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August 23, 2014 at 7:34am

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Alpha Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion throw coffee pots on Range 210F at Camp Pendleton, California. Original photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher J. Moore

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Two suicide bombers in Iraq killed at least 17 people in apparent revenge attacks after a major assault on a Sunni mosque heightened sectarian tensions.

Unidentified war planes attacked positions of an armed faction in the Libyan capital Tripoli today.

An armed Chinese fighter jet aggressively confronted a U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon surveillance aircraft earlier this week over international waters in the South China Sea.

America, Take Note: China's five military game-changers.

In Case It Wasn't Clear: U.S. considers ISIS's murder of James Foley a terrorist attack.

U.S. Central Command released two new videos Friday on its YouTube page of military Aug. 18 airstrikes on Islamic State targets in Iraq.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called for an urgent resumption of peace talks as violence continued unabated in the Gaza Strip.

According to NATO, the Russian military moved artillery units with Russian military personnel into Ukraine over the past few days and is firing on Ukrainian forces.

Trucks from a bitterly disputed Russian aid convoy to rebel-held eastern Ukraine rolled back across the border into Russia.

An American veteran has been killed in Ukraine while helping in the fight against Russian-backed separatists near the border.

The government's release of records relating to the downing of a Chinook helicopter in 2011 that killed 30 U.S. troops has been unsatisfactory, according to a complaint filed by conservative group Freedom Watch.

Less armor, but more protection?: The new, high-tech push to improve military vehicles.

Talks to reboot the military-themed comedy Enlisted via Yahoo's emerging video service ended without a deal.

John Oliver's Ferguson piece: It's worth watching Oliver's commentary on the shocking events that have taken place in Ferguson, Mo.

A teaser for the new Tarantino film has leaked.

This video of the evolution of Nike shoes since 1971 is pretty cool.

Overly attached ice bucket challenge ...

LINK: Original photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher J. Moore

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