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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

Analysis

This Air Force drone just proved it can be a ‘Grunt Angel’ in a war with China

By David Roza

Posted on Aug 10, 2022

Analysis

How the MiG-29 went from the ‘bad guy’ plane to the underdog against Russia

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 10, 2022

Analysis

Experts doubt China is gearing up to invade Taiwan under the guise of training

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 3, 2022

Analysis

How do 50-ton tanks end up as toys for trigger-happy civilians? Inside the Pentagon’s flawed ‘demilitarization’ process

By Jasper Craven

Posted on Aug 3, 2022

Analysis

Why the US probably used a missile full of swords to take out Al Qaeda’s leader

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 2, 2022

Analysis

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

Analysis

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

Analysis

Ex-Marine booted for extremist activities accused of calling for Nazi-inspired mass rape and murder

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 27, 2022

Analysis

A-10 pilot explains how the Warthog’s depleted uranium rounds turn tank armor against itself

By David Roza

Posted on Jul 27, 2022

Analysis

These European armies are giving a glimpse at how militaries will adapt to climate change

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 24, 2022

Analysis

Air Force pits helicopter pilots against Russian-made Hinds in rare mock battle

By David Roza

Posted on Jul 19, 2022

Analysis

Ukrainian partisans target Russian sympathizers as the war enters a bloody new stage

By Michael Godwin

Posted on Jul 18, 2022

Analysis

Fake Marine to spend at least 2 years in prison for defrauding $250,000 from veterans charities

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 13, 2022

Analysis

Why it’s suddenly so much harder to get promoted in the Air Force

By David Roza

Posted on Jul 13, 2022

Analysis

A top Marine lawyer admitted to once doing nothing as troops beat a ‘young gay Marine,’ investigation finds

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 13, 2022

Analysis

Air Force F-16 pilot explains how he dodged 6 missiles during insane Gulf War mission

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 11, 2022

Analysis

Trench warfare, precision missiles and armed motorcycle units: Why the war in Ukraine looks increasingly anachronistic

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 9, 2022

Navy Ship USS Bonhomme Richard Burns At Naval Base In San Diego

Analysis

A Navy warship burned while commanders argued over who was in charge

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 6, 2022

army Mobile Protected Firepower m10 booker combat vehicle

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Why the Army refuses to call its new light tank a ‘light tank’

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 1, 2022

Analysis

The hidden costs for US troops after the downfall of Roe v. Wade

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Jun 28, 2022

Analysis

US vet on the front line says Ukrainians need better infantry gear to beat the Russians

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jun 27, 2022

Analysis

Congress is bringing back the idea of a ‘limited’ nuclear war

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jun 24, 2022

Analysis

What Russia’s capture of US vets means for Americans fighting in Ukraine

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Jun 23, 2022

Analysis

Do beards actually break the seal of gas masks?

By David Roza

Updated on May 19, 2022

Analysis

Inside the fragile partnership between US troops and Taliban fighters in Kabul

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Feb 9, 2022

Russian citizens evacuated from Kazakhstan

Analysis

Russian troops are battle-hardened but Ukraine would be their biggest test in decades

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 12, 2022

Analysis

Navy’s toxic water crisis in Hawaii may be related to a fuel leak from 8 months ago

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Jan 11, 2022

Analysis

A shadowy drone force keeps attacking US troops

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 10, 2022

Task & Purpose photo composite showing the Pentagon alongside a less than stellar report card for 2021.

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The Pentagon’s 2021 report card: Cs, a couple Fs, and an incomplete

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Dec 31, 2021

An Oklahoma National Guard soldier stands watch along a perimeter fence near the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2021.

Analysis

The ruling in Oklahoma’s COVID vaccine lawsuit has deep implications for the National Guard

By Max Hauptman

Posted on Dec 30, 2021

A photo composite showing Richard Marcinko, the founding commander of Navy SEAL Team 6, and U.S. Navy SEALs in the background.

