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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on June 22, 2025. (Andrew Harnik via Getty Images)
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The Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Nevada departs its homeport of Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, Washington, for a scheduled patrol on December 16, 2021. (US Navy Photo by Ian Zagrocki)
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The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan leads a mass formation of ships from Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, France, Canada, Australia, and the US during Rim of the Pacific drills in the Pacific on July 24, 2010. (US Navy photo by Robert Taylor)
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US soldiers coordinate boat movement during a wet-gap crossing operation as part of joint military drills Dęblin, Poland, on May 13, 2022. (Army National Guard Photo)
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Two Air Force F-15s fly alongside a KC-135 aerial refueling aircraft over Okinawa, Japan, on April 5, 2013. (US Air Force Photo by Maeson L. Ellerman)
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Mansu Hill Grand Monument in Pyongyang, North Korea, on January 2, 2017. (Wikimedia Commons)
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Xi Jinping votes at the closing ceremony of the Twentieth Party Congress at the Great Hall of the People on October 22, 2022, in Beijing, China. (Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)
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Joe Biden departs on the South Lawn of the White House on October 12, 2022, in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
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The Republic of Korea and United States conduct combined attack squadron flight and precision bombing drills on October 4, 2022, in South Korea, following North Korea’s ballistic missile launch. (ROK Joint Chiefs of Staff).
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