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The crew of the Coast Guard cutter Stratton returned to their home port after a 103-day patrol in the Arctic and Bering Sea, where they worked to reinforce maritime safety, security and national sovereignty in one of the most demanding operating areas in the world.

Defense and security leaders from 19 Western Hemisphere nations worked on a campaign plan to dismantle transnational cartels and narco-terrorist networks during an Americas Counter Cartel Coalition forum in the Dominican Republic.

The War Department embarked this year on new initiatives to strengthen the infrastructure of military installations and to build a new prototype American base, said Dale Marks, assistant secretary of war for energy, installations and environment.

Construction of two new barracks at Marine Corps Base Hawaii has passed the halfway mark, with structural work complete and crews installing building systems and finishing the interior.

Soldiers assigned to the 10th Mountain Division tackled Panama's challenging jungle terrain during a 12-day training course designed to strengthen unit cohesion, develop leaders and sharpen combat skills.

U.S. Marines assigned to the 3rd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, trained alongside Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members during bilateral live-fire ground response training in Okinawa, Japan.