WASHINGTON  — With a nod to Israel’s increasingly normalized relations with the Arab world, the Pentagon is reorganizing its global command structure to include the Jewish state in the military sphere managed by the head of U.S. Central Command. The shift, from U.S. European Command to the command that overseas U.S. military relations and operations …

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Those enrolled in the Department of Veterans Affairs caregiver program will receive COVID-19 vaccines at roughly the same time as the veterans they assist, according to new information provided by the VA. The department plans to provide testing and vaccines to those in the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers when the enrolled veteran …

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The recent easing of tensions between Israel and some of its Arab neighbors has prompted the U.S. to shift responsibility for military operations in Israel to the Middle East-focused U.S. Central Command rather than U.S. European Command. Department of Defense officials said the new geopolitical situation in the Middle East subsequent to the Abraham Accords …

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A U.S. airman based in Italy has died because of the coronavirus, family and friends say, which would mark the first active-duty death in the Air Force and the fourth such death among active-duty service members. Aviano Air Base is investigating what caused the death Tuesday of Tech. Sgt. Michael W. Morris, 36, an HH-60 …

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Defense Department officials have delayed a meeting on whether to fire the president of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, or USUHS, a retired Army two-star general who has led the military medical school for nearly five years. According to a source with knowledge of the proposed dismissal of Dr. Richard Thomas, a …

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