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gas mask
Analysis

Do beards actually break the seal of gas masks?

"They may have anecdotal evidence of 1 to 5 people who they see fail the fit test, but that can’t be extrapolated to hundreds of thousands of airmen.”

a-10 mustache
Air Force

Leaked Air Force memo teases longer mustaches for airmen

Hairpower!

Why the Air Force uses the mother of all swords to honor generals
Air Force

Why the Air Force uses the mother of all swords to honor generals

That is one big ol' sword.

Soldiers Smoke Training
Army

Why the US Army will be ‘vital’ in a fight against China

“Everything that happens, happens on the land … That’s where the problems exist."

‘My war just kept going’ — How this Marine veteran became the voice of a generation fighting a forever war
Marine Corps

‘My war just kept going’ — How this Marine veteran became the voice of a generation fighting a forever war

Phil Klay writes with passion and clarity on what it means to be a veteran and a citizen.

Somalia
Army

US troops are going back to Somalia, but not for ‘combat’

“Our forces are not now, nor will they be directly engaged in combat operations.”

internment-camp-tower
World War II

The unlawful detention of Asian Americans during World War II remains disturbingly relevant

When the U.S. entered the WWII, Americans of Japanese descent were targeted for mass imprisonment.

vanilla unmanned
Navy

The Navy is eyeing a drone that can fly for a week without refueling

What comes up can take its sweet time before coming down.

UFO
Air Force

The Pentagon can’t explain the ‘spherical object’ in this video

"We want to know what’s out there as much as you want to know what’s out there.”

The Philadelphia Experiment: The bizarre WWII urban legend about an invisible Navy destroyer
Navy

The Philadelphia Experiment: The bizarre WWII urban legend about an invisible Navy destroyer

The Office of Naval Research “has never conducted any investigations on invisibility."

Marshall Plumlee
Army

This pro basketball player turned Army Ranger is now going to Harvard

This high achiever is someone we can all look up to.

Enlisted sailors
Navy

Sailors stuck with expensive housing options after Navy shuts down their barracks

"The Navy expects for most inexperienced sailors to ‘figure it out.’"

water survival training
Air Force

Why Air Force pilots spent a day being dragged through the water by a jet ski

“You never know when those skills may be helpful, when all those holes in the Swiss cheese line up."

How to train like an elite Army Ranger, according to a Best Ranger coach
Army

How to train like an elite Army Ranger, according to a Best Ranger coach

“I think more and more people are accepting that the mental game is just part of performing well."

How the myth that Mr. Rogers was a deadly military sniper began
Mandatory Fun

How the myth that Mr. Rogers was a deadly military sniper began

Won't you be my sniper... I mean neighbor.

military mythbusters
Mandatory Fun

We’re busting military myths, bullshit and rumors all week

J. Lo is not dead.

Russian tank
Russia

Ukraine is now using Russia’s own tanks against them

Ukraine pulled out the Uno reverse card.

The Navy isn’t looking to add nukes to its ships
Navy

The Navy isn’t looking to add nukes to its ships

The Chief of Naval Operations said the Navy needs to focus on other priorities.

Marine Corps investigating death of Marine guard at US embassy in Guatemala
Marine Corps

Marine Corps investigating death of Marine guard at US embassy in Guatemala

No cause of death has been reported.

82nd airborne
Army

More than 10,000 soldiers are coming home from Europe

The troops, sent to bolster NATO forces near Ukraine, will be replaced with fresh units.