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FILE - This Jan. 27, 2018, aerial file photo shows U.S. Marine Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Okinawa, southern Japan. Okinawan officials said Saturday, July 11, 2020 that dozens of U.S. Marines have been confirmed to have infected with the coronavirus at two bases, Futenma and Camp Hansen, on the southern Japanese island in what is feared to be a massive outbreak, and demanded adequate explanation from the U.S. military officials. (Kyodo News via AP, File)

Dozens of US Marines in Japan’s Okinawa get coronavirus

Kenneth Nguyen, 18, from Portland, Oregon, gets his hair cut by hairstylist Lisa Rivera as incoming freshman midshipmen, or plebes, arrive at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis Tuesday, to begin their Plebe Summer of training during a COVID-19 modified Induction Day. (Paul W. Gillespie/The Baltimore Sun via AP)

‘Very different’: Naval Academy’s Induction Day turned upside down by coronavirus

In this Sept. 25, 2018, file photo, Gen. Robert Abrams, looks to the dais as he testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

‘We can and must do better’: U.S. Forces Korea leads fight against racism in the ranks

In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, Capt. Brett Crozier, then-commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), addresses the crew on Jan. 17, 2020, in San Diego, Calif. In a stunning reversal, the Navy has upheld the firing of Crozier, the aircraft carrier captain who urged faster action to protect his crew from a coronavirus outbreak, according to a U.S. official. (Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Alexander Williams/U.S. Navy via AP)

Navy upholds firing of carrier captain in virus outbreak

This Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2006 file photo shows members of Alpha Company of the 244th Quartermasters battalion march to the physical fitness track at the Ft. Lee Army base in Ft. Lee, Va. As much as President Donald Trump enjoys talking about winning and winners, the Confederate generals he vows will not have their names removed from U.S. military bases were not only on the losing side of rebellion against the United States, some weren't even considered good generals. Or even good men. The 10 generals include some who made costly battlefield blunders; others mistreated captured Union soldiers, some were slaveholders, and one was linked to the Ku Klux Klan after the war. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Military’s review of its tangled history with race sets up clash with Trump

In this Monday, June 1, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump walks past police in Lafayette Park after visiting outside St. John's Church across from the White House in Washington. Part of the church was set on fire during protests on Sunday night. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Democrats introduce bill to limit Trump’s Insurrection Act powers

President Donald Trump walks in Lafayette Park to visit outside St. John's Church across from the White House Monday, June 1, 2020, in Washington. Part of the church was set on fire during protests on Sunday night. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Democratic governors reject Trump’s call to send in military

President Donald Trump holds a Bible as he visits outside St. John's Church across Lafayette Park from the White House Monday, June 1, 2020, in Washington. Park of the church was set on fire during protests on Sunday night. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Amid protests, Trump talks of war — and reelection

Defense Secretary Mark Esper listens during a Cabinet Meeting with President Donald Trump in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, May 19, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Military virus aid could look different if 2nd wave hits

Mississippi Army National Guard Sgt. Newman Kazery, right, elbow bumps with Charles Jenkins, a supply tech and disabled Navy veteran, as he goes to work at the G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, May 12, 2020. Kazery was one of 50 members of the Mississippi Air and Army National Guard that stood outside the medical facility and applaud both incoming and outgoing medical shifts honoring medical personnel for their efforts in working with the coronavirus on the final day of National Nurses Week. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

American military rises to the challenge of COVID-19

Defense Secretary Mark Esper speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Monday, March 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Pentagon rebuts Democratic senators’ complaints over coronavirus response

Residents of Syrian village hurl stones at U.S. convoy

In this April 1, 2020, photo, Defense Secretary Mark Esper speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Military sees no quick exit from ‘new world’ of coronavirus

US again accused of killing civilians in Somalia airstrikes

Colorado National Guard medical personnel prepare to perform coronavirus test on a motorist at a drive-thru testing site outside the Denver Coliseum Saturday, March 14, 2020, in Denver. Officials planned to administer 150 tests but the line of vehicles wrapped around three city blocks. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Virus takes toll on US military as it tries to aid civilians

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Number 12: Black Hawk Down | Directed by Ridley Scott in 2001, it is based on the 1999 non-fiction book of the same name by Mark Bowden, chronicling the events of a 1993 raid in Mogadishu by the U.S. military aimed at capturing faction leader Mohamed Farrah Aidid, and the ensuing firefight, known as the Battle of Mogadishu.

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The army said those set free in Brital, which borders Syria, included Syrian citizens who were taken as hostages.

Drone strike kills 2 al-Qaida commanders in NW Syria →

the military argues that at least some of the installations honor their actions outside of that conflict.

Pentagon bashes New York Times over 'white supremacy' editorial →

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