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Not exactly the sunny duty assignment of your dreams.

Timed less for enemy inebriation than sunny skies, the World War II operation would nevertheless be remembered as the "Hangover Raid.”

“I’ve lived those things, I’ve danced on the edge of self-destruction.”

“Adding ‘U.S. Air Force’ markings is the ultimate insult to an already embarrassed naval aviator.”

Here's the story behind the most GWOT Christmas tree ever.

The preliminary injunction allows the men to serve without going against their faith

Efforts are ongoing to get fuel to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, cut off by snow drifts.

The Christmas Truce has become one of the most storied parts of World War I. It’s also far more complex than the narrative lets on. 

“Every aircraft we offload fuel to is in some form supporting the guys on the ground — who are also missing their families."

Dreaming of a Christmas, like the ones you used to know.

Here's what it's like when two Christmases bookend a year-long deployment to Afghanistan.

Well done!

Here comes the Moose!

“It was the best Christmas I have ever had, at home or away.”

Rest in peace.

The White House says the arms delivery "will not change battlefield dynamics in Ukraine" — yet.

The much-maligned "ship of shame" has been undergoing maintenance for the last five years.

Nothing prepared me for what life is like underwater.

“We are working to take away the stigma attached to airmen who have a medical need or a religious accommodation for facial hair."

Cmdr. Robert Ramirez III was found dead in his home on Monday.