Here's why it's an aircraft carrier tradition to catapult a pair of boots

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A pair of boots wait to be launched from the flight deck during a boot shoot.
Cmdr. Dennis Metz's boots wait to be launched from the flight deck during a boot shoot.

US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Bill M. Sanders

Satellite images reveal Egypt has been quietly building a 16-foot wall on its border with Gaza

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New satellite images show Egypt is building a 16-foot wall around an 8-square-mile buffer zone but has offered no explanation.

Watch the new US Navy supercarrier USS John F. Kennedy catapult heavy cars into a river to make sure the warship can handle planes

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The aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) is the second ship in the Gerald R. Ford class, the Navy's newest class of nuclear aircraft carriers.
The aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) is the second ship in the Gerald R. Ford class, the Navy's newest class of nuclear aircraft carriers.

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US Airman dead after lighting himself on fire in an 'extreme' act of protest against the war in Gaza

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Secret Service agents near the Israeli embassy in Washington DC.
Secret Service agents near the Israeli embassy in Washington DC after a man set himself on fire there on February 25, 2024.

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A longtime Russia ally suspended participation in Putin's NATO rival after calling it ineffective

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Yerevan on November 23, 2022

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Ukraine is preparing multiple battle plans for 2024 after last year's leaked straight to Putin, Zelenskyy says

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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, seated in a dark green sweater, holds a microphone at a press conference on February 25, 2024.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a press conference on February 25, 2024.

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A decadelong secret partnership between the CIA and Ukraine has been critical for lethal operations against Russia: NYT

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A Ukrainian soldier runs near an anti-air missile system.
A Ukrainian soldier runs to position as the 72nd Brigade Anti-air unit prepares to fire a Strela-10 anti-air missile system.

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Zelenskyy says Ukraine has suffered a 'big loss' of 31,000 soldiers during the war — less than half of US estimates

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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks on February 25, 2024 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy pictured speaking on February 25, 2024 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

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A video appears to show a lone Ukrainian soldier fending off 10 Russian soldiers in close-quarter trench battle

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A Ukrainian serviceman fires a machine gun in Serebrianskyi Forest on December 2, 2023 in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine.
A Ukrainian serviceman fires a machine gun in Serebrianskyi Forest on December 2, 2023 in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine.

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Footage appears to show Ukrainian drones destroying prized Russian armor, including a rare 'Terminator' tank, left in an unlocked warehouse

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A Russian weaponry cache being destroyed by Ukrainian drones.
A Russian weaponry cache being destroyed by Ukrainian drones.

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