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Western tanks
Marine Corps

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
Indo-Pacific

India rolls out mortar-toting camo camels for military parade

Mortar camels, anyone?

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Air Force

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
Mandatory Fun

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
Army

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
Russia

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
Marine Corps

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.

afghanistan, HKIA, airlift, kabul, withdrawal, hamid karzai international airport
Air Force

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
Europe

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
Air Force

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
Army

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
Marine Corps

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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Marine Corps

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

Semper Fi!

Gerasimov Russia Ukraine shaving
Russia

Russia’s new commander in Ukraine tells his troops: police that mustache

Police them moostache hairs!

Al-Shabaab
Africa

US airstrike in Somalia kills roughly 30 al-Shabaab fighters

Al-Shabaab is a terrorist group with links to al-Qaida that carried out a January 2020 attack on Manda Bay, Kenya, that killed three Americans.

Two ISIS militants captured in a raid in Syria
News

Two ISIS militants captured in a raid in Syria

The operation was the latest in a series of attacks against ISIS in the last three months.

Watch a German Leopard 2 tank carry a beer and not spill a drop
Tanks

Watch a German Leopard 2 tank carry a beer and not spill a drop

The tank can do more than balance a drink, and that's why Ukraine wants it so bad.

The Navy wants to fish a ship out of a harbor after it sunk
Navy

The Navy wants to fish a ship out of a harbor after it sunk

The vessel sank Thursday evening after hitting a security barrier in the harbor.

Another gun has gone missing at Camp Lejeune
Marine Corps

Another gun has gone missing at Camp Lejeune

The M18 pistol along with two magazines were reported missing on Thursday, Jan. 19.