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Culture

What is the Navy’s chief’s season?

With great power, comes great responsibility

Air Force

Air National Guard leaker Jack Teixeira faces more than 16 years prison

Teixeira had access to highly classified information as an intelligence anaylst with the Massachusetts Air National Guard

Army

Army captain cleared of murder charges in death of fellow soldier

A Texas jury acquitted former Army Captain Clevy Muchette Nelson-Royster of murder in the death of a fellow soldier who died after a night drinking and confrontations.

Culture

What’s the difference between field stripping and rat f–king an MRE?

Yes, there is a difference.

News

Why the US dropped MREs instead of Humanitarian Daily Rations over Gaza

The US has dropped 38,000 MREs over Gaza.

National Guard

Army National Guard suspends reenlistment bonuses

The National Guard bureau expects the pause to last at least a month.

Air Force

Air Force puts newest training jet through extreme temperature tests

The T-7A Red Hawk is meant to replace the decades-old T-38 jet.

News

US military might lift ban on flying Ospreys

The potential return to normal operations would come three months after an Air Force Special Operations Command CV-22 crashed, killing eight on board.

Middle East

US military conducts first airdrop of aid into Gaza

38,000 MREs were dropped along the Gaza coastline for civilians.

Army

The Army is standardizing how armor crews train and shoot

Armor brigades with the 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Stewart, Georgia are training with a new set of qualification standards, or gunnery tables.

Air Force

U.S. will airdrop humanitarian aid into Gaza

The airdrop will be the U.S. first public use of military force in the Israeli-Palestinian war since Oct. 7.

Army

Army quietly dropped 5-mile run requirement from airborne school in 2018

Students still must complete 3-mile runs for the Basic Airborne Course.

Mandatory Fun

Neck tattoos are here to stay in the Air Force. But still no beards

The Air Force updated its rulebook for uniforms, including tattoos, walking with coffee and nail polish guidelines. But no sign of beards.

News

German warship accidentally fires at U.S. drone over Red Sea

Alarm!

Army

We salute the Army crew that named their tank ‘Animaniacs’

Yes, we can have 90s nostalgia even though it was only 10 years ago. We will not be debating this further.

Culture

Navy officer to run 75 miles a day in transcontinental world record attempt

Forrest Gump doesn’t hold a candle to Paul Johnson.

United States

Women veterans face jumps in domestic violence, suicide risk

1 in 5 female veterans reported experiencing intimate partner violence in the last year.

Navy

Sailors at Norfolk will be locked out of their rooms if they fail inspection

The move comes after several sailors failed room inspections.

News

SOCOM grants contract for new jammer-proof BlackWave radio system

The war in Ukraine has shown what the modern battlefield looks like, and the U.S. military is taking notes.

Army

Army will add 17 air defense units while cutting 24,000 active duty spots

The personnel changes are detailed in “Army Force Structure Transformation,” which addresses the service's restructuring after two decades in Iraq and Afghanistan.