🎖️ Meet Lance Corporal Jacob Rodriguez, one of the proud U.S. Marines serving at the U.S. Mission to International Organizations in Vienna. For LCpl Rodriguez, the Marine Corps opened the door to something greater than himself - a life of service, purpose, and opportunity. Every day he stands post here in Vienna, he carries that calling with him: protecting our diplomats and upholding the values America represents on the world stage. #Freedom250# @StateDeptDSS

🎖️ Meet Lance Corporal Alex Ferguson, one of the U.S. Marines serving at the U.S. Mission to International Organizations in Vienna. For LCpl Ferguson, wearing the uniform means being America's first impression - a responsibility he carries with pride wherever Americans need protection. He stands at the intersection of diplomacy and service, embodying the values, independence, and greatness his country represents. #FacesOfFreedom# @StateDeptDSS

Japan is demanding tighter discipline among American troops after a Marine Corps lance corporal was arrested on suspicion of murdering a woman on the southern island of Okinawa, Tokyo’s top government spokesman said

🇨🇴🇫🇷 A French Foreign Legion soldier went home to Colombia on leave and got kidnapped. The French-Colombian corporal was travelling through Nariño earlier this month when an armed group reportedly realized he was with the Foreign Legion and took him. Colombia believes the group behind it is a breakaway faction of FARC led by Iván Mordisco, the country’s most-wanted guerrilla. These groups already make money from drugs, illegal mining and kidnappings, so a Foreign Legion soldier suddenly landing in their hands is a pretty big catch. Kidnapping for leverage makes sense in their world but a French soldier brings a lot of unwanted baggage with that leverage. Source: France 24 / Writer: Daniyal

This morning, I was honored to visit @HCSOSheriff’s office to recognize Deputies Daniels, Moun, and Louis, Corporal Barnes, and Sergeant Bashner for their bravery. These men are heroes who put their lives on the line to keep Floridians safe, with some being injured in the line of duty. While we can never repay them, we can always honor their selflessness. Please join me in telling them and our entire law enforcement community THANK YOU for all that they do. 🇺🇸

JUST IN: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth honors the 3 Marines who stood on the frontlines during the chaotic withdrawal at Kabul's Abbey Gate five years ago. Gunnery Sergeant Jonathan Eby Corporal Michael Gretzon Lance Corporal Jordan Houston "We're here to look you in the eye and to deliver the recognition you earned five years ago because of what you did at Abbey Gate was not just a display of exceptional tactical skill and bravery. It was the very definition of the warrior spirit that we're reviving here." "They stood in the direct blast zone with minimal cover, fully aware of an imminent suicide threat." "Yet they stayed on that line because they knew that their brothers in arms and thousands of innocents depended on them."

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿☀️ The King has arrived at Balmoral for the summer. Welcomed by a Guard of Honour formed by The Royal Regiment of Scotland, His Majesty also met Corporal Cruachan IV, the Shetland Pony mascot of the Regiment.

My cousin is a sergeant in Japan's army. For fourteen years, he has trained side by side with American soldiers and Marines. In the snow in Hokkaido. On the beaches of California. In the cold of Washington State. Tomorrow is Veterans Day in America. So I asked him to put one question to his unit. "What do you remember about the Americans?" Thirty-one Japanese soldiers answered. "Their sergeants eat last. Every meal. Every day. I asked one of them why. 'Because that's how it's done,' he said. He seemed surprised anybody would ask." (Sergeant, 44) "They complain about everything. The food. The cold. The boots. Then the mission starts, and nobody says a word for fourteen hours." (Corporal, 29) "One American private learned 'arigato' on the first day. He said it to everybody. The cook. Our colonel. A horse." (Private First Class, 23) "They gave me a nickname in about an hour. Ninja. I said I'm from Gunma. They said that's exactly what a ninja would say." (Corporal, 31) "I got homesick in California. A Marine gunnery sergeant drove me forty miles on his day off to a Japanese grocery store. He didn't buy anything. He just waited in the truck." (Sergeant, 36) "In Japan, people don't really thank us. On my first day of training, an American corporal pumped my hand like a well handle and said, 'Thank you for your service.' I thought he was confused. I told him, 'I'm a Japanese soldier.' He said, 'I know.'" (Staff Sergeant, 39) "On the last day, the Americans tried to bow to us. So we saluted, to make it easier for them. They bowed lower. We saluted harder. Two armies stood in a field out-politing each other for a full minute." (Sergeant First Class, 47) One answer was much longer than the others. It came from the unit's sergeant major. He's 55. He retires in the spring. "Winter, 1996. Washington State. I fell through the ice on a creek in full gear. My American partner was a corporal from Montana named Wes. Nobody ordered him in. He came in anyway. Every January for thirty years, I have sent Wes a New Year's card. And every January, the answer from Montana has been the same two words. 'Anytime, brother.'" This year, the unit decided not to wait for January. Thirty-one Japanese soldiers signed one card and mailed it to Montana. In time for Veterans Day. It says two words. So, to every American who ever wore the uniform, from a country where people almost never say it at all: Thank you for your service. Anytime, brothers.

🚨 ELON MUSK SHARES POWERFUL STORY ABOUT HIS GRANDFATHER IN WORLD WAR II Elon Musk opened up about his grandfather who fought in World War II for nearly six years. All his friends were killed and he was the only one who survived. He was severely traumatized and could barely speak afterwards. Most of his service was in East Africa, North Africa, and Italy. He only survived because near the end of the war they gave him an aptitude test as a corporal who never graduated high school. They pulled him out and sent him to work for British intelligence in London where he met Elon's grandmother. Elon reminded everyone that the vast majority of the West fought and died to stop Nazism.