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A New Book Takes A Close Look At Israel’s History Of Assassinating Foes

By Katherine Voyles

Posted on Jun 21, 2018

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Pentagon Reporters Asked Mattis About Immigration, And It Didn’t Go Well

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jun 20, 2018

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Why Did The Military Keep A Neo-Nazi Marine But Boot That ‘Commie Cadet’?

By Jared Keller

Posted on Jun 20, 2018

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Socrates the Military Analyst? What He Thought Made an Effective General

By Tom Ricks

Posted on Jun 19, 2018

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Army’s ‘Commie Cadet’ Disciplined; Masses Fail To Rise Up

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jun 18, 2018

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Only A Quarter Of US Service Member Deaths Since 2006 Occurred At War

By Jared Keller

Posted on Jun 15, 2018

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President Trump Saluted A North Korean General And The Media Lost Their Minds

By Adam Weinstein

Posted on Jun 14, 2018

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What If The Trump-Kim Summit Wasn’t Really About Nuclear Disarmament?

By Tom Ricks

Posted on Jun 13, 2018

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How Often Do Officers Actually Desert?

By Tom Ricks

Posted on Jun 12, 2018

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The Navy Dodged More Terrible Headlines With McCain Skipper’s Guilty Plea

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on May 30, 2018

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A Mullet-Wearing Marine Recruit Showed Up To Boot Camp Ready To Party

By Paul Szoldra

Posted on May 23, 2018

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The Trump White House Has Given Us The Dumbest Challenge Coin Of All Time

By Adam Weinstein

Posted on May 22, 2018

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5 Irrational Reasons Military Leaders Hate Red Teaming

By Jamie Schwandt

Posted on May 22, 2018

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More US Troops In Niger Were Nearly Wiped Out During Ambush And Chaotic Rescue

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on May 17, 2018

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Fitzgerald CO’s Attorneys Claim The Navy Is Trying To Smear Him In Negligent Homicide Case

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on May 17, 2018

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The DIA Studied Warp Drives, Wormholes, And Manipulating Space-Time For Some Reason

By Paul Szoldra

Posted on May 15, 2018

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Watch Tim Kennedy Dive Head First Into The Torture Debate With Dubious Backyard Science

By Jared Keller

Posted on May 14, 2018

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Military Leaders Sent Them On A Hasty, Ill-Planned Mission — And Are Now Blaming Them

By Paul Szoldra

Posted on May 10, 2018

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The Air Force’s Answer To Its Aviation Crisis: A Symbolic Half-Measure That ‘Won’t Solve The Problem’

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on May 8, 2018

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Why Is The Mississippi National Guard Bigger Than New York’s?

By Tom Ricks

Posted on May 8, 2018

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The Navy Turns Out The Public Affairs Lights After The Fat Leonard Scandal, And Other Military Mischief

By Tom Ricks

Posted on May 7, 2018

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That ‘Jade Helm’ Conspiracy Freakout Was Spurred By Russian Bots, Ex-Intel Chief Says

By Adam Weinstein

Posted on May 4, 2018

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Report: 10 Navy SEALs Face Separation For Drug Abuse Amid New Investigation

By Jared Keller

Posted on May 4, 2018

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Report: Green Berets Are Quietly Waging A New Ground War In Yemen

By Jared Keller

Posted on May 3, 2018

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Marine Corps Commandant: ‘We’re The Mujahideen’ In Afghanistan

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on May 3, 2018

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The War In Afghanistan Is (Still) Going Terribly

By James Clark

Posted on May 1, 2018

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The White House Knew Ronny Jackson Had Issues And Covered It Up

By Adam Weinstein

Posted on May 1, 2018

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More Sexual Assaults Are Reported In The Military, But Fewer Cases Are Going To Trial

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on May 1, 2018

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3 Reasons The Legendary B-52 Bomber Will Outlive All Of Us

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Apr 26, 2018

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Ronny Jackson Was Allegedly Known As ‘Candy Man’ For Doling Out Prescriptions. He’ll Fit Right In At The VA

By Jared Keller

Posted on Apr 26, 2018

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A ‘Post-ISIS Insurgency’ Is Gaining Steam In Northern Iraq, Analysts Say

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Apr 25, 2018

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The Punisher And Spartans Are Apparently Too Threatening For One Powerful Army

By Jared Keller

Posted on Apr 25, 2018

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How The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter May Have Benefited from Soviet Technology

By Brad Howard

Posted on Apr 24, 2018

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US Troops To Show They Can Do Dog And Pony Shows Just As Well As The French

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Apr 24, 2018

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Army Memo Saying Soldiers Got Bad Anthrax Vaccinations Is Horsesh*t

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Apr 19, 2018

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Congress Is About To Rein In The Forever War… Just Kidding!

