What kind of wall is impervious to bullets, bombs, drills, or tidal waves? A language barrier. The Army's Machine Foreign Language Translation System (MFLTS) punches through that barrier by providing language translation capabilities to individual Soldiers.

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SILVER SPRING, Md. -- Americans rely on the U.S. military to keep them safe from human actors who would do them harm. What Americans might not know is that some service members work around the clock to protect them from microscopic bad guys -- deadly viruses and bacteria.

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U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Task Force Griffin, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, 7th Infantry Division conduct missions in Kunduz, Afghanistan, May 31, 2017. The Griffins are working hard to support U.S. Forces Afghanistan as part of Operation Freedom's Sentinel and Resolute Support Mission.

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WADI SHADIYA, Jordan -- On a hilltop in the country of Jordan, two F-16 Fighting Falcons break the calm morning silence is broken when they drop their explosive payload. As a cloud of powdery dust and shrapnel rise from the target area, the engines of five M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tanks roar to life and move into position atop a hill overlooking a ravine. A radio crackles as a platoon leader's voice pours from the speakers. "Alpha, get ready. Top hat. Top hat. Top hat." Two 62-ton behemoths maneuver forward of the berm. "3. 2. 1. Fire!" With a deafening boom, bursts of flame leap from the main guns. This was the scene at the culminating combined arms live-fire exercise during Eager Lion 2017, a two-week-long multinational combined training exercise. Soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment "Warhorse," 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division built interoperability with their partners during this time.

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U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crews assigned to Task Force Warhawk, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, 7th Infantry Division prepare for and execute a mission near Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, May 27, 2017. The Warhawks are working hard to support U.S. Forces Afghanistan as part of Operation Freedom's Sentinel and Resolute Support Mission.

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Immediately following the U.S. Forces-Afghanistan Memorial Day Observance at Bagram Airfield (BAF), Afghanistan, the 1st Cavalry Division Resolute Support Sustainment Brigade (1CD RSSB) conducted a transfer of authority (TOA) ceremony with the 1st Armored Division Resolute Support Sustainment Brigade (1AD RSSB) May 29.

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CAMP ARIFJAN, KUWAIT - Major General Anthony German, the Adjutant General of New York, got a firsthand look at the missions New York National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are conducting during a May 16-18 visit here.UA-87633511-1

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SINAI PENINSULA, Egypt (5/24/17) - The extraordinary has become routine. A Friday ceremony in which a Minnesota National Guard infantry battalion handed over responsibility for the Multinational Force and Observers mission here to an incoming Massachusetts National Guard infantry battalion might have been newsworthy 16 years ago. Before the 9/11 attacks. In the 16 years since - through innumerable missions fighting America's wars, securing the homeland and strengthening domestic and international partnerships essential to national security - the National Guard transformed from strategic reserve to operational force. And the extraordinary became routine.

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CAMP ARIFJAN, KUWAIT - In Army tradition when a unit departs command their colors are cased and when the incoming unit takes command their colors are uncased. This time honored tradition continued on board the Logistics Support Vehicle - 6 (LSV-6) during a transfer of authority ceremony between the incoming 548th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion (CSSB) and the outgoing 553rd CSSB at Kuwait Naval Base on April 17, 2017.

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U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crews assigned to Task Force Tigershark, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, 7th Infantry Division prepare for and depart for a mission at Operating Base Fenty in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, May 17, 2017. The Tigersharks are working hard to support U.S. Forces Afghanistan as part of Operation Freedom's Sentinel and Resolute Support Mission.

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