Analysis

How SEAL Team 6 founder Richard Marcinko shaped America’s modern-day special operations forces

By Max Hauptman

Updated on Dec 28, 2021

Analysis

Why a company guilty of ‘pervasive fraud’ remains one of the Pentagon’s biggest landlords

By David Roza

Posted on Dec 28, 2021

Analysis

The next Russian invasion of Ukraine will be too big to hide, and Russia doesn’t care

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Dec 22, 2021

Analysis

How the Sgt. Maj. of the Army earned two Bronze Stars with Valor

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Dec 21, 2021

Analysis

This Space Force birthday cake is bleak and empty, much like space itself

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Dec 20, 2021

Analysis

The Navy is rusting away thanks to a crushing deployment cycle

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on Dec 17, 2021

An Oklahoma Army National Guard soldier at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, Jan. 17, 2021. (U.S. National Guard photo by Sgt. Anthony Jones)

Analysis

The National Guard’s COVID-19 vaccine mutiny has spread to 6 states

By Max Hauptman

Posted on Dec 16, 2021

Analysis

Navy has little direct evidence tying sailor to fire that destroyed $1.4 billion warship

By Marty Graham

Posted on Dec 15, 2021

Analysis

Guantanamo Bay prison has outlasted the War in Afghanistan and it’s not going anywhere

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Dec 10, 2021

Analysis

Why military officers are commanding fewer enlisted troops than ever before

By David Roza

Posted on Dec 9, 2021

Analysis

This might replace the hot, uncomfortable helmet Air Force pilots have worn since the 1980s

By David Roza

Updated on Dec 3, 2021

Analysis

Americans used to trust the military more than the rest of the government, but now even that’s fading

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on Dec 3, 2021

Analysis

You can actually buy MRE toilet paper, but why the hell would you?

By James Clark

Updated on Nov 29, 2021

Analysis

The Oklahoma National Guard leader is waging a medical mutiny against the Pentagon’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on Nov 17, 2021

Analysis

How one airman fixed the Air Force’s night vision problem with a 4-cent chunk of plastic

By David Roza

Updated on Nov 17, 2021

Analysis

The military keeps finding it did nothing wrong when it investigates itself

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on Nov 16, 2021

Analysis

America’s special operations force is facing an identity crisis

By Kevin Maurer

Updated on Nov 16, 2021

Analysis

No ‘surrender’ — What really happened between US and British Marines at a training exercise

By Andrew Milburn

Updated on Nov 16, 2021

Analysis

This is the Army’s plan to keep incompetent leaders from making command sergeant major

By Haley Britzky

Updated on Nov 15, 2021

Analysis

The Pentagon has said for years that tackling sexual assault is a top priority. A new report shows just the opposite

By Haley Britzky

Updated on Nov 12, 2021

Analysis

Why we should never forget the shameful treatment of Black service members

By Daniel Johnson

Updated on Nov 11, 2021

Analysis

Sorry, but the real Marine Corps birthday is in July

By Paul Szoldra

Updated on Nov 10, 2021

Analysis

What it’s like to jump out of a plane strapped to an Army paratrooper who’s done it 6,000 times

By Haley Britzky

Updated on Oct 28, 2021

Analysis

Kill the CAC? Why some people really want the military’s ID cards to go away

By David Roza

Updated on Oct 21, 2021

U.S. Forces Conduct Operations In Northern Syria

Analysis

Attack on US troops in Syria underscores that America is still very much at war

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on Oct 21, 2021

Analysis

There’s a good reason why this Air Force general only wears 3 ribbons on his dress uniform

By David Roza

Updated on Oct 19, 2021

Analysis

Leaked documents reveal just how concerned the Marine Corps was about Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller’s call for ‘revolution’

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on Oct 17, 2021

Analysis

The active-duty Army is facing a record suicide rate. Leaders have no idea how to fix it

By Haley Britzky

Updated on Oct 14, 2021

Analysis

The true story of how Army paratroopers traded dip for a Toyota gun truck used to secure the Kabul airport

By Haley Britzky

Updated on Oct 12, 2021

Analysis

The Pentagon’s hottest new catchphrase sounds a lot like its old one

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Oct 9, 2021

Analysis

This Air Force unit you’ve never heard of made the Afghan airlift possible

By David Roza

Updated on Oct 6, 2021

Analysis

Inside the office of a one-star Army general that 100% of soldiers rated ‘hostile’

By Haley Britzky

Updated on Oct 4, 2021

Analysis

‘Left to the devils’: How red tape and paperwork errors betrayed America’s Afghan allies

By Drew F. Lawrence

Updated on Sep 30, 2021

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

This Air Force drone just proved it can be a ‘Grunt Angel’ in a war with China

How the MiG-29 went from the ‘bad guy’ plane to the underdog against Russia

Experts doubt China is gearing up to invade Taiwan under the guise of training

How do 50-ton tanks end up as toys for trigger-happy civilians? Inside the Pentagon’s flawed ‘demilitarization’ process

