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air force general mike minihan memo
News

‘Aim for the head’ — Air Force general warns of a war with China by 2025 in belligerent memo

“I hope I am wrong. My gut tells me we will fight in 2025."

Camp Pendleton
News

Camp Pendleton briefly closed its main gate after a car tried to breach it

The vehicle was disabled and occupants taken to a nearby hospital.

china military augmented reality system MARS
Tech & Tactics

China’s military unveils heads-up display to let soldiers shoot around corners

Meet the MARS, the Chinese military's IVAS clone.

Marine, trial, Daniel Draher, Eric Gilmet, Joshua Negron, MARSOC 3
News

What you need to know about the ‘MARSOC 3’ trial

It’s been more than four years since former Green Beret and Lockheed Martin contractor Rick Anthony Rodriguez’s death.

global war on terrorism syria somalia
News

The Global War on Terrorism is heating up (again) in Somalia and Syria

GWOT is forever.

Afghan army commandos Russia Ukraine
News

US-trained Afghan commandos may be fighting as mercenaries for Russia

Some former Afghan army officers say their compatriots are being recruited by Russia’s Wagner Group as mercenaries in Ukraine.

Western tanks
News

How Ukraine might maintain its Abrams, Challenger, and Leopard tanks to fight Russia

The Ukrainians are operating a Noah’s Ark of tanks and armored vehicles.

India rolls out mortar-toting camo camels for military parade
News

India rolls out mortar-toting camo camels for military parade

Mortar camels, anyone?

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News

The Air Force is moving forward with a replacement for its decades-old long-range radar

“It’s able to identify and track smaller targets at longer ranges than any of the previous radars.”

Belarusian, military, Belarus
Culture

Watch Belarusian soldiers breakdance and do back flips during a bizarre military demonstration

They’ve got the moves, we’ll give them that.

Epirus Leonidas microwave weapon drone swarms army
News

The Army is readying a new directed energy weapon to swat drone swarms out of the sky

The Army is moving forward with a new microwave weapon to help provide air defense against incoming enemy drone swarms.

M1 Abrams
News

The US is officially sending M1 Abrams main battle tanks to Ukraine

The U.S. will provide Ukraine with 31 Abrams tanks, though it will take some time before they arrive.

marines using typerwriters okinawa font
Opinion

Font Design 2030: How the Marine Corps can win its war on words

To build a more lethal force, the Marine Corps needs a font for the 21st century.

Marine Corps Sgt. Amed Issa Hawaii shooting first aid
News

This Marine used everything he learned in first aid training to save a shooting victim

Sgt. Amed Issa performed critical first aid on a man shot multiple times on a crowded Honolulu street earlier this month.

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News

What it was like for US troops at Kabul airport when the chaotic withdrawal began: ‘I thought I was going to die’

“This is probably one of the scariest parts of my life.”

M1 Abrams tank
News

US, Germany reportedly closer to providing tanks to Ukraine

So far, both the U.S. and Germany have declined to give tanks to Ukraine.

The Air Force is looking into a possible link between cancer and missile crew duty
News

The Air Force is looking into a possible link between cancer and missile crew duty

“Missileers are very proud of what we’ve done to serve our nation … so let’s get it right and be able to do this mission safely going forward.”

army ivas testing assessment
News

The Army’s futuristic new goggles actually make soldiers less lethal, Pentagon weapons tester says

“Soldiers hit fewer targets and engaged targets more slowly with IVAS 1.0 than with their current equipment on the buddy team live fire range."

Marines artificial intelligence boxes
News

Marines outwitted an AI security camera by hiding in a cardboard box and pretending to be trees

Why don’t you make like a tree, and defeat this advanced AI detection system?

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News

Video captures the moment a Marine vet ran into a frigid pond to save 2 people [Updated]

Semper Fi!