What Air Force boot camp instructors go through in training

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Military training instructors are responsible for training new recruits at the United States Air Force's 7 ½-week basic military training. But before they're certified to train new recruits in boot camp, they must graduate from the eight-week military training instructor school.

How the military's largest cafeteria feeds 4,500 soldiers in 90 minutes

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Slagel Dining Facility is the largest dining facility in the Department of Defense. It serves 12,000 meals a day.

Ukraine made the naval drones sinking Russian warships 'deadlier' by arming them with bigger warheads, general says

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A Sea Baby drone.
A Sea Baby drone.

Screengrab via UNITED24/Ukrainian government

Russia's fear of putting its planes in danger may be the very thing getting them shot down, experts say

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A member of the Ukrainian Territorial Defence Forces walks beside the blue remnants of a Ukrainian jet with rubble and a house behind him
Ukrainian Territorial Defence Forces inspect the remains of a Russian Sukhoi Su-34 in Chernihiv, Ukraine, April 6, 2022

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US soldiers are fighting to get back lost skills for war in the 'most challenging environment on the planet,' Army general says

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U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 11th Airborne Division, ready to defend their objective outside of Utqiagvik, Alaska as part of Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Training Center 24-02, Feb. 15, 2024.
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German warship accidentally opened fire on an American drone, nearly costing the US another Reaper in its Red Sea fight

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The frigate F 221 Hessen of the German Bundesmarine navy leaves its home port Wilhelmshaven for the Mediterranean Sea on Feb. 8, 2024.
The frigate F 221 Hessen of the German Bundesmarine navy leaves its home port Wilhelmshaven for the Mediterranean Sea on Feb. 8, 2024.

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Ukraine says it shot down 3 Russian Su-34 fighter-bombers in a single day to cap off a rough month for Russia's air force

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Sukhoi Su-34 jet fighter-bomber of Russian Air Force performs its demonstration flight at MAKS-2015 airshow near Zhukovsky, Moscow Region, Russia.
Sukhoi Su-34 jet fighter-bomber of Russian Air Force performs its demonstration flight at MAKS-2015 airshow near Zhukovsky, Moscow Region, Russia.

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German chancellor appeared to suggest that British and French soldiers have helped Ukraine fire 'deep-strike' missiles at Russian targets, report says

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz addresses a joint press conference with Ireland's Prime Minister following talks at the Chancellery in Berlin on February 22, 2022. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / POOL / AFP) (Photo by JOHN MACDOUGALL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz seen in Berlin on February 22, 2022.

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Russia is building momentum off its Avdiivka win and pushing deeper before Ukraine can get new defenses up

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Ukrainian soldiers get out of a military vehicle in a location given as Avdiivka, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, in this screen grab taken from a video released Feb. 17, 2024.
Ukrainian soldiers get out of a military vehicle in a location given as Avdiivka, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, in this screen grab taken from a video released Feb. 17, 2024.

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Video shows a Russian soldier surrendering by following written instructions dropped from a drone

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Drone surrender
"If you want to live, follow the bird across the field," reads a note dropped by a drone to a surrendering Russian soldier.

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