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AFT: An Army military working dog and its handler undergo certification tests April 15, 2021, in Stuttgart, Germany. (Yvonne Najera/Army)

 

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USS Constitution is tugged out to Fort Independence on Castle Island during "Old Ironsides" Chief Petty Officer Heritage Week, Aug. 24, 2018. (U.S. Navy photo/Donovan Keller)
USS Constitution Sets Sail Again for First Time in Over a Year

 

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Explainer: Much about US withdrawal from Afghanistan is unclear

 

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Good shots!

 

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AFT: Aircraft from the "Chargers" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 26 and Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 162 (Reinforced) fly in formation above the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) as a landing craft, air cushion from Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 4 transits alongside during a photo exercise, May 17, 2021, in the Atlantic Ocean. (Lt. Mark Nash/Navy)
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AFT: The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) transits the Elizabeth River on May 12, 2021, as it departs Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Va., after completing a 10-month scheduled extended carrier incremental availability. (MC2 Class Steven Edgar/Navy)

 

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Howitzers fire munitions during a military exercise in Taichung, Taiwan. The drills are aimed at repelling a Chinese invasion across the Taiwan Strait. | BLOOMBERG

 

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AFT: U.S. Army soldiers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade rehearse exiting CH-47 Chinooks of the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade in preparation for night air-assault missions during exercise Swift Response 21, part of the DEFENDER-Europe 21 series of exercises at Chech Airfield, Bulgaria, on May 11, 2021. (Maj. Robert Fellingham/U.S. Army)

 

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Royal navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth transits the Atlantic Ocean, Sept. 23, 2019. (DVIDS/Courtesy of HNLMS De Ruyter)

24 May 2021
A Marine F-35B Joint Strike Fighter detachment is officially underway on a British aircraft carrier for the first time ever, and their commander had high praise for the U.K.'s new warship.
"Don't tell anybody back home, but it is probably the nicest ship I have been on," Col. Simon Doran, the senior U.S. officer aboard the aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth, told The News on Saturday as the ship departed Portsmouth in southern England.
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Royal navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth transits the Atlantic Ocean, Sept. 23, 2019. (DVIDS/Courtesy of HNLMS De Ruyter)

24 May 2021
A Marine F-35B Joint Strike Fighter detachment is officially underway on a British aircraft carrier for the first time ever, and their commander had high praise for the U.K.'s new warship.
"Don't tell anybody back home, but it is probably the nicest ship I have been on," Col. Simon Doran, the senior U.S. officer aboard the aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth, told The News on Saturday as the ship departed Portsmouth in southern England.
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"Don't tell anybody back home, but it is probably the nicest ship I have been on," Col. Simon Doran, the senior U.S. officer aboard the aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth2"

I'm sure the fact that RN ships aren't dry ships, could well have something to do with it.

 

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Tu-22M3 bombers are in Syria now. They can cover most of the Red Sea and the Mediterranean up to Sicily without refueling.
Russian Tu-22M3 Backfire Bombers Based In Syria Are Going To Patrol The Mediterranean