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Ukraine

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

What a shot!

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.

Marine Corps

Who gets to call themselves a ‘combat veteran’?

The debate is back.

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.”

Ukraine

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

Tanks for the laughs!

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.

Tech & Tactics

Companies behind robot dogs asks countries not to arm the robot dogs, please

Six firms pledged to find ways to mitigate the risk of weaponized robots, but didn't rule out their use for reconnaissance.

Tanks

Here’s your first clear look at the next-generation ‘AbramsX’ main battle tank

Finally.

News

The VA, Department of the Navy launch gun lock program to combat active-duty suicides

The locks can be picked up at VA sites, and have the Military/Veterans Crisis Line contact information on them.

Air Force

What the new “bat drone” means for the Air Force’s autonomous fighter plans

The newly acquired MQ-28 is meant to be flown in coordination with human pilots.

News

107-year-old WWII veteran finally receives Silver Star 77 years after his discharge

That’s a long wait.

Army

The Army is officially adopting a ‘guaranteed hit’ smart scope

One shot, one kill — every time.

Army

It’s official: The US military will rename bases that honor Confederates

Goodbye Fort Bragg, hello 'Fort Liberty.'

Bloated Budgets and the ‘Less is More’ Mentality

With two oceans protecting us from hostile actors, and a military able to project itself globally, why must we spend more on our defense than the next several nations combined?

Middle East

Trio of ISIS leaders killed in dual US military operations in Syria

The operations both happened early Thursday morning.

Air Force

What it might be like for Air Force fighter pilots to command a team of drones in battle

“This is a command and control station inside of a fighter. It's not just a cockpit.”

Marine Corps

Marines to leadership: We want short shorts

Who wears short shorts?

History

That time 200,000 US troops spent an entire war on sick call

Hygiene, hygiene, and more hygiene.

World War II

The World War II story of the first time US military pilots encountered UFOs

I want to believe.

Army

This armored brigade is now the most modernized in the Army

If you ain’t first, you’re last.