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Could the DC National Guard mission become the Army’s standard for quality of life?

Posted on Nov 3, 2026

My unit took on Ukraine’s ‘Nemesis’ drone hunters. Here’s what really happened.

By Capt. Allan W. Watson

Posted on Sep 3, 2026

How do you memorialize a war whose legacy is still being written?

Posted on Jul 3, 2026

How does the Iran war end?

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Apr 2, 2026

Is it possible to have ‘accountability’ for the War in Afghanistan?

By Jeff Schogol, James Clark

Posted on May 23, 2025

What is going on in Syria and what the hell does it mean for US troops?

By Alex Plitsas

Posted on Dec 18, 2024

Why veterans filing VA claims should be using a ‘buddy statement’

By Christopher Aragao

Posted on Jul 26, 2022

No one wants to join the Army this year. Here’s how to fix it

By Daniel Johnson, James Machado

Posted on Jul 25, 2022

How I found meaning in Memorial Day over coffee with a Russian

By Brandon Caro

Posted on May 30, 2022

Retired Army Lt. Col. Allen West embarrasses himself in one-man push-up contest

By Paul Szoldra

Updated on May 7, 2021

New report confirms that excusing bad military housing with high occupancy rates is total BS

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Dec 3, 2019

How we found out the Army let hundreds of soldiers back in after previously kicking them out — and all kinds of other sh*t

Posted on Oct 29, 2019