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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 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
This WWII OSS manual shows that being annoying at work is the best form of sabotage
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
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
A very MACV-SOG Christmas: How a special operations team survived against all odds
Remembering the ‘Christmas bombings’ of the Vietnam War’s twilight, 50 years later
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
‘Land, load ’em, go’ — How Army helicopter crews risked their lives to save 10,000 during Afghanistan evacuation
A MACV-SOG Thanksgiving: When 6 commandos took on 30,000 enemy troops
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
How the documentary ‘Retrograde’ captured the last months of the war in Afghanistan
Josef Mencik: The last knight who stood against the Nazis
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
The US military is still struggling to figure out social media
‘Fuck it’
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
Air Force to award 96 Distinguished Flying Crosses, 12 Bronze Stars for heroic Afghan airlift
The bizarre history of the US military’s ethnic battalions during World War II
‘Don’t quit’ and other lessons from a legendary Air Force PJ’s 26-year career
The Army’s WWII ‘ghost divisions’ had some of the best patches
Mincemeat and stewed prunes: the best and worst from the Army’s 1942 cookbook
The end of the brown beret: Air Force special ops squadron shuts down after 28 years advising allied aviators
Who gets to call themselves a ‘combat veteran’?
The World War II story of the first time US military pilots encountered UFOs
For the love of God, please stop referring to Navy warships as ‘battleships’
Lawmakers want to replace ‘thank you for your service’ with something even more meaningless
Watch Air Force Thunderbirds perform their first-ever dual ‘missing man’ formation for 2 of their original pilots
This Marine predicted how the US would fight in the Pacific 20 years before WWII
How coffee helped the Union army win the Civil War
Tank warfare is still relevant, even if the Russians suck at it
This Marine was nearly killed in Afghanistan. Then came the hard part
Air Force may need another 6 months to clear backlog of awards for Afghanistan withdrawal
Navy veteran held in Afghanistan for 2 years released in exchange for Taliban drug lord
What the military’s ‘missing man table’ is and what it means
‘Give ‘em hell!’ — Why a Navy aircraft carrier sports an Army-inspired battle flag
Lack of training, maintenance likely led to Taliban pilot crashing Black Hawk, military aviator explains
Inside the agency working to bring every missing US service member home
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