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  1. The guided-missile destroyer USS Carney, shown here in Souda Bay, Greece, was attacked Sunday in the Red Sea, the Pentagon said, potentially marking a major escalation in a series of maritime attacks in the Mideast linked to the Israel-Hamas war.
  2. The C.W. Bill Young VA Medical Center Campus, part of the Bay Pines VA Healthcare System.
  3. Florida artist, mermaid and veteran Iona Parris teaches a "Military Mermaid" class through the Wounded Warrior Project.
  4. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., leaves the chamber after the Republican-controlled House voted along party lines to censure Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., one of the most outspoken critics of former President Donald Trump, for comments made several years ago about investigations into Trump's ties to Russia, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 21, 2023. Luna, a hard line conservative Republican, led the effort to censure Schiff. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
  5. An Israeli mobile artillery unit is seen in a position near the Israel-Gaza border, Israel, Saturday. Israel on Saturday expanded its ground operation in Gaza with infantry and armored vehicles backed by "massive" strikes from the air and sea, including the bombing of Hamas tunnels, a key target in its campaign to crush the territory's ruling group after its bloody incursion in Israel three weeks ago. [TSAFRIR ABAYOV | Associated Press]
  6. Pharmacists working at the James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital passed a vote of no confidence in leadership of the hospital's pharmacy. They say management's decision to leave several positions vacant is risking the health of patients and causing employee burnout.
  7. The Cross Bay Ferry's Provincetown III leaves the Vinoy Yacht Basin in 2019. On Wednesday, the Hillsborough County Commission is scheduled to consider killing a proposal to run a commuter ferry from South Hillsborough County to MacDill Air Force Base. TIMES (2019)
  8. Doug Maddox, director of Bay Pines National Cemetery, makes a speech during a Memorial Day event. He was allowed to take part even though he is under investigation after employees complained he created a toxic work environment.
  9. Guests line up to board the Cross Bay Ferry docked at the Tampa Convention Center on Nov. 1, 2020, in Tampa. A proposal to run a commuter ferry between South Hillsborough and MacDill Air Force Base in South Tampa is now projected to cost $76 million, a 45% jump over cost estimates two years ago. On Wednesday, a Hillsborough Commission majority voted to consider killing the project Aug. 2.
  10. A KC-135 refueling aircraft flies over the Dale Mabry entrance of MacDill Air Force Base while coming in for a landing in Tampa. A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a former Air Force intelligence officer at MacDill who kept hundreds of classified documents in his Tampa home to three years in prison.
  11. American flags seen by tombstones at Bay Pines National Cemetery in St. Petersburg on Memorial Day weekend.
  12. Joe Vila, Willie Vila, Wilfred Vila, Hector Vila, Robert Vila, Denio Vila and Tony Vila at Vila Brothers Park in 2005. The brothers served in the military, spanning World War II to Operation Desert Storm.
  13. This photo shows a KC-135 refueling aircraft flying over MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa in 2021. A former career airman who once served at Special Operations Command at MacDill is facing possible prison time for mishandling classified documents.
  14. Wind turbines stand at an offshore wind farm in Britain.
  15. Rhys Lynn, the first assistant camera operator, and Virginia Bryant, the unit production manager, are pictured on the set of "Valentine's Town," which filmed in Dunedin in April.
  16. U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Palm Harbor, has written a letter on behalf of Jeremy Michael Brown, a Jan. 6 protester who is facing sentencing over illegally possessing weapons, grenades and a classified document.
  17. This image provided by Betty Seaman shows Navy A-6 Intruder pilot Jim Seaman. Navy Capt. Jim Seaman died of lung cancer at the age of 61. His widow Betty Seaman has been part of a large group of aviators and their surviving spouses who have lobbied Congress and the Pentagon for years to look into the number of cancers aviators and ground crew face. In a new study the Pentagon has found alarmingly higher rates of cancer among aviators than in the U.S. general population, and has further reviews planned. (Betty Seaman via AP)
  18. Ron DeSantis in Iraq.
  19. Former U.S. and Canadian servicemen skydive over Cairo, Egypt, in the documentary "Triple 7," which follows them as they skydive into seven continents in seven days.
  20. A KC-135 refueling aircraft flies over the Dale Mabry entrance of MacDill Air Force Base while coming in for a landing in Tampa in 2021.
  21. Founder Kelly Kowall looks on to the lake behind My Warrior’s Place in Ruskin. Kowall said she remembers kayaking on the lake with her son who died in Afghanistan during his military service in the U.S. Army. The nonprofit is a retreat for veterans, active duty military members, law enforcement officers,firefighters and blue star, silver star and gold star family members impacted by tragedies.
  22. In this photo provided by Brian Branch, a large balloon drifts above the Kingstown, N.C. area, with an airplane and its contrail seen below it. The United States says it is a Chinese spy balloon moving east over America. (Brian Branch via AP)
  23. The Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs said Florida veterans’ nursing homes have empty beds because of staffing shortages.
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