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"[W]hen you have a soldier that has been gone for 200 days, then there's a problem with leadership."

Turns out that getting screwed over by the green weenie is a time-honored military tradition that dates back centuries

Welcome to the Drone Wars.

"The Outpost" details the desperate heroism of a handful of U.S. Army soldiers at a remote base in eastern Afghanistan during one of the bloodiest battles of the war.

By the time the sun set on Baghdad on April 4, 2004, more than 60 soldiers were wounded, and eight were dead from a series of deadly ambushes and desperate rescue attempts. That day is remembered by survivors and chroniclers as Black Sunday.

The best and worst thing about being in the military is that it is all-consuming.

"This was an isolated and rapidly resolved incident."

Cover your mouth AND nose, people.

Yikes!

“The lessons passed on to crews trained since that fateful day are the true legacy of Spirit 03.”

"An Inspector General review of installation security is rare."

When has a stand down solved anything?

Some of these aren't half bad.

“Help when you can and how you can. And you can’t go wrong doing the right thing.”

The couple previously filed for divorce in October.

The series will use a 2017 New York Times Magazine article as the basis for the script.

Where the mind goes, the body will follow.

"This was a serious breach of security."

“I don’t know any Arab except ‘Halt, or I’ll shoot!’”