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How US Troops Are Working To Help Rescue That Trapped Thai Soccer Team

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U.S. Pacific Command has dispatched 36 service members from Okinawa to Thailand to assist with efforts to rescue 12 boys from a Thai soccer team and their coach, who have been trapped in a cave complex since June 23, a Pentagon spokesman told Task & Purpose.

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Seabee XO's Naked Drunken Jaunt In The Woods Gets Entire Staff Fired

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Since their inception in World War II, the Seabees — the Navy's hard-charging construction force — have summed up their ethos in a simple two-word motto: "Can do."

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Soon, Marines Who Break The Rules May Have To Break Some Rocks With A Hammer

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The Marine Corps is opening a labor camp in Okinawa to “award” informally disciplined Devil Dogs an opportunity to redeem themselves through their sweat and tears.

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Alcohol Banned For Okinawa Troops After Deadly Car Crash Involving Marine With BAC 3 Times The Limit

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The US military has banned the consumption of alcohol for servicemembers after a US Marine struck and killed an Okinawa man in a truck where "alcohol may have been a factor," on Sunday, according to a statement.

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Rescued Sailors’ Dramatic Sea Story Raises Suspicions Among Experts

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Two American women and their dogs were rescued by the U.S. Navy in the Pacific off Japan last week, following nearly six months lost at sea. But emerging details cast doubt on whether their voyage was a harrowing survival tale in the open ocean or a half-cocked, possibly embellished, misadventure.

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