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ryan mays bonhomme richard fire
Navy

What if the sailor charged in the Bonhomme Richard fire was actually a minor hero?

The prime suspect, now cleared, might just have been doing the right thing.

The Army’s WWII ‘ghost divisions’ had some of the best patches
World War II

The Army’s WWII ‘ghost divisions’ had some of the best patches

From scorpions to sea monsters, some of the Army’s best unit patches were never worn.

trash
Navy

We salute the sailors who spent an entire day picking up a literal ton of trash on a remote island

“If the Navy can collect an average of four-thousand pounds of trash on California’s most remote island, it tells us there is too much trash in the ocean.”

Stormtroopers
Entertainment

It’s time for stormtroopers to have a gritty ‘Star Wars’ movie of their own

Something about the duality of man, sir.

Sergeant Major of the Army urges leaders to stick up for soldiers ‘online and in person’
Army

Sergeant Major of the Army urges leaders to stick up for soldiers ‘online and in person’

“I would just say, I got your back. And I think every NCO in here needs to say the exact same thing.”

Orca submarine
Navy

Orca submarine is yet another case of the Navy spending money like a drunken sailor

The Navy’s bad luck streak continues.

Everything new under the hull of the AbramsX main battle tank prototype
Army

Everything new under the hull of the AbramsX main battle tank prototype

Meet the new tank, not the same as the old tank.

Army considering height and weight exemptions based on fitness test score
Army

Army considering height and weight exemptions based on fitness test score

The Army’s “height and weight tables are correct,” Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael Grinston said on Wednesday.

Woke Army or Woe Army: What really happened in the social media controversy rocking the force?
Opinion

Woke Army or Woe Army: What really happened in the social media controversy rocking the force?

How can the Army dominate the information space when its leaders retreat from it?

jolly green ii
Air Force

Air Force crew performs first-ever rescue in brand new search-and-rescue helicopter

Slaps roof of helicopter: 'This bad boy can fit so much rescue in it.'

Javier Pong
Marine Corps

A Marine recruit died on Camp Pendleton. The Marine Corps waited 11 days to announce his death

Rest in peace, Pfc. Javier Pong.

Watch the Coast Guard rescue fishermen who fended off shark attacks for more than 24 hours
Coast Guard

Watch the Coast Guard rescue fishermen who fended off shark attacks for more than 24 hours

Two of the rescued boaters had lacerations on their hands from shark attacks.

Mincemeat and stewed prunes: the best and worst from the Army’s 1942 cookbook
World War II

Mincemeat and stewed prunes: the best and worst from the Army’s 1942 cookbook

The good, the bad, the delicious.

Army Secretary Christine Wormuth
Army

Army Secretary to leaders: stay out of online ‘culture wars’

Army Secretary Christine Wormuth also pushed back against the characterization that the Army is “woke.”

ukraine manpads video
Ukraine

Watch a Ukrainian soldier take out a Russian cruise missile with a MANPADS

What a shot!

brown beret
Air Force

The end of the brown beret: Air Force special ops squadron shuts down after 28 years advising allied aviators

A unit you’ve never heard of played a major role building up friendly air forces for decades.

A U.S. Marine from the 3/5 Lima company points his rifle at a building as it burns in the restive city of Fallujah,14 November 2004, 50 kms west of Baghdad, Iraq. (AFP photo by Patrick Baz via Getty Images)
Marine Corps

Who gets to call themselves a ‘combat veteran’?

The debate is back.

The Sergeant Major of the Army knows what you’ve heard about the service. He’s working on it
Army

The Sergeant Major of the Army knows what you’ve heard about the service. He’s working on it

“If it was easy, somebody else would have done it.”

ukranian military captures russian tanks
Ukraine

More than half of Ukraine’s tank fleet now reportedly consists of captured Russian armor

Tanks for the laughs!

That time the military faked a vampire massacre to fight rebels
History

That time the military faked a vampire massacre to fight rebels

An Air Force officer needed to do psychological warfare. He turned to the supernatural. Kind of.