Why the US probably used a missile full of swords to take out Al Qaeda’s leader

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

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

Ex-Marine booted for extremist activities accused of calling for Nazi-inspired mass rape and murder

A-10 pilot explains how the Warthog’s depleted uranium rounds turn tank armor against itself

These European armies are giving a glimpse at how militaries will adapt to climate change

Air Force pits helicopter pilots against Russian-made Hinds in rare mock battle

Ukrainian partisans target Russian sympathizers as the war enters a bloody new stage

Fake Marine to spend at least 2 years in prison for defrauding $250,000 from veterans charities

Why it’s suddenly so much harder to get promoted in the Air Force

A top Marine lawyer admitted to once doing nothing as troops beat a ‘young gay Marine,’ investigation finds

Air Force F-16 pilot explains how he dodged 6 missiles during insane Gulf War mission

Trench warfare, precision missiles and armed motorcycle units: Why the war in Ukraine looks increasingly anachronistic

A Navy warship burned while commanders argued over who was in charge

Why the Army refuses to call its new light tank a ‘light tank’

The hidden costs for US troops after the downfall of Roe v. Wade

US vet on the front line says Ukrainians need better infantry gear to beat the Russians

Congress is bringing back the idea of a ‘limited’ nuclear war

What Russia’s capture of US vets means for Americans fighting in Ukraine

Do beards actually break the seal of gas masks?

Inside the fragile partnership between US troops and Taliban fighters in Kabul

Russian troops are battle-hardened but Ukraine would be their biggest test in decades

Navy’s toxic water crisis in Hawaii may be related to a fuel leak from 8 months ago

A shadowy drone force keeps attacking US troops

The Pentagon’s 2021 report card: Cs, a couple Fs, and an incomplete

The ruling in Oklahoma’s COVID vaccine lawsuit has deep implications for the National Guard

How SEAL Team 6 founder Richard Marcinko shaped America’s modern-day special operations forces

Why a company guilty of ‘pervasive fraud’ remains one of the Pentagon’s biggest landlords

The next Russian invasion of Ukraine will be too big to hide, and Russia doesn’t care

How the Sgt. Maj. of the Army earned two Bronze Stars with Valor

This Space Force birthday cake is bleak and empty, much like space itself

The Navy is rusting away thanks to a crushing deployment cycle

The National Guard’s COVID-19 vaccine mutiny has spread to 6 states

Navy has little direct evidence tying sailor to fire that destroyed $1.4 billion warship

Guantanamo Bay prison has outlasted the War in Afghanistan and it’s not going anywhere

Why military officers are commanding fewer enlisted troops than ever before

This might replace the hot, uncomfortable helmet Air Force pilots have worn since the 1980s

Americans used to trust the military more than the rest of the government, but now even that’s fading

You can actually buy MRE toilet paper, but why the hell would you?

The Oklahoma National Guard leader is waging a medical mutiny against the Pentagon’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate

How one airman fixed the Air Force’s night vision problem with a 4-cent chunk of plastic

The military keeps finding it did nothing wrong when it investigates itself

America’s special operations force is facing an identity crisis

No ‘surrender’ — What really happened between US and British Marines at a training exercise

This is the Army’s plan to keep incompetent leaders from making command sergeant major

The Pentagon has said for years that tackling sexual assault is a top priority. A new report shows just the opposite

Why we should never forget the shameful treatment of Black service members

Sorry, but the real Marine Corps birthday is in July

What it’s like to jump out of a plane strapped to an Army paratrooper who’s done it 6,000 times

Kill the CAC? Why some people really want the military’s ID cards to go away

Attack on US troops in Syria underscores that America is still very much at war

There’s a good reason why this Air Force general only wears 3 ribbons on his dress uniform

Leaked documents reveal just how concerned the Marine Corps was about Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller’s call for ‘revolution’

The active-duty Army is facing a record suicide rate. Leaders have no idea how to fix it

The true story of how Army paratroopers traded dip for a Toyota gun truck used to secure the Kabul airport

The Pentagon’s hottest new catchphrase sounds a lot like its old one

This Air Force unit you’ve never heard of made the Afghan airlift possible

Inside the office of a one-star Army general that 100% of soldiers rated ‘hostile’

‘Left to the devils’: How red tape and paperwork errors betrayed America’s Afghan allies

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