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army Mobile Protected Firepower m10 booker combat vehicle
News

Why the Army refuses to call its new light tank a ‘light tank’

On the way!

a-10 warthog
News

Air Force A-10s continue to prove that runways are for suckers

The Air Force landed A-10s on a Michigan highway to practice operating in austere environments without the large bases airmen are used to.

America’s top enlisted military leader just showed what leading from the front truly means
News

America’s top enlisted military leader just showed what leading from the front truly means

"Most see a smile on one’s face, but do not know the turmoil inside one’s head.”

tug of war
Culture

These airmen just played tug-of-war with a 49 ton plane

Airmen at Fairchild Air Force Base flexed hard by pulling a KC-135 Stratotanker ahead of their annual 92nd Maintenance Group Olympics.

China War
Opinion

The US military is the only thing stopping China from swallowing Taiwan whole

As China steps up its rhetoric against Taiwan, lessons must be learned from the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

military social media
Opinion

Social media can be a weapon, and it’s time US troops get trained on it

Leaders need to be taught the risks and rewards of social media in a new era of information warfare.

cesar flores
History

‘I was literally on fire’ — Airman recalls how an unlikely hero saved his life in Iraq

After his Humvee was blown up by an IED, Air Force Staff Sgt. Cesar Flores was saved by someone he never expected.

Fake Navy SEAL ordered to stop being a fake Navy SEAL
News

Fake Navy SEAL ordered to stop being a fake Navy SEAL

That's one order he will have to follow.

Soldiers in Texas had to get an M4 back from a butterfly sanctuary after leaving it in a truck
News

Soldiers in Texas had to get an M4 back from a butterfly sanctuary after leaving it in a truck

“[Sergeant] is offering up the [private first class] for ritual sacrifice."

The last living WWII Medal of Honor recipient has died
News

The last living WWII Medal of Honor recipient has died

Hershel "Woody" Williams was 98.

What the cult classic ‘Red Dawn’ teaches us about insurgent warfare
Culture

What the cult classic ‘Red Dawn’ teaches us about insurgent warfare

Wolverines!

pilot helmet
News

Air Force selects new helmet to replace the one pilots have loved to hate since the 1980s

The Air Force picked a new helmet that could keep fixed-wing aircrew members more comfortable and injury-free.

Formation
News

The hidden costs for US troops after the downfall of Roe v. Wade

“I really don’t think that at the Pentagon level ... they understand just how important this issue really is."

Ukraine’s new (and probably fake) war hero is a goddamn goat
News

Ukraine’s new (and probably fake) war hero is a goddamn goat

Mighty fine work there, goat.

James Mattis
Culture

James Mattis just got married in the most Marine way possible

“Not surprising for a Marine, the couple met in a bar.”

What movie played the biggest role in your decision to join the military?
Culture

What movie played the biggest role in your decision to join the military?

Nobody say 'The Hurt Locker.'

air force special tactics
News

Air Force welcomes its first female commando with little fanfare

A woman joined one of the most elite careers in the military for the first time ever last week, but the Air Force has been low-key about it.

The FBI just raided a ‘cult’ church that allegedly targets US service members
News

The FBI just raided a ‘cult’ church that allegedly targets US service members

At least three locations were raided on June 23, all of them close to Army bases.

Ukraine
News

US vet on the front line says Ukrainians need better infantry gear to beat the Russians

“Infantry holds ground."

Lloyd Austin
News

No, the Pentagon is not defying the Supreme Court’s ruling on abortion

A number of viral social media posts inaccurately claimed that the Pentagon had defied the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.