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Bomber crews need better food on the flight line, says celebrity chef Robert Irvine
“The flight line is more of a food desert than the base as a whole because access to a broad food selection is necessarily curtailed because of the logistics and hours of operation,” a retired crew chief said.
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Airmen criticize Air Force’s use of AI in suicide prevention training as ‘uncomfortable and odd’
The service says AI-generated presenters standardize its training. Some airmen say using AI for such a human crisis instead made the message feel “cold and unnatural.”
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Tracking America’s latest conflict: The Iran war timeline
To date, at least 19 American service members have been killed and hundreds more wounded.
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USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. comes home after 10 months at sea
The ship defended Navy assets against ballistic missiles amid the U.S. war with Iran.
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Army publishes guidebook to help NCOs manage the barracks
The new guidebook isn’t policy, Army officials said, but is meant to help noncommissioned officers better understand their duties in the barracks.
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First Space Force guardians graduate from Army jungle school in Panama
Two officers completed the 18-day-long jungle warfare and survival course, amid a larger U.S. military focus on Latin America.
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USS Theodore Roosevelt arrives in Pacific ahead of anticipated Middle East deployment
The USS Theodore Roosevelt deployed after Navy leaders said they applied lessons from the USS Abraham Lincoln’s extended Middle East deployment.
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More than three dozen sailors and Marines wounded this month in support of the Iran war
The new casualties, revealed quietly last week, mark a sharp uptick in both services’ wounded in the war since the start of summer.
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5 arrested in suspected terror plot at UK base used by US Air Force
Counterterrorism authorities cordoned off the area outside of the base, which is used as a staging ground for B-1B and B-52 bombers.
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Former Fort Hood soldier sentenced to nearly six years for hacking, extortion plot
Cameron Wagenius took part in a months-long scheme to steal sensitive data and ransom it off, while an active duty Army soldier.
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Four airmen receive the Distinguished Flying Cross for Kabul evacuation actions
The crew of a C-17A landed in a chaotic situation and dealt with several mid-air emergencies to safely get hundreds of evacuees out of Afghanistan.
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The Navy’s shipyard upgrades could take 50 years, cost $200 billion
A new report from the Government Accountability Office found that the massive program lacks regular evaluations and risks running up its costs.
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Largest Army base in South Korea has no running water over holiday weekend
Officials at Camp Humphreys, South Korea, said a mechanical failure cut water service across the base, with repairs delayed during the three-day Chuseok harvest holiday.
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UN report says drug boat strikes are war crimes. What does that mean for US troops?
“That door gunner may […] know barely anything about what’s going on,” one Air Force special operations veteran said. “They know they’re going after some kind of drug traffickers, and that’s it.”
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Thunderbird’s 360-camera captured pilot’s safe ejection during crash
The demonstration team flies with 360-degree cameras to review daily training and airshows. When one of the jets crashed in December, its camera kept recording.
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1st Infantry Division soldiers deploy to Lithuania in ongoing effort to deter Russia
A scheduled Army rotation continues the U.S. military presence in Lithuania as Washington reduces troop levels elsewhere in Europe.
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Top Army drill sergeant says basic training isn’t just about being tough: ‘We have to operate with empathy’
Sgt. 1st Class Kevin Harrington says it helps as a drill sergeant if you’re “naturally born loud,” but mentoring is at the heart of the job.
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