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Watch a Sudanese tank crew get totally lost during a competition in Russia
Mandatory Fun

Watch a Sudanese tank crew get totally lost during a competition in Russia

The tankers did not have the best luck in the biathlon.

a man in uniform sits in a long hallway, head in his hands
Navy

The Navy isn’t doing enough to share the Veterans Crisis Line online, audit finds

Despite a mandate and efforts to fight suicide, the Navy's websites only sporadically link to the hotline.

big chungus
Humor

Soldiers named their APC ‘Big Chungus’ because why the hell not

The U.S. Army’s M113 armored personnel carrier is older than the internet, and now one has been named after internet memes.

Greatest Beer Run Ever
Entertainment

Here’s our first look at the Vietnam War movie about ‘The Greatest Beer Run Ever’

The movie tells the story of a Marine vet whose “hold my beer” moment ended with him in the middle of the Vietnam War bringing beer to his buddies.

‘All those people… oh my God’ — A soldier recounts the 2004 Mosul chow hall bombing
Iraq War

‘All those people… oh my God’ — A soldier recounts the 2004 Mosul chow hall bombing

I provided medical aid to everyone I could. American soldiers, Iraqi Army soldiers, and foreign workers.

The US military is getting caught up in a war on drag shows
United States

The US military is getting caught up in a war on drag shows

The Defense Department is not safe from the culture wars.

afghanistan, HKIA, airlift, kabul, withdrawal, hamid karzai international airport
Opinion

Afghanistan left a ‘moral injury’ on American veterans. Here’s how they can start healing

The cost of the moral injury from Afghanistan has yet to be fully realized. Here's how America can stop abandoning its partners.

‘Those treatments saved my life’: The veterans who turn to psychedelic treatments for PTSD healing
Army

‘Those treatments saved my life’: The veterans who turn to psychedelic treatments for PTSD healing

Can psychedelic therapies help win the war on PTSD? More and more veterans — and doctors — are saying yes.

The Air Force published an entire photo album of mustachioed troops and it’s glorious
Air Force

The Air Force published an entire photo album of mustachioed troops and it’s glorious

Airpower meets upper-lip hair power

Army families describe finding mold, roach infestations, and dead rodents in on-post homes
Army

Army families describe finding mold, roach infestations, and dead rodents in on-post homes

One family said they were asked to sign a non-disclosure agreement to get things resolved.

Here’s how the US military can win a war against China
Opinion

Here’s how the US military can win a war against China

To win against China, the United States must develop its ability to project power far from established bases using small, mobile teams.

The first US destroyer sunk by enemy fire has been found after 105 years
World War I

The first US destroyer sunk by enemy fire has been found after 105 years

The USS Jacob Jones went down in 1917, with 64 of its 110-person crew dying with it.

veterans and extremist groups
United States

Are extremism and violent crime rising among veterans, or are we just seeing more of it?

More veterans are joining extremist groups, but they are not representative of the overall veterans’ community.

Here’s all the US military equipment that ended up in Taliban hands during the fall of Kabul
Afghanistan

Here’s all the US military equipment that ended up in Taliban hands during the fall of Kabul

Money well spent!

This Marine wasn’t about to let his Afghan interpreter get captured by the Taliban
Afghanistan War

This Marine wasn’t about to let his Afghan interpreter get captured by the Taliban

Iraq War veteran reviews new memoir about a former Marine's quest to rescue his Afghan interpreter.

An Air Force captain with top secret security clearance vanished. He resurfaced 35 years later
Air Force

An Air Force captain with top secret security clearance vanished. He resurfaced 35 years later

Former Air Force Capt. William Howard Hughes Jr. disappeared in 1983, and was found in 2018, but the exact details for why he deserted are still unknown.

National Guardsmen called up in West Virginia to staff jails
National Guard

National Guardsmen called up in West Virginia to staff jails

West Virginia National Guardsmen now have a new job: working in jails and prisons.

Millions of troops cry out in horror as Dodge announces end of the Charger and Challenger
Humor

Millions of troops cry out in horror as Dodge announces end of the Charger and Challenger

Pour one out for the troops.

Florida’s plan to recruit uncertified vets to become teachers is a stupid idea
Opinion

Florida’s plan to recruit uncertified vets to become teachers is a stupid idea

Military experience is valuable, but it’s not magical. We need to stop thinking of veterans and the military as “easy buttons” for hard problems.

Chief Petty Officer Eric Gilmet
Marine Corps

Charges reinstated against Navy Corpsman in case of Green Beret contractor killed in Iraq

Monday’s ruling was the latest twist in the “MARSOC 3” case.