This week in the military, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin officially ordered the renaming of many U.S. military bases that once held the names of Confederate rebels; the U.S. Army cut women’s uniform allowances while marginally raising the allowance for men in the service; and the Department of Veterans Affairs Caregiver program has seen many shake-ups in the last year -- the latest marked a win for potential caregivers, allowing approved guardians to bring VA-supported care to pre-2001 veterans.
TORA! TORA! TORA! performs at the Red River Thunder airshow at Altus Air Force Base in Oklahoma. The demonstration is meant to show what bombings and aerial maneuvers at Pearl Harbor looked like. (Senior Airman Kayla Christenson/U.S. Air Force)
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Marines hold on for a bumpy ride on a combat rubber raiding craft during a training exercise off the coast of the Philippines. (Sgt. Danny Gonzalez/U.S. Marine Corps)
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Retired U.S. Army Col. Gregory Gadson participates in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington, Virginia. Gadson spoke at the ceremony as part of the National Disability Employment Awareness Month. (Elizabeth Fraser/Arlington National Cemetery)
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Members of Japan’s Self-Defense Force fire a missile during a joint-U.S. training exercise at Hokkaido, Japan. (Cpl. Diana Jimenez/U.S. Marine Corps)
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The U.S. Coast Guard assists residents of Florida in the wake of Hurricane Ian. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jamie Mealor)
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-- Drew F. Lawrence can be reached at drew.lawrence@military.com. Follow him on Twitter @df_lawrence.
![Members of Bashar Assad's army line up to register with Syrian rebels in Damascus, Syria.](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2024-12/ApNewsroom_Syria_93981.jpg?itok=KtmjProB "Members of Bashar Assad's army, or a pro-government militia, line up to register with Syrian rebels as part of an "identification and reconciliation process" in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)")
![A Danish soldier onboard the Danish warship Esbern Snare.](http://images05.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2024-12/ApNewsroom_Cyprus_Syria_83465.jpg?itok=FpC0C1Xo "FILE - A Danish soldier onboard the Danish warship "Esbern Snare" as the Danish cargo ship Ark Futura, background, transports Syria's dangerous chemical weapons out of the strife-torn country, out of Cyprus coastal city of Larnaca, on Tuesday, May 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File)")
