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The Marine Corps Can’t Seem To Hold Onto A Few Good Men

By Jared Keller

Posted on Mar 14, 2018

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Afghanistan Is Not A Forever War, Its Ambassador Tells T&P

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 14, 2018

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Is the Navy’s ‘Fat Leonard’ Scandal Damaging American Ties In The Pacific?

By Tom Ricks

Posted on Mar 14, 2018

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Trump Just Proposed A ‘Space Force’ That His Generals Definitely Don’t Want

By Jared Keller

Posted on Mar 14, 2018

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This Marine’s Punishment Shows The Corps Is Finally Cracking Down On Hazing

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 13, 2018

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This Is One Of The Biggest Reasons Why The Deadly Ambush In Niger Won’t Be The Last

By Jared Keller

Posted on Mar 9, 2018

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The Army Handed Off War Dogs To Whoever Would Take Them Fast, But It’s Okay, They’re Sorry

By James Clark

Posted on Mar 8, 2018

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The Pentagon Says Everyone Who Watches Or Just Mentions A Disturbing Video Is Helping ISIS

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 6, 2018

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How To Eat Everything, According To The Army’s Retro Survival Guide

By Jared Keller

Posted on Mar 3, 2018

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Combat Troops Have Been Complaining About The M4 And M16 For Years. Now The Pentagon Is Doing Something About It

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 1, 2018

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Here’s Why The Military’s New Retirement System May Not Be So Bad

By Carl Forsling

Posted on Feb 28, 2018

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Trump Was Right: The Navy’s New Aircraft Catapult Is No Match For ‘Goddamned Steam’

By Jared Keller

Posted on Feb 28, 2018

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More Active Troops Are Using Private Mental Health Care Over The DoD’s. Here’s Why

By James Clark

Posted on Feb 27, 2018

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‘We’re Already Here’: A Renewed Transgender Ban Would Kill This Seasoned Army Grunt’s Long Career

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 24, 2018

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Here’s What The Army’s Proposed Gender-Neutral Combat Test Really Looks Like

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 23, 2018

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What Do Combat Vets Think Of Trump’s Proposal To Arm Teachers Against School Shootings?

By Jared Keller

Posted on Feb 22, 2018

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A Fallen Cadet Lived His Ideals To The End. What About The Rest Of Us?

By Adam Weinstein

Posted on Feb 21, 2018

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Unclear Whether New DoD Policy Requires Combat Wounded To Actually Deploy Or Separate

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 19, 2018

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Here’s What You Need To Know About A New Ruling Linking Burn Pits And Lung Disease

By James Clark

Posted on Feb 17, 2018

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The Navy’s Electromagnetic Railgun Is Both Alive And Dead

By Jared Keller

Posted on Feb 17, 2018

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Quote Of The Day: The Army Simply Doesn’t Understand Maneuver Warfare

By Tom Ricks

Posted on Feb 16, 2018

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A Damning DoD Report Just Blew A Hole In The Army IG’s Sexual Misconduct Defense

By Jared Keller

Posted on Feb 15, 2018

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The Navy’s Urinal-Free Brand New Supercarrier Is A Big Fat Mess

By Jared Keller

Posted on Feb 13, 2018

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The Trump Military Buildup Has Begun With DoD’s Proposed Budget

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 13, 2018

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2017 Was Tough For Veterans Nonprofits. Here’s How To Weather 2018

By Chris Ford

Posted on Feb 12, 2018

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The Problem With America’s Dark Obsession With The Military Sniper

By Jared Keller

Posted on Feb 9, 2018

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Pro-Assad Forces In Syria Attack US Troops, Leave Sadder But Wiser

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 8, 2018

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What South Korea And The US Need To Understand About North Korea

By Robert Collins

Posted on Feb 8, 2018

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‘Continuum Of Harm’: The Military Has Been Fighting Sexual Assault In Its Ranks For Decades, But Women Say It’s Still Happening

By Stephanie Russell-Kraft

Posted on Feb 7, 2018

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Why The Government Can’t Stop Elon Musk’s Flamethrower, According To A Former ATF Weapons Expert

By Jared Keller

Posted on Feb 6, 2018

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The Pentagon Is Shifting US Combat Power From Iraq to Afghanistan — Again

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 6, 2018

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Leading US Neo-Nazi Turns Out To Be A Military Faker

