Defense News Minute Oct. 17, 2018

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Navy Reserve retention bonuses on the rise | Defense News Weekly Full Episode 8.7.26

The Navy ups the ante for recruiting and retaining Reserve sailors, and a service medal is revived by the Pentagon. Plus, a tour of a military museum.
Navy deploys GARC uncrewed surface vessel in first live-fire exercise

The Navy showed off its first live-fire exercise of the GARC surface vessel in dramatic attack footage on a decommissioned ship.
D-Day beaches become UNESCO World Heritage sites

Officials said the beaches where Allied troops landed in 1944 to fight Nazi forces were an enduring cultural and historical site.
France deploys military aircraft to fight wildfires

France’s military deployed an Airbus A400M aircraft to help fight out-of-control wildfires burning west of the wine city of Bordeaux in late July 2026.