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Navy

Yet another Navy aircraft carrier has a water contamination problem

This time, it's E. coli.

Army

Soldier arrested at Fort Hood may be connected to multiple sexual assaults on base

The soldier was arrested earlier this month.

Air Force

Airman receives Bronze Star for helping fight off 2020 attack on Kenya air base

“One of the hardest parts was the aftermath, because everyone's so mentally and physically exhausted.”

Army

Soldiers say goodbye to beloved military working dog who saved lives in Afghanistan

“CCruz was more like a son to me rather than just a dog.”

Army

Army Secretary tells leaders to stand up for soldiers ‘IRL or online’ after telling them to stay out of ‘culture wars’

Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth attempted to clear up her remarks from earlier in the week about leaders engaging on social media.

Army

The Army’s futuristic new goggles are a literal pain in the neck

Soldiers who used the IVAS during recent testing suffered from “mission-affecting physical impairments."

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.

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.

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.”

Entertainment

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

Something about the duality of man, sir.

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.”

Navy

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

The Navy’s bad luck streak continues.

Army

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

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

Military Life

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.

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?

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.'

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.

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.

World War II

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

The good, the bad, the delicious.

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.”