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“I don’t wanna close my eyes without feeling like I lived.”

“What inspires me as a leader is just the men and women that serve alongside me."

He is accused of killing four people, including a 3-month-old baby.

A desperate veteran, missing his disability payment, walked into a bank and took several people hostage. This is how he got there.

“You might say he was rough around the edges. He was comfortable using the F word.”

Measurements and markings and makeup oh my!

'I do think that there are a lot of people that are trying to white-knuckle it right now.'

"I haven't found a way to explain it with any words I know," one Marine said.

"I needed gems for the good of the clan."

'Soldiers are trained to conduct themselves in a respectful manner and adhere to the Army values... They are also held accountable when they do not.'

"At this point, I am just tired of continuously chasing support and money to do my job."

'Easley fought for his country, and when he needed help, his country let him down.'

It looks nothing like the recruiting pitch being sold to American teenagers, which is probably why the Marine Corps itself wanted nothing to do with it.

Any prognosis of Washington’s misadventure in Afghanistan must account for three critical errors in judgment, each of which proved to be a major inflection point in the conflict.

"Crap that’s even more paperwork.”

'To me, the most indefensible component of everything that occurred was just the delay in getting the interpreters out because that is something that was within our control.'

It's called art, ever heard of it?

“Many see it as just a cargo aircraft. To me, it was always a vessel of hope."

Nothing says "hello" from one fighting force to another like a bunch of crude dick drawings

'In this division, leaders jump first, eat last – always.'