By Adam Weinstein

Posted on Feb 5, 2018

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After Iran Kidnapped US Troops, A Scrappy New Jersey Law Firm Went After The Banks It Says Helped Them Do It

By Aaron Gell

Posted on Feb 5, 2018

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US Revives Idea Of Limited Nuclear War That Doesn’t Destroy The Planet

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 3, 2018

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Here’s What We Know About China’s Secretive Electromagnetic Railgun

By Jared Keller

Posted on Feb 2, 2018

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Not Enough Veterans Are Opting Into The VA’s Test Plan To Fix Appeals

By James Clark

Posted on Feb 2, 2018

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Report: The ‘Fat Leonard’ Scandal Turned The Navy’s Most Important Command Ship Into A Booze-Soaked Party Yacht

By Jared Keller

Posted on Feb 2, 2018

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After A False Start, The VA’s Vet ID System Finally Works

By James Clark

Posted on Jan 30, 2018

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The Army’s Brand New Handgun Already Has Some Major Problems

By Jared Keller

Posted on Jan 30, 2018

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The Truth About Multi-Level Marketing Businesses And How They Hurt Military Members

By Crispin Burke

Posted on Jan 29, 2018

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The future of Afghanistan may depend on Afghan Commandos

By Marty Skovlund Jr.

Posted on Jan 29, 2018

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The Air Force’s ‘Ultimate Battle Plane’ Has A Major Gun Problem

By Jared Keller

Posted on Jan 25, 2018

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Check Out All The Weird Pricey Swag DoD Bigwigs Get From Foreign Dignitaries

By Adam Weinstein

Posted on Jan 25, 2018

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North Korea Isn’t Just A Threat — It’s A Distraction

By Jared Keller

Posted on Jan 24, 2018

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The Pentagon Is Woefully Unprepared For The Global War On Terror’s African Front

By Jared Keller

Posted on Jan 23, 2018

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The 1st SFAB’s Afghan Deployment Is A Moment Of Truth For The Global War On Terror

By Jared Keller

Posted on Jan 23, 2018

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The Obstacles Facing VA In Its Fight To End Veteran Homelessness

By James Clark

Posted on Jan 22, 2018

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The 5 Biggest Threats Facing The US Military, A Year Into Trump’s Presidency

By Jared Keller

Posted on Jan 22, 2018

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DoD To T&P: Stop Calling Our Syrian Border Force A ‘Border Force’

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 19, 2018

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Is The Air Force Still Secretly Plotting To Kill The A-10 Warthog?

By Jared Keller

Posted on Jan 18, 2018

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10 Years On, The Iraq Surge May Offer Our Best Hope For Afghan Stability

By Adam Linehan

Posted on Jan 18, 2018

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Is There A Russian Angle To Trump’s Recent Crackdown On Pakistan?

By Tom Ricks

Posted on Jan 17, 2018

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The Army Is Learning To Love The Stinger Missile — Again

By Jared Keller

Posted on Jan 16, 2018

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Combat Is No Longer Off The Table For Marines In Afghanistan

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 16, 2018

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What You Should Know About Hawaii’s Ballistic Missile False Alarm, According To A Former Navy Emergency Manager

By Shawn VanDiver

Posted on Jan 14, 2018

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SNAFU Strands US Army Howitzers At German Rest Stop

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 12, 2018

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Russia Is Trying To Blame The US For An Unsettling Attack On Its Syria Airbase

By Jared Keller

Posted on Jan 11, 2018

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This Is One Of US Military Planners’ Greatest Fears In A War With North Korea

By Jared Keller

Posted on Jan 9, 2018

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The Marine Corps Is Ending The ‘Assaultman’ Infantry MOS. Here’s Why

By James Clark

Posted on Jan 4, 2018

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Should Presidents Be Required To Physically Murder An Aide In Order To Launch Nukes?

By Adam Weinstein

Posted on Jan 4, 2018

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The Navy’s Next Fix For Sleepy Crews Could Be… Rose-Colored Glasses

By Adam Weinstein

Posted on Dec 29, 2017

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Converse’s New Combat-Style Kicks Cost $150, But They’re Still Cheaper Than Enlisting

By James Clark

Posted on Dec 27, 2017

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The Pentagon’s Delicate Dance On Climate Change

By Jared Keller

Posted on Dec 22, 2017

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8 years after my last deployment, I returned to Afghanistan — here’s what I found

By Marty Skovlund Jr.

Posted on Dec 20, 2017