Analysis(Page 20)

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Tech & Tactics

Trump says the US military has super weapons that are even bigger and better than its nuclear arsenal

By Jeff Schogol

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News

The real villain in the Air Force-Trump hotel scandal: the dreaded Defense Travel System, obviously

By Jeff Schogol

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News

These rifles could be the Army’s next weapons of choice

By Jared Keller

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Culture

‘Semper Fi’ looks like the military knockoff of ‘Prison Break’ and ‘The Town’ nobody asked for

By James Clark

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News

The military refuses to explain its questionable claim of having a ‘108% retention rate’ in Afghanistan

By Paul Szoldra

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News

Adm. John Richardson just showed he still doesn’t understand why he failed as Chief of Naval Operations

By Jeff Schogol

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News

Disaster strikes the Pentagon as Popeyes runs out of chicken sandwiches

By Jeff Schogol

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Military Life

6 things to do with your bonus

By T.T. Robinson

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News

No, an Army captain did not forbid his soldiers from having mustaches to raise APFT scores

By Jeff Schogol

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A Russian nuclear accident has killed at least 7 people. What happened remains a state secret

By Jeff Schogol

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Culture

40 years after its release, ‘Apocalypse Now’ is more relevant than ever

By Carl Forsling

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News

ISIS fighters are being forced to do arts and crafts

By Jeff Schogol

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News

How Army PsyOps ended the reign of Joseph Kony in Africa

By Chris Capelluto

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News

3 things not to bring to the Pentagon: a loaded shotgun, a rusted machete, and Jim Beam Vanilla

By Jeff Schogol

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The Royal Navy is eyeing jetpacks for amphibious assaults, which is a terrible idea

By Jared Keller

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Stressed out about passing your PT test? The Air Force has got you covered.

By Jeff Schogol

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Culture

How Hollywood hubris turned ‘The Code’ into the worst military TV series in recent memory

By Jared Keller

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News

Fact or fiction: Congressman claims evidence links Lyme disease to US military bioweapons research

By Jeff Schogol

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News

Trump pulled critical US personnel out of Syria and Iraq. Now ISIS is making a bloody comeback

By Jared Keller

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News

The Air Force has just 7 B-1B Lancer bombers ready for war. It’s supposed to have 10 times as many

By Jared Keller

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News

The Navy’s mission to escort US ships in the Strait of Hormuz sounds more intense than it really is

By Jeff Schogol

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Culture

How to prepare to storm Area 51 and see them aliens

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News

Here’s how the arrest of those 16 Marines at Camp Pendleton actually went down

By Paul Szoldra

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News

An official survey shows Army families are even less happy with their privatized housing

By Haley Britzky

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News

It’s 2019 and the Pentagon only now just got around to removing racist terms from its official government forms

By James Clark

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News

Meet the M1299, the new Army howitzer with twice the range of the Paladin

By Jared Keller

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Tech & Tactics

US troops are increasingly falling to heatstroke during training as the military braces for rising temperatures

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News

Why Maverick is still a captain 30 years after ‘Top Gun,’ according to the Navy

By Jared Keller

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News

New York Times op-ed lauding the Soviet space program is Bolshevik B.S.

By Jeff Schogol

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News

The Corps has lost more than 25,000 Marines to misconduct over the past decade

By Paul Szoldra

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News

Sleep important, Navy finds

By Jared Keller

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News

Gen. Mark Milley warns against prematurely withdrawing from Afghanistan after 18 years

By Jeff Schogol

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News

Some members of Congress are finally realizing that authorizing wars without end is really bad

By Jeff Schogol

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News

Warfighting with the backup squad: 20 of the Pentagon’s top officials are in temp or acting roles

By Jeff Schogol

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Military Life

‘Formation: A Woman’s Memoir of Stepping Out of Line’ shows the military’s blatant disregard for rape victims

By Ryan Leigh Dostie

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News

An online vigilante group that targets sexual predators may have contributed to a sailor’s death

By Jeff Schogol

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News

Trump claims ‘brand new’ World War II Sherman tanks will be part of July 4th salute to US military

By Jeff Schogol

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News

Help us finally solve the mystery of the Pentagon’s purple water fountain

By Jeff Schogol

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Culture

The M14 refuses to die — and we’re OK with that

By Chris Capelluto

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Culture

‘Squad’ is the most realistic tactical shooter on the planet

By Chris Capelluto

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Military Life

These are the states with the highest (and lowest) enlistment rates over the last 5 years

By James Clark

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News

Oh my God, the Marines have a laser now

By Jared Keller

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News

With Shanahan’s departure, it’s the Army’s world — and we’re just living in it

By Haley Britzky

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News

As the US sends 1,000 more troops to Middle East, the Pentagon is a rudderless ship caught in a storm

By Jeff Schogol

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News

Hey Pete Buttigieg. I haven’t met you. This is crazy. Here’s my number. So call me maybe?

By Jeff Schogol

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News

I graded the Army Staff College and its leadership. Now a graduating officer grades my advice

By Jamie Schwandt

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Culture

How to tell your girl about your horrible military tattoo

By Chris Capelluto

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News

US troops are going to make Trump’s wall look pretty with fresh paint on a month-long working party

By Jared Keller

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News

You can thank the Army for National Donut Day

By Sarah Sicard

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News

Two senior Army officers are reportedly still eligible for promotion after failings found during Niger attack

By Jeff Schogol

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News

The Navy needs to fix itself because it keeps screwing up

By Jeff Schogol

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News

The Navy’s top officer isn’t happy about Eric Greitens return to the ranks

By Jeff Schogol

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News

An NSA cyber weapon is reportedly being used against American cities by the very adversaries it was meant to target

By Jared Keller

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Military Life

TurboTax uses a ‘military discount’ to trick US service members into paying to file their taxes

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News

Video Review: The M320 grenade launcher is bulky garbage

By Chris Capelluto

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Military Life

The state with the most active-duty US troops is also too expensive for veterans to retire, study say

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News

Fox News keeps asking the Mafia for tips on fighting ISIS

By Josh Sargent

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News

McRaven: Anyone who calls millennials ‘soft’ has clearly never seen them in a firefight

By Jared Keller

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News

Trump raises questions about killing vs. murder by embracing US troops accused of war crimes

By Jeff Schogol

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News

Rep. Gallego: Shanahan’s involvement in a ‘cover-up’ of the Niger attack is disqualifying

By Jeff Schogol

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Military Life

Young military hopefuls are willing to go to war for their country. Instead, many are losing their lives in school shootings

By Haley Britzky

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News

A soldier who died in Afghanistan is the US military’s fifth non-combat fatality in 3 weeks

By Jeff Schogol

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News

The scooter-riding youths of Austin are proving to be key to Army modernization

By Haley Britzky

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Culture

‘Game of Thrones’ has an air power problem

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