col. Andrew O. Hall with Google's Vinton G. Cerf, co-designer of the TCP/IP protocols and the architecture of the Internet, a keynote speaker at CyCon U.S. in November 2017. U.S. Army photo by Clare Blackmon.

West Point’s Army Cyber Institute: Developing the cyber leadership model

By Col. Andrew O. Hall and Ph.D. and Lt. Col. Terence M. Kelley

The Defense Department's support strategy was on prominent display in the fight against Islamic State, with Iraqi forces and Syrian Kurdish fighters taking the lead on the ground in ousting the terrorist group from its strongholds in Mosul and Raqqa. (Associated Press/File)

National Defense Strategy eyes war on terror proxies

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary James Mattis speaks about the National Defense Review, Friday, Jan. 19, 2018, in Washington. China's expanding military and an increasingly aggressive Russia are among the U.S. military's top national security priorities, the Pentagon said Friday. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

US competitive warfighting edge has slipped, says Mattis

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

US airstrike in Somalia destroys vehicle carrying explosives

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A South Korean government official communicated with a North Korean officer during a phone call on the dedicated communications hotline at the border village of Panmunjom on Wednesday — another sign of easing animosity between the rivals. (Associated Press)

North, South Korea set direct bilateral talks

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2011, file photo, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, takes the Senate oath during a mock swearing-in swearing-in ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington. Gillibrand got a fight she wants after President Donald Trump attacked her in a provocative tweet that claimed she’d begged him for campaign contributions and would “do anything” for them. Gillibrand, is up for re-election next year and is considered a possible presidential contender in 2020. She’s been a leading voice in the national debate over how to confront sexual assault and harassment. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, file)

Gillibrand got a fight she wants after Trump’s fiery tweet

By RICHARD LARDNER - Associated Press

A fallen window frame of U.S. military aircraft is seen on the ground at an elementary school in Ginowan, Okinawa Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017. Japanese officials say a boy was injured in Okinawa when the metal window frame fell from a U.S. military's CH-53 helicopter, escalating anti-American sentiments on the southern island. (Okinawa Times/Kyodo News via AP)

Okinawa boy injured after window falls off U.S. Marine chopper

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

US drone strike removes ‘imminent threat’ to Somali capital

By ABDI GULED - Associated Press