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A U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopter patrols Mogadishu in the wake of gun battles between gunmen and U.N. peacekeepers protecting the U.N. military headquarters, June 8, 1993. The city remained on edge after a night of clashes. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

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Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, left, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley testify before a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, Thursday, June 17, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool via AP)

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In this April 2, 2015, file photo made available by the U.S. Air Force, a senior airman from the 49th Security Forces Squadron in charge of the armory, returns an M4 carbine to a rack at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. The Pentagon used to share annual updates about missing weapons with Congress, but that requirement ended and, with it, public accountability has slipped. The Army and Air Force couldn’t readily tell AP how many weapons they were missing from 2010 through 2019. (Airman 1st Class Aaron Montoya/U.S. Air Force via AP) ** FILE **

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U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, speaks at the AARP Presidential Forum at the Waterfront Convention Center in Bettendorf, Iowa on Tuesday, July 16, 2019. (Olivia Sun/The Des Moines Register via AP) ** FILE **

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Afghan soldiers patrol outside their military base on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, May 9, 2021. By Sept. 11 2021, at the latest, the remaining U.S.and allied NATO forces will leave Afghanistan, ending nearly 20 years of military engagement. Also leaving is the American air support that the Afghan military has relied on to stave off potentially game-changing Taliban assaults, ever since it took command of the war from the U.S. and NATO in 2014. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) **FILE**

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Gen. John W. Raymond, the commander of the U.S. Space Command, speaks Monday, Sept. 9, 2019, during a ceremony to recognize the establishment of the United States Space Command at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Christian Murdock)/The Gazette via AP) **FILE**

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An Afghan army soldier stands guard as smoke rises from a burning fuel tanker after a road accident on the Jalalabad-Kabul highway, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) ** FILE **

Afghanistan exit creates hurdles for counterterrorism operations

The 2,500-plus U.S. troops remaining in Afghanistan face a period of maximum uncertainty and vulnerability in the next few months. The Pentagon may have to send more U.S. forces to the country, at least temporarily, to help speed the withdrawal. (Associated Press/File)

U.S. to monitor Afghanistan after troop withdrawal

This March 27, 2008, file photo, shows the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Pentagon to study land mine rules that Biden promised to reverse

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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 Navy had alleged that Iran used limpet mines - designed to be attached magnetically to a ship’s hull - to strike some of the vessels.

Israeli-owned cargo ship back at sea after suspected attack →

While describing the work as "contingency" planning, the U.S. military said it already has tested unloading and shipping cargo overland from Saudi Arabia's port at Yanbu, a crucial terminal for oil pipelines in the kingdom.

US exploring new bases in Saudi Arabia amid Iran tensions →

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