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Here’s what it takes to be a combat medic for the US military
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Here’s what it takes to be a combat medic for the US military

Everyone loves the 'Doc'

Air Force vet who tried to help Trump build border wall with GoFundMe campaign indicted for tax fraud
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Air Force vet who tried to help Trump build border wall with GoFundMe campaign indicted for tax fraud

He allegedly used some of those funds to pay for a 40-foot luxury fishing boat named 'Warfighter.'

Feds say wounded Air Force vet used ‘We Build The Wall’ funds to buy luxury fishing boat named ‘Warfighter’
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Feds say wounded Air Force vet used ‘We Build The Wall’ funds to buy luxury fishing boat named ‘Warfighter’

Money well spent!

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Retired Army Lt. Col. Allen West embarrasses himself in one-man push-up contest

Zero, zero, zero...

This A-10’s new paint job pays tribute to the original flying tank of World War II
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This A-10’s new paint job pays tribute to the original flying tank of World War II

"The Thunderbolt was the hammer: big and strong, it could take a lot of punishment and still deliver a lethal blow."

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Army trainee arrested for allegedly hijacking school bus full of children with a rifle [Updated]

He will be charged with 'multiple counts of kidnapping.'

Army puts civilian in charge of criminal investigations in response to glaring issues found in the Fort Hood report
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Army puts civilian in charge of criminal investigations in response to glaring issues found in the Fort Hood report

CID's redesign is being implemented in phases, starting at Fort Hood.

Confessions of an A-10 pilot: What it’s like to fly a cannon with wings
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Confessions of an A-10 pilot: What it’s like to fly a cannon with wings

Task & Purpose asks an A-10 pilot what it it’s like to fly a cannon with wings; how it feels when it "BRRRRTs"; what unit traditions are unique to Warthog pilots; and of course, we asked about the dumbest thing he did in the cockpit.

The Army will now allow women to wear ponytails in all uniforms
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The Army will now allow women to wear ponytails in all uniforms

The regulation is expected to go into effect on Thursday.

The sergeant major seen in viral video entering a Marine’s house has been relieved
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The sergeant major seen in viral video entering a Marine’s house has been relieved

Loss of confidence.

Why did you get out of the military?
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Why did you get out of the military?

Let's hear it.

Putting warheads on foreheads — This is the gear Air Force combat controllers carry into battle
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Putting warheads on foreheads — This is the gear Air Force combat controllers carry into battle

Spoiler alert: Sharpies are a big one

Eddie Gallagher now says SEALs intended to kill unarmed fighter and ‘nobody had a problem with it’
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Eddie Gallagher now says SEALs intended to kill unarmed fighter and ‘nobody had a problem with it’

'Our intention was to kill him. Everybody was on board.'

Why Green Beret training involves shooting out of a Toyota Corolla and ramming vehicles
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Why Green Beret training involves shooting out of a Toyota Corolla and ramming vehicles

No, this isn't from the set of 'John Wick'

Grieving parents excoriate the Marine Corps over deadly amphibious vehicle accident
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Grieving parents excoriate the Marine Corps over deadly amphibious vehicle accident

'Reckless disregard for human life'

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Watch a jetpack-flying Royal Marine board a ship like freakin’ Boba Fett

This thing is sick.

Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower gives the order of the day to paratroopers in England prior to boarding their planes to participate in the first assault of the Normandy invasion (Left; U.S. Army Signal Corps via AP); Unnamed Army Specialist (Right; screenshot of TikTok).
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This Army specialist’s inspiring speech about moving ‘down this bullcrap range’ ranks up there with Eisenhower’s D-Day address

Watch one Army specialist inspire his fellow soldiers in a rousing address as they prepare to go "down this bullcrap range."

Everything right and wrong with the mortar trooper from ‘The Mandalorian,’ according to a Marine mortar platoon commander
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Everything right and wrong with the mortar trooper from ‘The Mandalorian,’ according to a Marine mortar platoon commander

A long time ago, in a mortar platoon far, far away.

‘PIKLRICK’: We salute the Air Force pilot who flew with a ‘Rick and Morty’ callsign
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‘PIKLRICK’: We salute the Air Force pilot who flew with a ‘Rick and Morty’ callsign

Show me a better role model for America's favorite Air Force.

Former Army sergeant arrested after allegedly posing as a National Guardsman during protests in Los Angeles
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Former Army sergeant arrested after allegedly posing as a National Guardsman during protests in Los Angeles