By Paul Szoldra

Posted on Apr 18, 2018

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Woman’s Bizarre Assault On 2 Army Captains In Georgia Restaurant Goes Viral

By Adam Weinstein

Posted on Apr 17, 2018

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The VA May Soon Be Forced Into Medical Marijuana Research. Finally

By James Clark

Posted on Apr 17, 2018

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UK’s Top Sgt Major Rips Racist Soldiers A New One In Twitter Video

By Adam Weinstein

Posted on Apr 13, 2018

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The Army Wants To By Thousands Of New M16 Rifles, But Not For US Soldiers

By Jared Keller

Posted on Apr 12, 2018

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The Air Force’s Futuristic Laser Cannon May Never Get Off The Ground

By Jared Keller

Posted on Apr 12, 2018

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The Biggest Problems Facing Military Aviation, According To An Army Aviator

By Crispin Burke

Posted on Apr 11, 2018

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US Troops Have Fought ISIS In Direct Ground Combat More Than You Think

By Paul Szoldra

Posted on Apr 10, 2018

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Navy SEALs Can Explain Everything To You

By Paul Szoldra

Posted on Apr 10, 2018

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Is The Direct Commissioning Of Cyber Warriors Actually Working?

By Tom Ricks

Posted on Apr 9, 2018

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The 6 Words That Perfectly Describe Advise-And-Assist Missions, Per The Army

By Jared Keller

Posted on Apr 6, 2018

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What’s With All These People Suddenly Trying To Breach Security At US Military Bases?

By Jared Keller

Posted on Apr 6, 2018

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After 5 Deaths In 2 Days, US Military Aviation Is In A Full-Blown Crisis

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Apr 5, 2018

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The Swedish Military Can’t Retain Enough Troops. Here’s Why

By Carl-Johan Karlsson

Posted on Apr 4, 2018

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Obama Let Veterans Down In The Last Census. Trump Is Going To Repeat The Mistake.

By Adam Weinstein

Posted on Mar 28, 2018

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What The Meeting Between Kim And Xi Might Have Been Like

By Tom Ricks

Posted on Mar 28, 2018

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Does It Actually Matter Who Runs The VA? Yes. Here’s Why

By James Clark

Posted on Mar 27, 2018

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John Bolton, Trump’s New War Consigliere, Dodged The ‘Already Lost’ Vietnam War

By Adam Weinstein

Posted on Mar 26, 2018

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Paul Bremer, Ski Instructor: Learning To Shred With The Bush Administration’s Iraq War Fall Guy

By Aaron Gell

Posted on Mar 26, 2018

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DoD: Trump’s Ban Will Not Stop Our Transgender Recruiting And Retention — For Now

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 24, 2018

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The Pentagon Is Really Ramping Up The High Quality Bullsh*t About Afghanistan

By Paul Szoldra

Posted on Mar 23, 2018

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Drones Aren’t F*&king Magic, People

By Kelsey Atherton

Posted on Mar 22, 2018

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The Marine Corps’ New Rifle Is Super Expensive — And No One Knows Why

By Jared Keller

Posted on Mar 21, 2018

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A ‘Temporary’ Measure To Save The VA Could Actually Kill It. Here’s How

By Jasper Craven

Posted on Mar 20, 2018

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15 Years After The US Overthrew Saddam Hussein, Iraq Is Still At War With Itself

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 19, 2018

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The Anatomy Of A Bullsh*t SAS Sniper Story

By Paul Szoldra

Posted on Mar 19, 2018

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Putin’s Biggest Enemies Threw A Powwow Just To ‘Piss Him Off.’ Here’s What They Said

By Aaron Gell

Posted on Mar 19, 2018

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We Asked Gen. Petraeus Whether The Iraq War Was Really Worth It. Here’s What He Said.

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 17, 2018

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Why Tanks Need 4 Crew Members, Not 3

By Col. Rich Creed, U.S. Army

Posted on Mar 15, 2018