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Sarah Cavanaugh
Marine Corps

Fake Marine gets 70 months in prison for defrauding veterans charities

Sarah Jane Cavanaugh deceived veterans charities for years.

Jovan Collazo Fort Jackson basic training escape school bus hijacking
Army

Army trainee who hijacked school bus full of kids found not guilty by reason of insanity

Jovan Collazo was found not guilty in a South Carolina court on March 9.

US Air Force drone crashes after colliding with Russian fighter over Black Sea
Air Force

US Air Force drone crashes after colliding with Russian fighter over Black Sea

Two Russian fighters intercepted the MQ-9 Reaper over the Black Sea.

JASSM
Air Force

Military buying more missiles and other weapons to fight China, Russia

The US military is heavily investing in weapons for a war with a near-peer adversary.

The Pentagon seeks to stock up on Tomahawks and other tactical missiles in $842 billion budget
Air Force

The Pentagon seeks to stock up on Tomahawks and other tactical missiles in $842 billion budget

The US military would need a lot of munitions in a war against China or Russia.

US forces, allies, trained in the jungle and assaulted beaches in Thailand in a massive exercise
News

US forces, allies, trained in the jungle and assaulted beaches in Thailand in a massive exercise

Thousands of troops, plenty of live fire training and two weeks in Thailand.

How the National Guard is trying to dig out people snowed in on California’s mountains
National Guard

How the National Guard is trying to dig out people snowed in on California’s mountains

The group usually helps in fire situations, now it's dealing with flooding and heavy snow.

The Wagner Group
Ukraine

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
Entertainment

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
News

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
Ukraine

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’
Entertainment

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

Marvel’s baddest vet returns.

Marine Sgt. Tyler Vargas-Andrews
Army

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?
Africa

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
Marine Corps

Congress honors heroic MARSOC working dog with 4 deployments

Multi-purpose Canine Shimanski is a true Devil Dog.

Be All You Can Be
Army

‘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
Army

A major US Army formation just dropped new restrictions on tank names

Tanks for the memories!

South Korean military exercises
Korea

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
Russia

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.”