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Former Navy SEAL under fire for gunshot wound story used in campaign for Senate

Posted on Apr 8, 2024

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Traumatic brain injuries linked to risk of brain cancer

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Feb 16, 2024

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Troops and veterans don’t like ‘Thank You For Your Service’ — so what’s better?

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Nov 9, 2023

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Blood brothers: In the Pacific, US medics may soon use blood from allies

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Nov 6, 2023

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Report: Special operations forces need to rethink language training

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Nov 1, 2023

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Two-thirds of Americans think the Afghanistan war wasn’t worth fighting

By Matt White

Posted on Oct 20, 2023

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What are EFP bombs?

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Sep 21, 2023

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How can you ‘Never Forget’ 9/11 if you weren’t born to remember it?

By Matt White

Posted on Sep 11, 2023

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Here are all the US military units receiving the Presidential Unit Citation for the Kabul evacuation

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 1, 2023

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What is happening inside the Afghan resistance?

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 17, 2023

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What’s happened since the Taliban took over Afghanistan?

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 15, 2023

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The Pentagon didn’t refuse to pay $60,000 to fly fallen Marine Nicole Gee to Arlington [Updated]

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 26, 2023

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Taliban moving captured US military vehicles and Soviet tanks to Iranian border

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jun 1, 2023

General Mark Milley chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

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Who was General Mark Milley before he was ‘The Chairman’?

By James Clark

Posted on May 9, 2023

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Taliban kill ISIS leader responsible for Abbey Gate bombing that killed 13 US troops

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Apr 26, 2023

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Lone Survivor: The Afghan war movie America needs

By Brian Adam Jones

Posted on Apr 17, 2023

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Biden administration still insists Afghanistan had 300,000 security forces before Kabul fell

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Apr 7, 2023

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Washington Post blasted over editorial that suggested cutting veterans’ disability benefits

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Apr 4, 2023

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Afghanistan rescue missions are Hollywood’s latest military movie fad

By Max Hauptman

Posted on Mar 21, 2023

Sgt Maj. of the Marine Corps Troy Black.

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The Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps reflects on his biggest leadership regret and ‘living with guilt’

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 17, 2023

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Wounded Abbey Gate Marine delivers powerful testimony to Congress

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 9, 2023

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Why Afghanistan’s security forces collapsed, according to a scathing new US government watchdog report

By Jared Keller

Posted on Feb 28, 2023

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What it was like for US troops at Kabul airport when the chaotic withdrawal began: ‘I thought I was going to die’

By David Roza

Posted on Jan 25, 2023

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How airmen used a single Google Doc to save thousands of lives during Afghan airlift

By David Roza

Posted on Jan 16, 2023

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Christmas in, Christmas out: A holiday deployment story

By Brett Allen

Posted on Dec 24, 2022

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Afghan interpreter rescued by Marine officer denied visa to stay in US

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Dec 8, 2022

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‘Land, load ’em, go’ — How Army helicopter crews risked their lives to save 10,000 during Afghanistan evacuation

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Dec 7, 2022

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A matter of life and death: How this crew chief kept the planes flying during the Kabul evacuation

By David Roza

Posted on Nov 23, 2022

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How the documentary ‘Retrograde’ captured the last months of the war in Afghanistan

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Nov 22, 2022

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What Americans are getting wrong about veterans

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Nov 11, 2022

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‘Fuck it’

By Ben Kesling

Posted on Nov 1, 2022

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Russia is reportedly trying to recruit former Afghan commandos to fight in Ukraine

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Oct 26, 2022

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Healthcare, the economy, reproductive rights: what matters most to veterans in the midterm elections

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Oct 25, 2022

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Air Force to award 96 Distinguished Flying Crosses, 12 Bronze Stars for heroic Afghan airlift

By David Roza

Posted on Oct 21, 2022

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‘Don’t quit’ and other lessons from a legendary Air Force PJ’s 26-year career

By David Roza

Posted on Oct 19, 2022

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The end of the brown beret: Air Force special ops squadron shuts down after 28 years advising allied aviators

By David Roza

Posted on Oct 10, 2022

A U.S. Marine from the 3/5 Lima company points his rifle at a building as it burns in the restive city of Fallujah,14 November 2004, 50 kms west of Baghdad, Iraq. (AFP photo by Patrick Baz via Getty Images)

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Who gets to call themselves a ‘combat veteran’?

