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From the barracks to bikinis: Former Air Force mechanic now a fitness model (HOT PHOTOS)

Hope Howard of Destin, Florida, enlisted with the US Air Force right after graduating from high school. Shortly after, she was deployed, aged 19 to the Middle East!

Upon returning from her last tour the now 26-year-old decided to pursue her dream of becoming a model.

Now has more than 500,000 fans on Instagram…

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Rex Tillerson on being the US Secretary of State: ‘I didn’t want this job’

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in an interview published Tuesday that he did not want or seek the position and only took it because his wife convinced him to do it.

“I didn’t want this job. I didn’t seek this job,” Tillerson told IJR in an interview with the sole reporter allowed to accompany him on his recent Asia trip. “My wife told me I’m supposed to do this.”

Cruise operators eyeing Piraeus port upgrade

Greek port representatives and cruise operators presented ambitious and detailed plans to large and small cruise company representatives in dozens of one-to-one meetings at a global fair in Florida in the United States last week. What's more, this is in a year when cruise ship calls are set to drop 30 percent in Greece, along with a 10-15 percent drop in passengers.

Greek cruise sector to battle decline at Seatrade

Managers of Greek ports (including Piraeus's Cosco) and entrepreneurs in the local cruise tourism sector are battling to contain the anticipated drop in cruise traffic this year and to correct the country's course in 2018. This week all eyes will be on the global cruise industry's biggest annual rendezvous, Seatrade Cruise Global 2017, which opens on Monday in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

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