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Navy

The Navy’s contaminated drinking water crisis is only getting worse

Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink.

World War II

The bizarre history of the US military’s ethnic battalions during World War II

A brief but memorable experiment.

Career

The Army’s new pre-basic-training boot camp might actually build better soldiers

“We want to help them write a successful Army story, not break them off right at the start.”

Mandatory Fun

We salute the USS Decatur for flying its swashbuckling battle flag in a recent exercise

“Commodore Decatur himself was a man of great feats of heroism and grandeur.”

Air Force

‘Don’t quit’ and other lessons from a legendary Air Force PJ’s 26-year career

“It’s like these things that I did wrong, or at least I messed up, the comical moments are really the only things that I remember.”

Army

Army Reserve major releases amateur porn video as part of political campaign

That's one way to do it.

Army

Watch the Army lose a perfectly good Humvee in the latest airdrop gone wrong

The Humvee slipped out of its parachute, causing it to “burn in,” or hit the ground without a chute.

Army

From ‘intense darkness’ to the Army’s NCO of the Year: How this medic made an example of himself

“I just want soldiers, NCOs, whoever it is … to realize that sometimes your best moments are going to come after intense darkness.”

Entertainment

Tom Brady: Football season is ‘like you’re going away on deployment in the military’

Thank you for your service?

Air Force

Racist texts denying an airman a special duty were fake, Air Force investigation finds

“Following an exhaustive investigation, authorities determined that the statements published did not occur and the text messages were fake.”

Russia

Russia’s kamikaze drone strikes against Ukraine aren’t the sign of strength Putin thinks

“The use of these drones might work well on Russians state television, but in terms of their practical impact on the ground, I don’t see it having a material effect."

Mandatory Fun

This Marine’s viral post-boot camp meal wishlist has everything you could possibly want and more

There’s even Arby’s.

Army

Sgt. Maj. of the Army to leaders: Stop using behavioral health as a universal band-aid for problems

“We can’t just use only one resource.”

Vehicles

Has the Army finally found a replacement for the Bradley Fighting Vehicle?

The Army expects to decide which company will produce the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle by the end of fiscal 2027.

Vehicles

NATO countries are getting serious about sending armed robots into battle

"We are under the direct eyes and ears of the Russians, and as such in a semi-operational environment.”

Vehicles

This company wants to turn the Humvee into a launch platform for kamikaze drones

The classic Global War on Terror ride gets an update for the high-tech era.

Marine Corps

Marine Corps halt surf tests of the new amphibious combat vehicle after it flipped over

The pause comes just weeks after Marines cleared the vehicles following similar incidents in high waves.

Air Force

An Air Force F-22 Raptor unit just fired off a record number of air-to-air missiles

“It basically tells big Air Force that our unit is prepared to deploy”

News

11 dead, 15 wounded in apparent insider attack at Russian training site

It's the largest act of violence against the mobilization in Russia.

Army

Two Army Rangers have died by suicide at Hunter Army Airfield since the end of July

A third death is being investigated.