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  1. 23 minutes ago

    Maria Daume, a recruit, pushes an ammunition can during the Crucible, a 54-hour culminating training event, on Parris Island, S.C.

    10 replies 45 retweets 116 likes
  2. 4 hours ago

    "It's good to be back and I'm grateful to serve alongside you as Secretary of Defense." -- Secretary James Mattis

    80 replies 551 retweets 1,701 likes
  3. 4 hours ago

    Military experts are working with civilian researchers on an alternative to socket-based prosthetics for amputees.

    6 replies 60 retweets 228 likes
  4. 8 hours ago

    There's no place like home! VMA-542 return home after a six-month deployment. Welcome home!

    Marines return home
    VMA-542 Marines come home.
    35 replies 291 retweets 1,308 likes
  5. 11 hours ago

    At the "Salute to Our Armed Services Ball," honored troops… and danced the night away.

    35 replies 194 retweets 704 likes
  6. 12 hours ago

    New technology could allow secure info to be processed on handheld devices without routing through secure data centers.

    19 replies 97 retweets 253 likes
  7. 15 hours ago

    WATCH LIVE: The Salute to Our Armed Services Ball at 10:00 p.m. EST on .

    10 replies 105 retweets 373 likes
  8. 16 hours ago

    Congratulations to James Mattis, our 26th Secretary of Defense. Welcome, sir!

    239 replies 3,507 retweets 8,509 likes
  9. 16 hours ago

    is about resilience of American institutions, Chairman of Dunford Says.

    18 replies 102 retweets 389 likes
  10. 20 hours ago

    : 72 years ago, as neared its end, President Franklin D. Roosevelt was inaugurated to his fourth term.

    This Week in History
    Seventy-two years ago this week, as World War II neared its conclusion, President Franklin D. Roosevelt was inaugurated to his fourth term, Jan. 20, 1945.
    18 replies 208 retweets 452 likes
  11. 20 hours ago

    We're along the Inaugural Parade route. Are you here? Reply and share your best photos with us!

    33 replies 133 retweets 493 likes
  12. 23 hours ago

    Next up at : the band will lead the Presidential Escort from the Capitol, a since 1925.

    , , and 2 others
    3 replies 66 retweets 273 likes
  13. 22 hours ago

    WATCH LIVE: reviews the troops on the East Front of the U.S. Capitol at 2:40 p.m. EST on .

    7 replies 89 retweets 224 likes
  14. Jan 20

    Spc. Jacob Lopez of proud to represent Army .

    7 replies 70 retweets 291 likes
  15. 24 hours ago

    is working closely with the new administration to ensure things run smoothly during the transition.

    38 replies 174 retweets 450 likes
  16. Jan 20

    Chairman of says is about America & "the resilience of our institutions."

    6 replies 71 retweets 134 likes
  17. Jan 20

    WATCH LIVE: The 58th Presidential at 11 a.m. EST on .

    13 replies 83 retweets 199 likes
  18. Jan 20

    Did you know? Five thousand service members from all branches will participate in today's .

    Task Force Provides Inauguration Coordination
    Joint Task Force National Capital Region is responsible for coordinating all military ceremonial support on behalf of inaugural and congressional committees.
    40 replies 531 retweets 1,298 likes
  19. Jan 20

    Rise and grind! head out for a sunrise run during training at Fort Stewart, Ga.

    7 replies 71 retweets 339 likes
  20. Jan 19

    : has allowed this father-son duo to reconnect & pass on valuable life lessons.

    4 replies 37 retweets 156 likes

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