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Navy

The Navy is rebuilding its anti-submarine tracking system

The overhaul to the Integrated Undersea Surveillance System will use drones, AI and high-tech sensors to track hostile vessels.

Army hospital in Germany caring for wounded American volunteers in Ukraine
Ukraine

Army hospital in Germany caring for wounded American volunteers in Ukraine

Americans and other foreign nationals are among those being treated at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center.

US military sending ATACMS missiles to Ukraine
Ukraine

US military sending ATACMS missiles to Ukraine

The missiles can strike as far as 190 miles away.

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Drone Swarms

How small drones changed modern warfare

Small drones can have a big impact.

Senate confirms generals
United States

Senate confirms top generals, DoD unclear on timeline for other confirmations

Even with the recent confirmations of Brown, George, and Smith, the U.S. military’s top leadership still has major vacancies.

101st Airborne Division
Army

101st and 82nd Airborne Division soldiers deploying to Eastern Europe

The US military’s force posture in Europe will remain the same.

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Munitions

What are EFP bombs?

Once triggered, an EFP turns a copper or steel warhead into a molten projectile that can punch through the main armor of almost any vehicle in the U.S. Military.

Joint Chiefs
Air Force

Senate bypasses Tuberville on Joint Chief nominations for Brown, George

The Senate confirmed Air Force Gen. Charles “CQ” Brown’s nomination after months of delay. A vote on Gen. Randy George as Army Chief of Staff was expected.

Marines
Analysis

US military will review 2,000 ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ discharges

It has proven difficult for gay and lesbian troops separated under ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ to correct their military records.

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Culture

160th SOAR veteran to build memorial out of CH-47D fuselage

Thibodeaux plans to rebuild the fuselage to resemble an MH-47G Chinook, the same type of helicopter that Arcane 22 was.

Eagle Partner
Army

101st Airborne, other U.S. troops not at risk in Armenia fighting

The Kansas National Guard has partnered with Armenia since 2003.

Marine F-35B
Marine Corps

Search for missing Marine F-35B finds debris field

The missing F-35B may have been found.

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Marine Corps

Have you seen me? All the best ‘Missing F-35’ memes

The "zombie" plane was missing, but the memes were easy to find.

Army Col. Jon Meredith
Army

Sexual misconduct charge dropped against Fort Cavazos colonel

Army Col. Jon Meredith was fired as commander of the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team of the 1st Cavalry Division in October.

Marine Corps searching for F-35 after pilot ejects in South Carolina
Marine Corps

Marine Corps searching for F-35 after pilot ejects in South Carolina

The pilot was unhurt but the fighter jet is missing.

air force ufos NORAD
Analysis

What the military knows about UFOs, according to NASA

No, there isn't any evidence of aliens. Yet.

Artillery shells
News

Pentagon plans to produce 100,000 artillery shells a month in 2025

"We were at 14,000 per month six or eight months ago, we are now at 28,000 a month today."

Space Force sets a record for quickly sending a new satellite to space
Space Force

Space Force sets a record for quickly sending a new satellite to space

No, that light in the sky wasn't aliens.

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Afghanistan

CENTCOM launches fresh interviews of Abbey Gate bombing survivors

Approximately two dozen service members will give fresh testimony.

Jericho Skye Magallon
Army

US Army veteran killed in Ukraine believed in freedom

Jericho Magallon’s family said the former Army MP “believed that everybody should have the right to live the way they wanted to.”