U.S. Forces Pacific was set to fire Vice Adm. Joseph Aucoin from his job as 7th Fleet Commander on Aug. 22 after a rash of accidents in Asia. (MC3 Ryan McFarlane/Navy)

US Pacific Fleet boss set to sack three-star fleet commander after a rash of accidents

The head of U.S. Forces Pacific is preparing to sack the head of the three-star U.S. 7th Fleet after a string of mishaps among the Japan-based ships that have rocked the Navy to its core.

Afghan air force members communicate by radio with an A-29 Super Tucano pilot over Logar province, Afghanistan, May 21. The province has seen an escalation of violence against local civilians in recent months. (Tech. Sgt. Veronica Pierce/Air Force)

US service member wounded in Afghanistan

A U.S. service member was wounded in action in Logar province, Afghanistan, Monday evening.

Iraqi Defense Minister Erfan al-Hayali, right, welcomes U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, left, and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Douglas Silliman, to the Ministry of Defense, in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017. Mattis said he's confident that U.S.-backed Iraqi forces will finish off the Islamic State militants clinging to strongholds that are shrinking in size and number. (AP Photo)

Mattis, in Baghdad, says militants are 'on the run'

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Tuesday he is confident that U.S.-backed Iraqi forces will finish off the Islamic State militants clinging to strongholds that are shrinking in size and number.

Water safety officials hand over possible debris from an Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crash to military personnel stationed at a command center in a harbor on Aug. 16, 2017, in Haleiwa, Hawaii. (Marco Garcia/AP)

Officials end search for missing helicopter crew in Hawaii

A massive ocean search for five soldiers who disappeared after a nighttime helicopter crash last week ended Monday after no signs of life were spotted among the debris.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis attends a meeting with the Iraqi Kurdish leader (unseen), in Arbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq on Aug. 22, 2017. (Safin Hamed/AFP via Getty Images)

Mattis: DoD to account for actual number of forces in Afghanistan before asking for more

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Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field will host Army-Navy showdowns in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2022. (Staff/file)

Army-Navy game host cities named through 2022

The rivalry's historic home will host five out of the next six showdowns.

United States Forces Korea Commander Gen. Vincent Brooks, right, speaks to the media during a press conference as U.S. Pacific Command Commander Adm. Harry Harris Jr., rear right, Commander of the U.S. 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command Brigadier Gen. Sean Gainey, left, Lt. Gen. Samuel A. Greaves, director of the United States Missile Defense Agency, second from left, Gen. John Hyten, commander of the United States Strategic Command, third from left, listen in front of PAC-3 launching station at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017. (Lee Jin-man, Pool/AP)

As North Korea vows response, US dismisses calls to pause drills

As North Korea vowed “merciless retaliation” against U.S.-South Korean military drills that it claims are an invasion rehearsal, senior U.S. military commanders on Tuesday dismissed calls to pause or downsize exercises they called crucial to countering a clear threat from Pyongyang.

The blended retirement option empowers service members to take an active role in investing. (Cpl. Paul Peterson/Marine Corps)

New retirement plan empowers service members to make investment choices

Does the new blended retirement system shift the responsibility of saving for retirement from the government to the service member?

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