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Analysis

The US military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate is officially dead

The anti-vaxxers have won.

Russia

Why Russia cannot produce enough munitions to keep pace with combat in Ukraine

Russia was firing up to 20,000 rounds per day in Ukraine as of November.

Russia

Ukrainian drones are making life hell for Russian troops in Crimea

"Our main threat to Crimea is drones, everything else is under full control."

Army

The Army is testing out slightly less miserable CBRN gear

The future is a slightly less shitty time in MOPP gear.

Army

Why Army scientists were called in to investigate the death of a Red Panda at the National Zoo

Detecting and identifying pathogens is a key part of defending against biological warfare.

Entertainment

Lord of the Rings’ Samwise Gamgee is now a civilian aide emeritus to the Secretary of the Army

This aide job doesn’t require a trip to the fires of Mount Doom.

Air Force

How airmen stopped a mid-air assault on a C-17 cockpit during the Afghan airlift

"It’s surreal to think ‘oh wow that's actually what we did in the moment.’”

Marine Corps

Navy warship USS Fallujah honors 2 of the hardest-fought battles of the Iraq War

Finally.

Army

Army investigating soldiers who posed in dog bondage masks

"The incident is currently under investigation.”

Army

Army’s Mobile Protected Firepower vehicles will give light infantry units added punch

Lots of combat power in a small package.

Air Force

‘Is this real?’ — Inside the Air Force’s first medevac flight after the Abbey Gate suicide bombing

“There were tracers, flares, fires and gunshots going off. I remember being like, ‘Is this real?’”

Russia

Russia has expended so much ammo in Ukraine it’s now dipping into 40-year-old stockpiles

“You load the ammunition and you cross your fingers and hope it's going to fire, or when it lands that it's going to explode.”

Culture

6 questions only a veteran would ask the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs

Only the hardest hitting questions for the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman.

Navy Federal can help take the stress out of holiday car shopping

If you’re in the market for a new or used vehicle, Navy Federal’s Car Buying Service can help you find the best deal from local and national dealers.

Missiles

The Air Force just successfully tested a fully operational hypersonic weapon for the first time

BOOM!

Air Force

Air Force to start retiring A-10 Warthogs after a decade of legislative wrangling

Is this the beginning of the end for BRRRT?

Army

What the Army’s top general learned as a young soldier that still sticks with him today

“Even if you’re the best in the business, you’re always training."

Vehicles

This amphibious recon vehicle might end up replacing the Marine Corps’ decades-old LAV fleet

Marines, meet the Cottonmouth.

Navy

Two F-18s damaged in consecutive Class A mishaps in Virginia

The two events are the latest trouble for the Navy’s Super Hornets this year.

News

US raid kills two ISIS commanders in eastern Syria

It's the latest attack on the terror group's leaders in recent months.