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vanilla unmanned
Navy

The Navy is eyeing a drone that can fly for a week without refueling

What comes up can take its sweet time before coming down.

UFO
Air Force

The Pentagon can’t explain the ‘spherical object’ in this video

"We want to know what’s out there as much as you want to know what’s out there.”

The Philadelphia Experiment: The bizarre WWII urban legend about an invisible Navy destroyer
Navy

The Philadelphia Experiment: The bizarre WWII urban legend about an invisible Navy destroyer

The Office of Naval Research “has never conducted any investigations on invisibility."

Marshall Plumlee
Army

This pro basketball player turned Army Ranger is now going to Harvard

This high achiever is someone we can all look up to.

Enlisted sailors
Navy

Sailors stuck with expensive housing options after Navy shuts down their barracks

"The Navy expects for most inexperienced sailors to ‘figure it out.’"

water survival training
Air Force

Why Air Force pilots spent a day being dragged through the water by a jet ski

“You never know when those skills may be helpful, when all those holes in the Swiss cheese line up."

How to train like an elite Army Ranger, according to a Best Ranger coach
Army

How to train like an elite Army Ranger, according to a Best Ranger coach

“I think more and more people are accepting that the mental game is just part of performing well."

How the myth that Mr. Rogers was a deadly military sniper began
Mandatory Fun

How the myth that Mr. Rogers was a deadly military sniper began

Won't you be my sniper... I mean neighbor.

military mythbusters
Mandatory Fun

We’re busting military myths, bullshit and rumors all week

J. Lo is not dead.

Russian tank
Russia

Ukraine is now using Russia’s own tanks against them

Ukraine pulled out the Uno reverse card.

The Navy isn’t looking to add nukes to its ships
Navy

The Navy isn’t looking to add nukes to its ships

The Chief of Naval Operations said the Navy needs to focus on other priorities.

Marine Corps investigating death of Marine guard at US embassy in Guatemala
Marine Corps

Marine Corps investigating death of Marine guard at US embassy in Guatemala

No cause of death has been reported.

82nd airborne
Army

More than 10,000 soldiers are coming home from Europe

The troops, sent to bolster NATO forces near Ukraine, will be replaced with fresh units.

Frank Petersen
Marine Corps

The Navy’s newest warship honors Frank Petersen, the Marines’ first Black aviator

Petersen was a "pioneer not just for Marine Corps aviation but for [the] entire naval force."

cory haggett
Air Force

Air Force special operator awarded Silver Star for saving 4 comrades under fire in 2017 raid

The PJ “selflessly shielded" a wounded comrade with his own body and rendered treatment.

Sig NSGW rifle
Army

You can get your hands on the Next Generation Squad Weapon before the Army does

With such high demand, this auction might be your best chance at buying one.

Russians in Ukraine
Russia

Russian troops are proving that cell phones in war zones are a very bad idea

"If I can find you, I can target you."

This unsettling Army recruitment video is a master class in psychological warfare
Army

This unsettling Army recruitment video is a master class in psychological warfare

“Everything is a weapon. Even this video.”

Sailors from my old ship are dying by suicide. I may know why
Navy

Sailors from my old ship are dying by suicide. I may know why

The crew of the USS George Washington is suffering.

Top Gun 2
Entertainment

I saw ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ and it’s way better than the original

We feel the need for speed.