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Lone Survivor: The Afghan war movie America needs
This isn’t the first time a service member has leaked sensitive intelligence
Ben Ferencz, the last Nuremberg prosecutor, has died at the age of 103
Biden administration still insists Afghanistan had 300,000 security forces before Kabul fell
Washington Post blasted over editorial that suggested cutting veterans’ disability benefits
Senate votes to repeal authorization for Iraq wars
How a team of scientists are exploring the remnants of a World War II battlefield at Guam
Afghanistan rescue missions are Hollywood’s latest military movie fad
How the Battle of Nasiriyah foreshadowed the long slog of the Iraq War
‘Shock and awe’: The Iraq War started 20 years ago with a wave of airstrikes
The Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps reflects on his biggest leadership regret and ‘living with guilt’
Wounded Abbey Gate Marine delivers powerful testimony to Congress
20 years after invading Iraq, US troops are still holding things together there
Why Afghanistan’s security forces collapsed, according to a scathing new US government watchdog report
How Green Beret Paris Davis’ teammates fought the Pentagon for his Medal of Honor
A brief history of the Pentagon’s efforts to track and identify UFOs
The real story behind how an A-10 Warthog ended up with a cow kill marking
That time a US Navy submarine got a confirmed kill on a train during WWII
The Army once developed a sim round to mimic a nuclear explosion
The F-22s that downed China’s spy balloon had call signs named for this WWI fighter ace
What it was like for US troops at Kabul airport when the chaotic withdrawal began: ‘I thought I was going to die’
US, Germany reportedly closer to providing tanks to Ukraine
How a Cold War spy plane went from watching the Soviets to watching the weather for NASA
Fighter pilot to receive Navy Cross more than 70 years after classified dogfight with 7 Soviet jets
How airmen used a single Google Doc to save thousands of lives during Afghan airlift
This WWII OSS manual shows that being annoying at work is the best form of sabotage
When did Marines really start eating crayons: An investigation
Former POW recalls captivity in Vietnam on New Year’s Eve 1972, months before his release
US troops conducted 313 missions and killed 686 ISIS fighters in 2022
Inside ‘The Hangover Raid’ — The WWII air battle of New Year’s Day, 1945
This is what happens when Navy pilots land on the wrong aircraft carrier
Silent night: Christmas in Ramadi amid violent insurgency
The complicated truth about the famous ‘Christmas Truce’ of World War I
Christmas in, Christmas out: A holiday deployment story
Remembering the ‘Christmas bombings’ of the Vietnam War’s twilight, 50 years later
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Navy warship USS Fallujah honors 2 of the hardest-fought battles of the Iraq War
Five hospitalized at US Army base in Germany after World War II-era bomb leaks
That time Gen. Douglas MacArthur ‘stopped’ WWII to celebrate the Army-Navy game
Afghan interpreter rescued by Marine officer denied visa to stay in US
How a Navy ‘assault team’ once stole all four of West Point’s treasured mules
‘Land, load ’em, go’ — How Army helicopter crews risked their lives to save 10,000 during Afghanistan evacuation
A brief look back at the Army’s long lost blue air assault beret
How a single ship made Thanksgiving happen in Europe at the height of WWII
A matter of life and death: How this crew chief kept the planes flying during the Kabul evacuation
These 100-year-old Marine Corps cartoons show that some things never change
How the documentary ‘Retrograde’ captured the last months of the war in Afghanistan
Korean War soldier’s remains identified after more than seven decades
This is what the US military’s first ‘DD-214’ looked like
What Americans are getting wrong about veterans
That time the Army tried to develop a missile guided by pigeons
That time Air Force surgeons disarmed a ‘human bomb’ in Vietnam
That time Pepsi promised to give away an actual fighter jet
The US military is still struggling to figure out social media
Jet packs and helmet radios: what the Army’s 1959 ‘soldier of the future’ got right and wrong
‘Fuck it’
The Marine Corps’ fitness test from the 1950s wasn’t that hard
Why the Air Force uses a ‘chicken gun’ to launch bird carcasses at its own aircraft
The Army once built an underground ice fortress during the Cold War
What this retro Air Force training video gets right (and wrong) about fighting off sharks
That time the Air Force designed a tiny fighter jet to launch from strategic bombers
Russia is reportedly trying to recruit former Afghan commandos to fight in Ukraine
Healthcare, the economy, reproductive rights: what matters most to veterans in the midterm elections
This Army video shows how much Ranger School has changed in 70 years
Air Force to award 96 Distinguished Flying Crosses, 12 Bronze Stars for heroic Afghan airlift