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Oct 10, 2022

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Lawmakers want to replace ‘thank you for your service’ with something even more meaningless

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Oct 4, 2022

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This Marine was nearly killed in Afghanistan. Then came the hard part

By Peter Molin

Posted on Sep 21, 2022

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Air Force may need another 6 months to clear backlog of awards for Afghanistan withdrawal

By David Roza

Posted on Sep 20, 2022

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Navy veteran held in Afghanistan for 2 years released in exchange for Taliban drug lord

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 19, 2022

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Lack of training, maintenance likely led to Taliban pilot crashing Black Hawk, military aviator explains

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 12, 2022

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Corps official admits Marine at Trump rally was in iconic video of baby rescue at Kabul airport

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 8, 2022

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Why Star Wars’ Boba Fett is the ultimate Special Forces soldier

By Edward Salo

Posted on Sep 1, 2022

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The Army grounds its fleet of CH-47 Chinooks, one of its oldest and most versatile aircraft

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 31, 2022

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As the world moves on, veterans of the Afghanistan withdrawal struggle to join them

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Aug 29, 2022

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‘We were in shock’ — Loved ones remember Marine killed in Abbey Gate bombing one year ago

By Francisco Martinezcuello

Posted on Aug 26, 2022

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Special operations vets hid a woman being hunted by the Taliban. Now comes the hard part

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Aug 22, 2022

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Afghanistan left a ‘moral injury’ on American veterans. Here’s how they can start healing

By Scott Mann

Posted on Aug 18, 2022

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‘Those treatments saved my life’: The veterans who turn to psychedelic treatments for PTSD healing

By Ethan E. Rocke

Posted on Aug 18, 2022

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Here’s how the US military can win a war against China

By David Geaney

Posted on Aug 17, 2022

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This Marine wasn’t about to let his Afghan interpreter get captured by the Taliban

By Kacy Tellessen

Posted on Aug 17, 2022

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From Saigon to Kabul: Vietnam vets tell Afghanistan vets how to cope with anniversary of the Taliban’s victory

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 15, 2022

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The Air Force is shuttering a pair of critical programs that trained foreign air forces in Afghanistan and beyond

By Ethan Brown

Posted on Aug 12, 2022

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‘We never understood what winning meant’ — A decorated Marine Raider reflects on the fall of Kabul

By Elliot Ackerman

Posted on Aug 9, 2022

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New Predator film ‘Prey’ shows why insurgencies are so hard to beat

By Daniel Johnson

Posted on Aug 9, 2022

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The 82nd Airborne awarded soldiers for the Kabul evacuation, then took the medals back for now

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 9, 2022

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Trump reportedly didn’t want wounded warriors in his military parade because it wouldn’t ‘look good’

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Aug 8, 2022

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A new memoir from a decorated Marine Raider captures the horrors of the Afghanistan withdrawal

By Elliot Ackerman

Posted on Aug 8, 2022

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Senate finally passes PACT Act, clearing the way for care for veterans exposed to burn pits

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Aug 3, 2022

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How did the US kill an Al Qaeda top leader despite an uneasy agreement with the Taliban? It’s complicated

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 2, 2022

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Jon Stewart: Stop playing political games with veterans’ lives

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 1, 2022

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The Global War on Terrorism Service Medal will no longer be a freebie

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 29, 2022

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Veterans just got screwed out of a massive expansion to VA health care over some petty political BS

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 29, 2022

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Latest in Afghanistan War

Former Navy SEAL under fire for gunshot wound story used in campaign for Senate

Traumatic brain injuries linked to risk of brain cancer

Troops and veterans don’t like ‘Thank You For Your Service’ — so what’s better?

Blood brothers: In the Pacific, US medics may soon use blood from allies

Report: Special operations forces need to rethink language training

Two-thirds of Americans think the Afghanistan war wasn’t worth fighting

What are EFP bombs?

How can you ‘Never Forget’ 9/11 if you weren’t born to remember it?

Here are all the US military units receiving the Presidential Unit Citation for the Kabul evacuation

What is happening inside the Afghan resistance?

What’s happened since the Taliban took over Afghanistan?

