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Marine Corps Inspector General suspended over role in amphibious vehicle disaster that killed 9
News

Marine Corps Inspector General suspended over role in amphibious vehicle disaster that killed 9

'He’s been suspended from his duties'

Dear Media: A Veteran With PTSD Isn’t More Likely To Be A Mass Shooter
News

Dear Media: A Veteran With PTSD Isn’t More Likely To Be A Mass Shooter

Laugh, and maybe cry, with these searing parody videos about Air Force life
News

Laugh, and maybe cry, with these searing parody videos about Air Force life

“If anyone is wondering, this actually happens."

Here’s what 23 of the world’s most dangerous terrorists look like today
Culture

Here’s what 23 of the world’s most dangerous terrorists look like today

Let's see how they're doing...

No Easy Day in Whoville,’ ‘Goodnight, Boom’ and other potential titles for Adm. William McRaven’s new children’s book
Culture

No Easy Day in Whoville,’ ‘Goodnight, Boom’ and other potential titles for Adm. William McRaven’s new children’s book

Osama Bin Laden and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

The Navy shouldn’t get any more money until it stops spending like a drunken sailor
News

The Navy shouldn’t get any more money until it stops spending like a drunken sailor

Budgetary cage match.

New Army report confirms Vanessa Guillén was sexually harassed by a member of her unit before her death [Updated]
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New Army report confirms Vanessa Guillén was sexually harassed by a member of her unit before her death [Updated]

The new report will be released Friday.

A stunning 21 Army leaders will be disciplined over Vanessa Guillén’s disappearance and death
News

A stunning 21 Army leaders will be disciplined over Vanessa Guillén’s disappearance and death

“We are committed to [rebuilding] our bond among our soldiers."

We finally have a clear picture of what happened after Vanessa Guillen disappeared from Fort Hood
News

We finally have a clear picture of what happened after Vanessa Guillen disappeared from Fort Hood

The long-awaited report was released Friday.

A service member thumbs through a stack of cash.
Military Life

Here are a few tips to make the most of your military paycheck

Vanessa Guillen was murdered in her unit armory on the day she went missing, attorney says
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Vanessa Guillen was murdered in her unit armory on the day she went missing, attorney says

"Vanessa Guillen is a loss to all of us."

Hey veterans: We’ll pay you to play with cool gear and write about it
Military Life

Hey veterans: We’ll pay you to play with cool gear and write about it

We’re looking for a few devoted readers to review the latest and greatest gear and tech for us.

This soldier saved 2 people and a dog from a burning building then casually went back to work
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This soldier saved 2 people and a dog from a burning building then casually went back to work

"I made a quick decision."

A Navy admiral was fired after getting drunk and walking naked through a hotel
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A Navy admiral was fired after getting drunk and walking naked through a hotel

'That’s when I went from not good to worse'

‘The worst 4 hours of my life’ — Legendary astronaut Michael Collins on what it’s like to have a nicotine fit aboard a B-52 mid-flight
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‘The worst 4 hours of my life’ — Legendary astronaut Michael Collins on what it’s like to have a nicotine fit aboard a B-52 mid-flight

"Like a teething baby, I slobbered and gummed my fingertips, my pencils, the corner of my handkerchief."

‘It bothers me a little bit that it’s just going to end like this’ – The pain felt by Afghanistan war veterans
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‘It bothers me a little bit that it’s just going to end like this’ – The pain felt by Afghanistan war veterans

No victory.

Soldiers are refusing the vaccine out of spite: ‘This is the first time I get to tell the Army no!’
News

Soldiers are refusing the vaccine out of spite: ‘This is the first time I get to tell the Army no!’

"It's not about you."

An Army major was allegedly drugged and bitten by strippers during a drunken escapade in Poland
News

An Army major was allegedly drugged and bitten by strippers during a drunken escapade in Poland

The story lives on in an official Army investigation.

‘A dereliction of duty’ — Why the amphibious vehicle disaster that killed 9 servicemen was entirely preventable
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‘A dereliction of duty’ — Why the amphibious vehicle disaster that killed 9 servicemen was entirely preventable

“What ought one to say then as each hardship comes? I was practicing for this, I was training for this.” —Epictetus

Roman soldiers drew penises all over Hadrian’s Wall more than 1,800 years ago
History

Roman soldiers drew penises all over Hadrian’s Wall more than 1,800 years ago

Drawing penises in the sky or on the inside of a bomber cockpit may earn you a stiff punishment in the U.S. military, but phallic graffiti is apparently a tradition as old as warfare