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Apr 18

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The Alternative Currency – Bitcoin

One thing that has been making headlines across the world day in and day out in recent times has been Bitcoin. If you are not aware of what Bitcoin is and are afraid to ask other people because you fear that they will think you have been living ...

Nov 03

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Inherent Resolve Strikes Target ISIS in Syria, Iraq

Courtesy of DoD SOUTHWEST ASIA, Nov. 3, 2017 — U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria yesterday, conducting 13 strikes consisting of 15 engagements, Combined Joint Task Force Operation ...

Derrick Evans · Military · U.S. · World

Nov 03

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Navy Committed to Correcting Mistakes That Led to Collisions

Story courtesy of Jim Garamone DoD News WASHINGTON, Nov. 2, 2017 — The chief of Naval Operations said today that the collisions in the Pacific that killed 10 sailors aboard the USS Fitzgerald and seven sailors aboard the USS McCain were ...

Derrick Evans · World

Jul 23

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U.S. Air Force and Australia Conduct Hypersonic Missile Test

Courtesy of Alex Snyder Speed of Sound: U.S. Air Force and Australia Conduct Hypersonic Missile Test An experimental rocket, the Hypersonic International Flight Research Experimentation Program 4, blasted off at over a mile-per-second through the ...

Erica Olivera · World

May 22

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Exercise Balikatan Engineers Build Classrooms and Friendships

Courtesy of Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Peter Reft ORMOC CITY, Philippines, May 19, 2017 — U.S. military and Philippine army engineers at Don Carlos Elementary School, on the island of Leyte, worked nonstop to build not only a new classroom for local ...

Erica Olivera · World

May 01

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U.S., Coalition Continue Strikes Against ISIS

Courtesy of Combined Joint Task Force Operation U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria yesterday, conducting 28 strikes consisting of 73 engagements, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent ...

Erica Olivera · World

Apr 24

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Soldiers work to slash terrorist

Courtesy of Sean Kimmons Soldiers work to slash terrorist recruiting by assisting homeless youth in Cameroon GAROUA, Cameroon (Army News Service) — As a child, Kalcheinbe Salamon’s world came crashing down when his father murdered his ...

Erica Olivera · U.S. · World

Apr 11

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U.S. Missile Strike on Syrian Air Base Was Measured Response

Courtesy of Defense Media Activity WASHINGTON, April 10, 2017 — The April 6 U.S. military missile strike that targeted Shayrat airfield in Syria was a measured response to Syrian President Bashar Assad regime’s April 4 chemical weapons attack ...

Erica Olivera · World

Apr 03

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GRACE Mission: 15 Years of Watching Water on Earth

Courtesy of Carol Rasmussen For 15 years, the GRACE mission has unlocked mysteries of how water moves around our planet “Revolutionary” is a word you hear often when people talk about the GRACE mission. Since the twin satellites of the ...

Erica Olivera · World

Mar 13

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Retired Army Colonel Prepares for Space Station Mission

Courtesy of Sean Kimmons When retired Army Col. Mark Vande Hei blasts off into space later this year for a five-month mission aboard the International Space Station, he’ll be proud to play a part in helping advance the human race. Mark ...

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