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Air Force

Air Force F-15 takes an accidental bath in drainage canal after botched landing

Splish splash!

Missiles

Storm Shadow: Ukraine’s newest weapon to defend against Russia’s invasion

"This is a calibrated proportionate response to Russia’s escalations.”

Army

Fort Cavazos battalion commander fired for misconduct

Lt. Col. Damasio Davila was relieved of command on April 26.

Marine Corps

Marine veteran charged with manslaughter on New York City subway raises over $2 million for legal bills

Daniel Penny faces a felony charge of second-degree manslaughter.

Space Force

The Space Force needs your help describing what its mission is

“How many Guardians can recite the current mission statement of the Space Force? My guess is very few."

Entertainment

7 Hollywood actors who made the most realistic GWOT operators on screen

These guys really operate — sort of.

Marine Corps

Camp Lejeune veterans have 70% greater risk of Parkinson’s disease, VA study finds

The study compared Camp Lejeune veterans from the 1970s and 1980s with those stationed at Camp Pendleton, California.

Russia

What the Wagner Group boss’s rants reveal about the Kremlin’s deepening power struggle

A war is raging within Putin’s inner circles.

News

Austin talks equality and service in commencement speech

The Secretary of Defense highlighted President Truman's integration of the armed forces, which opened "new horizons for Black Americans.”

Around the World

Russia lost a hypersonic missile trying to destroy one of Ukraine’s Patriot missiles

Ukraine hit them with an Uno reverse card.

Aircraft

Here comes Sky Warden, the crop duster that’s SOCOM’s newest armed overwatch aircraft

U.S. special operations forces have a new eye in the sky to rely on.

Russia

Russia just lost four aircraft inside its own territory

They were shot down on their way to attack Ukraine.

Navy

Navy’s 5th Fleet boosts activities following oil tanker seizures

The expanded Navy presence in the Strait of Hormuz comes after two incidents with Iran in the last month.

Russia

Ukraine’s spring offensive may be on hold for now

Ukraine needs more Western tanks, armored vehicles, and artillery shells.

Coast Guard

Coast Guard ship seized $110 million in drugs in three days

Just say no.

Army

Former Army chaplain arrested in bizarre bank robbery crime spree

Marcus Andrew Banks-Bey allegedly pepper-sprayed the driver of a van and then stole the vehicle.

United States

As COVID-19 emergency money ends, VA prepares for funding reduction

Veteran homelessness had dropped 11% during the pandemic.

Marine Corps

Marine veteran to be charged with manslaughter for choking Jordan Neely to death on NYC subway

“We can’t have vigilantes," a lawyer for Neely's family said.

Air Force

Air Force two-star general fired for alleged misconduct

Maj. Gen. Phillip A. Stewart was relieved as commander of the 19th Air Force on May 9.

Coast Guard

Troops’ pay endangered by debt default, Defense Secretary says

This is far from the first time that service members have faced the prospect of their lives being upended.