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The Wagner Group
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The Wagner Group is losing so many fighters in Bakhmut that it’s launching a recruitment drive

Things are going great for the mercenary firm, why do you ask?

Big boom: The best grenade scenes in military movies and TV shows
Culture

Big boom: The best grenade scenes in military movies and TV shows

Fire in the hole.

Why the US military plans to start making its own jet fuel
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Why the US military plans to start making its own jet fuel

Traditional jet fuel is a petroleum product that comes from the ground, but it can also be created synthetically. Here's how.

How the World War I Maxim machine gun became a weapon of choice in Ukraine
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How the World War I Maxim machine gun became a weapon of choice in Ukraine

If it’s not broke, don’t fix it.

Jon Bernthal is back as The Punisher in ‘Daredevil: Born Again’
Culture

Jon Bernthal is back as The Punisher in ‘Daredevil: Born Again’

Marvel’s baddest vet returns.

Marine Sgt. Tyler Vargas-Andrews
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Wounded Abbey Gate Marine delivers powerful testimony to Congress

‘I opened my eyes to Marines dead or unconscious lying around me.’

Who is al-Shabaab, the militant group the US is fighting in Somalia?
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Who is al-Shabaab, the militant group the US is fighting in Somalia?

American forces have been battling them for years, but it’s escalated in recent months.

Marine working dog MARSOC
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Congress honors heroic MARSOC working dog with 4 deployments

Multi-purpose Canine Shimanski is a true Devil Dog.

Be All You Can Be
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‘Be All You Can Be’ remains the Army’s best recruiting slogan, service leaders say

The Army is using ‘Be All You Can Be’ as a recruiting slogan again for the first time since 2001.

u.s. army m1 abrams tank names bye felicia
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A major US Army formation just dropped new restrictions on tank names

Tanks for the memories!

South Korean military exercises
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The US and South Korea are holding their largest joint military exercise in 5 years

Big military exercises on the Korean peninsula are back.

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russian military mpl-50 entrenching tool shovel ukraine
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The Russian military is so low on ammo that troops are reduced to fighting with e-tools

“One of the reservists described being ‘neither physically nor psychologically’ prepared for the action.”

John David McIntyre
News

How Russia uses US military veterans in its propaganda war against Ukraine

John David McIntyre served in the U.S. Army for little more than two years.

maverick inverted
Culture

What chance do military movies like ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ and ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ have at the Oscars?

Actually a pretty solid one, given how many other war films have come out on top.

mark milley
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Top US general says the fight in Syria is “important” for security after surprise visit

Milley believes an "enduring defeat" of ISIS is possible, but didn't say how far away that is.

nato aircraft carrier operations mediterranean sea 2
Culture

The Navy loves Tom Cruise, is letting him film the latest ‘Mission Impossible’ on an aircraft carrier

It's a relationship that keeps on giving.

court-martial
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Neo-Nazi ex soldier sentenced to 45 years for plotting to murder soldiers

"Ethan Melzer infiltrated the U.S. Army in service of a neo-Nazi, white supremacist and jihadist group."

iraq Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve Task Force Centaur Patrols the Amber Zone
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20 years after invading Iraq, US troops are still holding things together there

"We must continue the fight against ISIS alongside our partners.”

court-martial
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How an Air Force captain was court-martialed for hanging up on a colonel

“Hanging up on somebody on the phone is not worthy of being in a court.”