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AKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian navy ships searched Thursday for a submarine that likely sank too deep to retrieve, making survival chances for the 53 people on board slim. Authorities said oxygen in the submarine would run out by early Saturday. The diesel-powered KRI Nanggala 402 was participating in a training exercise Wednesday when it missed …

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Any Marine operating or riding in a waterborne amphibious assault vehicle will now get a supplemental emergency breathing device, Military.com has learned. The Marine Corps has lifted its servicewide suspension on water operations for AAVs after one sank off the coast of California in July 2020. Eight Marines and one sailor riding inside drowned when …

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A bipartisan group of lawmakers is again moving to change the Department of Veterans Affairs‘ motto to be more inclusive toward women and LGBTQ troops after the effort failed during the Trump administration. The VA’s current motto, in use since 1959, quotes President Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural address in 1865: “To care for him who …

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