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Sticker Price is Just the First Cost of Owning a Car

Sticker Price is Just the First Cost of Owning a Car

Before you choose your next car make sure you’ve accounted for the additional costs of a fill up every few weeks.

What’s the best piece of advice you ever got in the military?
Culture

What’s the best piece of advice you ever got in the military?

Let us know.

Army jumpmaster breaks down viral video of paratrooper landing on balcony
Humor

Army jumpmaster breaks down viral video of paratrooper landing on balcony

“I’ve never had to brief landing on a house.”

f-16
Air Force

The Air Force is shuttering a pair of critical programs that trained foreign air forces in Afghanistan and beyond

The Air Force is slated to shut down three units that specialize in Train, Advise and Assist

Air Force Secretary says branch is finally starting to fix its decrepit computers
Air Force

Air Force Secretary says branch is finally starting to fix its decrepit computers

The path to #fixourcomputers isn’t to simply buy newer, beefier computers (though that will certainly help).

This airman helped gather 1,500 pounds of food and supplies to help Ukraine
Culture

This airman helped gather 1,500 pounds of food and supplies to help Ukraine

“I wanted to make sure this drive had a meaningful impact on the people of Ukraine who were in need.”

netflix purple hearts
Entertainment

‘Purple Hearts’ romanticizes a sham military marriage. Here’s what they look like in real life

Sometimes, actually. And you might wind up in jail.

Military life summed up in one photo: The exhaustion, the futility, the police calling
Mandatory Fun

Military life summed up in one photo: The exhaustion, the futility, the police calling

A modern art masterpiece in MultiCam.

This 4th-generation pilot may soon fly 5th-generation Air Force fighters
Family

This 4th-generation pilot may soon fly 5th-generation Air Force fighters

“We all know that the Air Force is like a family away from family, but for me, it literally is my family.”

This Marine made a gourmet surf-and-turf meal in his barracks
Humor

This Marine made a gourmet surf-and-turf meal in his barracks

For when the chow hall just isn’t cutting it.

reaper
Air Force

This Air Force drone just proved it can be a ‘Grunt Angel’ in a war with China

The MQ-9 Reaper drone, a symbol of the Global War on Terror, could soon provide the same cheap-but-effective recon and support over the Pacific.

MiG-29
Air Force

How the MiG-29 went from the ‘bad guy’ plane to the underdog against Russia

The MiG-29’s entire identity has been inverted.

US special operators surprised the hell out of another American city with a training exercise
Army

US special operators surprised the hell out of another American city with a training exercise

Just relax and let the Little Birds do their work.

An F-18 fished from the ocean, 10 helicopters damaged by a storm — The Navy is getting its butt kicked by bad weather
Navy

An F-18 fished from the ocean, 10 helicopters damaged by a storm — The Navy is getting its butt kicked by bad weather

An F/A-18E Super Hornet thought lost to the sea has been salvaged.

‘We never understood what winning meant’ — A decorated Marine Raider reflects on the fall of Kabul
Marine Corps

‘We never understood what winning meant’ — A decorated Marine Raider reflects on the fall of Kabul

Decorated Marine Raider breaks down what went wrong in Afghanistan.

While their families got sick from contaminated water, these Navy divers were tasked with fixing it
Navy

While their families got sick from contaminated water, these Navy divers were tasked with fixing it

“I was tasked to go respond to the cleanup efforts of the thing that makes my wife sick and made my family sick.”

New Predator film ‘Prey’ shows why insurgencies are so hard to beat
Opinion

New Predator film ‘Prey’ shows why insurgencies are so hard to beat

Fight stupidly, or fight asymmetrically.

Soldiers in this Army unit can earn points towards time off. And it was all an E-4’s idea
Army

Soldiers in this Army unit can earn points towards time off. And it was all an E-4’s idea

The hero we deserve — a specialist.

Afghanistan evacuation
Culture

The 82nd Airborne awarded soldiers for the Kabul evacuation, then took the medals back for now

The soldiers left the quiet awards ceremony with nothing.

How the Army fails to keep accused sexual predators off the streets
Army

How the Army fails to keep accused sexual predators off the streets

Soldiers accused of sexual assault are less than half as likely to be placed in pretrial confinement than those accused of offenses like drug use and distribution.