The Pentagon didn’t refuse to pay $60,000 to fly fallen Marine Nicole Gee to Arlington [Updated]

Taliban moving captured US military vehicles and Soviet tanks to Iranian border

Who was General Mark Milley before he was ‘The Chairman’?

Taliban kill ISIS leader responsible for Abbey Gate bombing that killed 13 US troops

Lone Survivor: The Afghan war movie America needs

Biden administration still insists Afghanistan had 300,000 security forces before Kabul fell

Washington Post blasted over editorial that suggested cutting veterans’ disability benefits

Afghanistan rescue missions are Hollywood’s latest military movie fad

The Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps reflects on his biggest leadership regret and ‘living with guilt’

Wounded Abbey Gate Marine delivers powerful testimony to Congress

Why Afghanistan’s security forces collapsed, according to a scathing new US government watchdog report

What it was like for US troops at Kabul airport when the chaotic withdrawal began: ‘I thought I was going to die’

How airmen used a single Google Doc to save thousands of lives during Afghan airlift

Christmas in, Christmas out: A holiday deployment story

Afghan interpreter rescued by Marine officer denied visa to stay in US

‘Land, load ’em, go’ — How Army helicopter crews risked their lives to save 10,000 during Afghanistan evacuation

A matter of life and death: How this crew chief kept the planes flying during the Kabul evacuation

How the documentary ‘Retrograde’ captured the last months of the war in Afghanistan

What Americans are getting wrong about veterans

‘Fuck it’

Russia is reportedly trying to recruit former Afghan commandos to fight in Ukraine

Healthcare, the economy, reproductive rights: what matters most to veterans in the midterm elections

Air Force to award 96 Distinguished Flying Crosses, 12 Bronze Stars for heroic Afghan airlift

‘Don’t quit’ and other lessons from a legendary Air Force PJ’s 26-year career

The end of the brown beret: Air Force special ops squadron shuts down after 28 years advising allied aviators

Who gets to call themselves a ‘combat veteran’?

Lawmakers want to replace ‘thank you for your service’ with something even more meaningless

This Marine was nearly killed in Afghanistan. Then came the hard part

Air Force may need another 6 months to clear backlog of awards for Afghanistan withdrawal

Navy veteran held in Afghanistan for 2 years released in exchange for Taliban drug lord

Lack of training, maintenance likely led to Taliban pilot crashing Black Hawk, military aviator explains

Corps official admits Marine at Trump rally was in iconic video of baby rescue at Kabul airport

Why Star Wars’ Boba Fett is the ultimate Special Forces soldier

The Army grounds its fleet of CH-47 Chinooks, one of its oldest and most versatile aircraft

As the world moves on, veterans of the Afghanistan withdrawal struggle to join them

‘We were in shock’ — Loved ones remember Marine killed in Abbey Gate bombing one year ago

Special operations vets hid a woman being hunted by the Taliban. Now comes the hard part

Afghanistan left a ‘moral injury’ on American veterans. Here’s how they can start healing

‘Those treatments saved my life’: The veterans who turn to psychedelic treatments for PTSD healing

Here’s how the US military can win a war against China

This Marine wasn’t about to let his Afghan interpreter get captured by the Taliban

From Saigon to Kabul: Vietnam vets tell Afghanistan vets how to cope with anniversary of the Taliban’s victory

The Air Force is shuttering a pair of critical programs that trained foreign air forces in Afghanistan and beyond

‘We never understood what winning meant’ — A decorated Marine Raider reflects on the fall of Kabul

New Predator film ‘Prey’ shows why insurgencies are so hard to beat

The 82nd Airborne awarded soldiers for the Kabul evacuation, then took the medals back for now

Trump reportedly didn’t want wounded warriors in his military parade because it wouldn’t ‘look good’

A new memoir from a decorated Marine Raider captures the horrors of the Afghanistan withdrawal

Senate finally passes PACT Act, clearing the way for care for veterans exposed to burn pits

How did the US kill an Al Qaeda top leader despite an uneasy agreement with the Taliban? It’s complicated

Jon Stewart: Stop playing political games with veterans’ lives

The Global War on Terrorism Service Medal will no longer be a freebie

Veterans just got screwed out of a massive expansion to VA health care over some petty political BS

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