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Sexual assault across the military decreased last year, according to the Pentagon’s latest official figures released Aug. 21.
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Former Air Force Secretary James G. Roche Dies at 86
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James G. Roche, the 20th Secretary of the Air Force from 2001-2005, died Aug. 4. He was 86. As Secretary, Roche led the Air Force through the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and subsequent preparations and campaigns in Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003.
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U.S. Space Command officials say they’re on track to relocate 200 personnel from Colorado Springs, Colo., to Huntsville, Ala., by the end of this year as part of a multiyear transition of the command’s headquarters.