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U.S. soldiers assigned to the 65th Field Artillery Brigade and soldiers from the Kuwait Land Forces fire their High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (U.S.) and BM-30 Smerch rocket systems (Kuwait) during a joint live-fire exercise on January 8, 2019, near Camp Buehring, Kuwait. The U.S. and Kuwaiti forces train together frequently to maintain a high […]

U.S. Marines assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion-26, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, take cover from demolitions during sustainment training at Camp Titin, Jordan, on July 8, 2018. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Santino D. Martinez)   Watch Marines train in Jordan below:

Representatives of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company work as firefighters battle a blaze following an explosion of a gas line on February 6, 2019 in San Francisco, California. Published reports say five buildings were evacuated, including a medical clinic and apartment buildings. (Photo by Santiago Mejia-Pool/Getty Images)   Watch footage of firefighters working to put […]

U.S. Marines with Maritime Raid Force, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, swim underwater during dive training in Aqaba, Jordan, on July 8, 2018. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jon Sosner)   Learn more about the U.S. Marines Maritime Raid Force below: https://youtu.be/gpPGrQxJ6lQ

Civilians are being assisted by Australian army defense members in the flooded Townsville, Australia suburb of Idalia on February 4, 2019. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has warned Townsville residents that flooding has not yet reached its peak as torrential rain continues to fall. The continued inundation forced authorities to open the floodgates on the swollen […]

Opposition leader Juan Guaidó, the self-proclaimed interim president of Venezuela, waves after talking with supporters during a rally against the government of Nicolás Maduro in the streets of Caracas, Venezuela on February 2, 2019. Many countries, including the U.S., Canada, and Chile, officially recognize Guaidó as the legitimate president of Venezuela. Photo by Marco Bello/Getty Images […]

U.S. Rep. John Lewis, a Democrat from Georgia, chairs a U.S. House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee hearing focusing on a measure called, “Legislative Proposals and Tax Law Related to Presidential and Vice-Presidential Tax Returns.” The hearing was held in the Longworth House Office Building on January 7, 2019 in Washington, D.C. Photo by Mark […]

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat from California, speaks as Massachusetts Democrat Sen. Ed Markey and other Congressional Democrats listen during a news conference in front of the U.S. Capitol on February 7, 2019 in Washington, D.C. Rep. Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Markey held a news conference to unveil what they’re calling the Green New Deal […]

Teams clean up the scene of a three-alarm fire which erupted after a construction crew punctured a natural gas line while digging with a backhoe on Geary Boulevard in San Francisco, California on February 7, 2019. The three-story tall flame that shot from the pipe damaged five buildings. No injuries were reported. Photo by Justin […]

Technicians are seen from a viewing room as they work on the ExoMars rover, after its naming ceremony at Airbus DS on February 7, 2019 in Stevenage, England. The craft was named after DNA pioneer Rosalind Franklin, chosen from a shortlist of over 35,000 public submissions and unveiled by U.K. Science Minister Chris Skidmore and […]

U.S. Army paratroopers set up an M119 105 mm howitzer at Malemute Drop Zone while conducting an airborne forced-entry operation at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, on January 16, 2019. The paratroopers are with Bravo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division. They joined paratroopers from 1st […]

U.S. Army Spc. Nicholas Threatte, a chemical decontamination specialist and a native of Darlington, South Carolina, checks radiation levels on a simulated victim of a chemical attack during a training exercise at Homestead Miami Speedway, Homestead, Florida. Operation Homestead ’19 was held on January 24, 2019. Spc. Threatte is assigned to the Army Reserve 413th […]