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Sailors assigned to Naval Special Warfare Group TWO conduct military air operations in the United States. U.S. Navy SEALs engage in a continuous training cycle to improve and further specialize skills needed to conduct missions from sea, air and land. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Russell Rhodes Jr./Released) 190605-N-UJ417-1036

Military battling a hidden enemy: White supremacy

The main gate of Camp Pendleton Marine Base at Camp Pendleton, Calif., is seen here in this Nov. 13, 2013, file photo. California was the state that received the most defense funding from the Trump administration in 2019, according to a Pentagon report released in January 2021. (Associated Press) **FILE**

California tops the list for Defense Department spending

President Donald Trump points to a member of the audience after speaking near a section of the U.S.-Mexico border wall, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, in Alamo, Texas. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump cautions Biden not to take down ‘completed’ border wall

Capitol police officers stand outside of fencing that was installed around the exterior of the Capitol grounds, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021 in Washington. The House and Senate certified the Democrat's electoral college win early Thursday after a violent throng of pro-Trump rioters spent hours Wednesday running rampant through the Capitol. A woman was fatally shot, windows were bashed and the mob forced shaken lawmakers and aides to flee the building, shielded by Capitol Police. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Capitol Police rejected offers of federal help to quell mob

Then-U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis talks to the media in presence of Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev following their meeting at the government building in Skopje, Macedonia, Monday, Sept. 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski) ** FILE **

Trump bears blame for Capitol assault, ex-Pentagon chiefs Mattis, Esper say

FILE - Journalist Neil Sheehan is shown in New York, Nov. 29, 1988. Sheehan, a reporter and Pulitzer Prize-winning author who broke the story of the Pentagon Papers for The New York Times and who chronicled the deception at the heart of the Vietnam War in his epic book about the war, has died. He was 84. (AP Photo/Ed Bailey)

Neil Sheehan, Pentagon Papers reporter, Vietnam author, dies

Demonstators loyal to President Donald Trump, are sprayed by police, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, during a day of rioting at the Capitol. It's been a stunning day as a number of lawmakers and then the mob of protesters tried to overturn America's presidential election, undercut the nation's democracy and keep Democrat Joe Biden from replacing Trump in the White House. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Capitol Police rejected offers of federal help to quell mob

The Marine Corps is on a path toward sweeping changes. Proposals to remake the Corps into a leaner, more efficient fighting force include giving up all of its tanks, dramatically remaking its artillery batteries and reducing the number of active-duty service members. (U.S. Marine Corps photograph)

Tighter budgets force Marines to speed embrace of ambitious overhaul

In this Sept. 7, 2020, file photo released by the U.S. Navy, the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz transits the Arabian Sea. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Elliot Schaudt/U.S. Navy via AP) ** FILE **

Changing course: USS Nimitz to stay in Middle East amid threats from Iran

James. H. Baker

Top Pentagon official dismissed U.S. alliances with Taiwan, Australia

Marines fire rounds downrange during Combat Pistol Program qualification training and firing at the Puuloa Range Training Facility in Ewa Beach, Hawaii, April 30. The new pistol program will replace annual pistol training and is more combat-oriented than the pistol qualification previously implemented. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Nathan Knapke/Released)

Uncle Sam is struggling to fill the military as 70% of U.S. youths disqualified from serving

Former Vice President Dick Cheney, left, and former Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, sit together on stage during the commissioning ceremony of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., Saturday, July, 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

‘Time for questioning’ election results is over, 10 former defense secretaries say

On Thursday, the Pentagon announced that more than 5,000 sailors and Marines with the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group are headed home after a 10-month deployment. They had been in Somalia. (Tech. Sgt. Christopher Ruano/Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa via AP)

Trump’s efforts to end ‘forever wars’ only reshuffles deployed troops

President-elect Joe Biden speaks at The Queen theater, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden taps Kathleen Hicks as deputy defense secretary pick; first female to hold post if confirmed

The littoral combat ships project has been bedeviled with engineering headaches since its inception. Now a newly revealed mechanical problem with the propulsion system could signal a potentially disastrous design flaw throughout the ships. (U.S. Navy photograph)

Navy’s high-tech ship faces potentially disastrous design flaw

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On Thursday, the Pentagon announced that more than 5,000 sailors and Marines with the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group are headed home after a 10-month deployment. They had been in Somalia. (Tech. Sgt. Christopher Ruano/Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa via AP)

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The Pentagon has said the Capitol Police turned down an offer for help days before the riot.

Federal watchdogs open probe of response to Capitol riot →

Additionally, China is ramping up production of ballistic missile submarines that the Pentagon said provide Beijing with a significant capability to strike the American homeland with nuclear missiles.

China nuclear weapons arsenal growth alarming, State Department warns →

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