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Explorers found the USS Samuel B. Roberts, which sunk 78 years ago holding off an overwhelming Japanese battle group
World War II

Explorers found the USS Samuel B. Roberts, which sunk 78 years ago holding off an overwhelming Japanese battle group

The "destroyer escort that fought like a battleship” was found four miles below the surface.

US Army private admits planning ‘mass casualty attack’ on fellow soldiers
News

US Army private admits planning ‘mass casualty attack’ on fellow soldiers

He faces 45 years in prison for trying to start a “prolonged armed conflict."

Meet the ‘Wizzo’ — The secret sauce to one of the Air Force’s deadliest fighter jets
Culture

Meet the ‘Wizzo’ — The secret sauce to one of the Air Force’s deadliest fighter jets

In a fast-moving aircraft designed for air-to-air and air-to-ground combat, sometimes two heads are better than one.

chaplain email
Army

Army chaplain applauds Roe v. Wade decision ending ‘murder of millions’ in mass email to soldiers

He also urged soldiers to pray for the safety of Supreme Court justices and families “whose lives are in danger from Satanic-influenced evildoers."

This Army officer’s epic rant about company command is a work of art
Humor

This Army officer’s epic rant about company command is a work of art

Best job you'll ever have.

mattis and eve baker
Opinion

How a selfie with James Mattis shows he’s a Marine for the people

Why is it that General Mattis is so beloved? Why would dozens of Air Force personnel, soldiers, and civilians let their own meals grow cold just to shake his hand?

Watch these soldiers regret absolutely everything during gas chamber training
Humor

Watch these soldiers regret absolutely everything during gas chamber training

The Army: putting the ‘suck’ in embrace the suck since 1775.

Royce Williams
Korean War

The real-life Maverick who took on 7 Soviet jets in a classified Korean War dogfight

The existence of the improbable dogfight remained under wraps for decades, yet the details of what happened are the stuff of legends.

Air Force A-10s are still needed and the Russia-Ukraine war proves it
Opinion

Air Force A-10s are still needed and the Russia-Ukraine war proves it

Simple tools are undeniably more important in combat than more expensive weapons.

soldiers patrol nuclear explosion
Navy

Congress is bringing back the idea of a ‘limited’ nuclear war

“To me, it is all about deterrence. We need some capacity to be able to fill a deterrence gap. If we leave the gap, then we are at risk.”

Why the US can’t afford to abandon Ukraine
Opinion

Why the US can’t afford to abandon Ukraine

No army, not even one as tenacious and courageous as Ukraine’s, can overcome such a numerical overmatch. And if Ukraine loses, what then?

thumbs-up
Mandatory Fun

‘Boomers, Moose, Enlisted Jesus’ and more Air Force lingo for the rest of us

Speak Air Force-ese with this handy guide on everything from piddle packs to Mustache March.

What Russia’s capture of US vets means for Americans fighting in Ukraine
Europe

What Russia’s capture of US vets means for Americans fighting in Ukraine

“There’s a price to be paid if you’re captured."

VA patient advocate who body-slammed Vietnam vet suspended indefinitely without pay
United States

VA patient advocate who body-slammed Vietnam vet suspended indefinitely without pay

7 weeks after assaulting a patient at an Atlanta VA clinic, a VA patient advocate has been suspended.

The Army is now officially allowing more tattoos
Culture

The Army is now officially allowing more tattoos

The change comes amid what one official called the "most challenging recruiting market" in 20 years.

fort sill
Army

2 soldiers who just wanted to go home early wound up pulling a man from a burning truck

Two classmates found themselves putting out a vehicle fire and saving the driver together on an Oklahoma highway.

‘Top Gun: Maverick’ is officially the most successful US military movie of all time
Entertainment

‘Top Gun: Maverick’ is officially the most successful US military movie of all time

I feel the need, the need for profits.

Alexander Hamilton
Military Life

The untold history of the US military’s strange law against dueling

It remains illegal for troops to engage in duels even though the practice of dueling died out in the United States long ago.

No, aircraft carriers will not be useless in a war with China
China

No, aircraft carriers will not be useless in a war with China

A lot would have to align before China's military could successfully hit a carrier at sea with a ballistic missile under wartime conditions.

syria
Air Force

Airman arrested in connection to insider attack on US base in Syria

A mysterious explosion in April at a base in northern Syria injured four U.S. troops. Who was behind it?