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Ships of the US Navy Sixth Fleet visit Barcelona, Spain, in 1956. 

How US sailors kicked off Barcelona’s tourism industry in the 1950s

History

At first, sailors with the US 6th Fleet brought in a flair of modernity and freedom. Over time, public opinion toward their influence in Spain changed. 

Members of San Diego's LGBT community gather to celebrate the expiration of the U.S. military policy "Don't Ask Don't Tell," September 20. 2011.

New White House guidelines leave transgender service members and vets in limbo

Justice
A gash can be seen in the destroyer, the USS John S. McCain, after a collision with civilian ship on Monday

US Navy pauses global operations and fires an admiral after another collision at sea

Conflict
Cancer cluster investigations are notoriously difficult, but civilian and military personnel who've worked at Gitmo are increasingly alarmed.

Working at the Gitmo US military base might cause cancer

Health
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How undocumented high-schoolers from Arizona beat MIT at the nation’s top robotics competition

Arts
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The End of US Dual Ocean Navy Defense?

Congress and Franklin Roosevelt’s administration passed the Two-Ocean Navy Act in 1940, during World War II. Since then, the nation’s domestic military defense has been based on a simultaneous naval defense on the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. But with the announcement Thursday of an eight percent decrease in U.S. military spending, there was also the […]

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China Admits to Building Aircraft Carrier

Conflict & Justice

The head of China’s General Staff of the notoriously secretive People’s Liberation Army, General Chen Bingde, has confirmed that the country is building an aircraft carrier. Damien Grammaticas of the BBC has seen the ship.

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