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THE TOPLINE: An active-duty U.S. soldier died last week from COVID-19, the Army confirmed Tuesday, marking the military’s second active-duty death and 14th death overall during the pandemic.
Sgt. Setariki Korovakaturaga, a 43-year-old soldier assigned to the 44th Expeditionary Signal Battalion, 2nd Theater Signal Brigade in Baumholder, Germany, died last Wednesday while en route to the hospital, U.S. Army Europe and Africa said in a news release.
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Visits to U.S. Space Command finalists will be done by the end of next week as the Pentagon prepares to make a final decision next month.
The Space Force is working on a new accelerator program just for universities to debut in Spring 2021.