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elbit sling mortar system
Weapons

Green Berets are testing a new highly mobile 120mm mortar system

Here comes the boom ...

china air force plaaf
Air Force

Worried about China’s air force? Here’s everything you need to know

“They don’t have to be as good as the world’s best stealth aircraft, they just have to have one that keeps the U.S. at bay.”

us military COVID-19 vaccine mandate
Analysis

The US military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate is officially dead

The anti-vaxxers have won.

Russian artillery
Russia

Why Russia cannot produce enough munitions to keep pace with combat in Ukraine

Russia was firing up to 20,000 rounds per day in Ukraine as of November.

Ukrainian Drone School Instructors Teach Ukrainian Military Aerial Reconnaissance And Drone Control In Zaporizhzhia
Russia

Ukrainian drones are making life hell for Russian troops in Crimea

"Our main threat to Crimea is drones, everything else is under full control."

CBRN gear
Army

The Army is testing out slightly less miserable CBRN gear

The future is a slightly less shitty time in MOPP gear.

Why Army scientists were called in to investigate the death of a Red Panda at the National Zoo
Army

Why Army scientists were called in to investigate the death of a Red Panda at the National Zoo

Detecting and identifying pathogens is a key part of defending against biological warfare.

Lord of the Rings’ Samwise Gamgee is now a civilian aide emeritus to the Secretary of the Army
Entertainment

Lord of the Rings’ Samwise Gamgee is now a civilian aide emeritus to the Secretary of the Army

This aide job doesn’t require a trip to the fires of Mount Doom.

How airmen stopped a mid-air assault on a C-17 cockpit during the Afghan airlift
Air Force

How airmen stopped a mid-air assault on a C-17 cockpit during the Afghan airlift

"It’s surreal to think ‘oh wow that's actually what we did in the moment.’”

Fallujah
Marine Corps

Navy warship USS Fallujah honors 2 of the hardest-fought battles of the Iraq War

Finally.

Army investigating soldiers who posed in dog bondage masks
Army

Army investigating soldiers who posed in dog bondage masks

"The incident is currently under investigation.”

army Mobile Protected Firepower m10 booker combat vehicle
Army

Army’s Mobile Protected Firepower vehicles will give light infantry units added punch

Lots of combat power in a small package.

aeromedical evacuation abbey gate distinguished flying cross
Air Force

‘Is this real?’ — Inside the Air Force’s first medevac flight after the Abbey Gate suicide bombing

“There were tracers, flares, fires and gunshots going off. I remember being like, ‘Is this real?’”

russian military ammo
Russia

Russia has expended so much ammo in Ukraine it’s now dipping into 40-year-old stockpiles

“You load the ammunition and you cross your fingers and hope it's going to fire, or when it lands that it's going to explode.”

6 questions only a veteran would ask the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
Culture

6 questions only a veteran would ask the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs

Only the hardest hitting questions for the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman.

Navy Federal can help take the stress out of holiday car shopping

Navy Federal can help take the stress out of holiday car shopping

If you’re in the market for a new or used vehicle, Navy Federal’s Car Buying Service can help you find the best deal from local and national dealers.

AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon hypersonic weapon
Missiles

The Air Force just successfully tested a fully operational hypersonic weapon for the first time

BOOM!

A-10 Warthog
Air Force

Air Force to start retiring A-10 Warthogs after a decade of legislative wrangling

Is this the beginning of the end for BRRRT?

What the Army’s top general learned as a young soldier that still sticks with him today
Army

What the Army’s top general learned as a young soldier that still sticks with him today

“Even if you’re the best in the business, you’re always training."

textron cottonmouth advanced reconnaissance vehicle marine corps
Vehicles

This amphibious recon vehicle might end up replacing the Marine Corps’ decades-old LAV fleet

Marines, meet the Cottonmouth.