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Operators Are Bitterly Infighting Over The Latest Medal Of Honor Announcement
Military Life

Operators Are Bitterly Infighting Over The Latest Medal Of Honor Announcement

Here are the funniest military punishments you shared with us
News

Here are the funniest military punishments you shared with us

Saluting squirrels.

Pentagon allows transgender troops to serve openly under new policy
News

Pentagon allows transgender troops to serve openly under new policy

"Trans rights are human rights."

Here Are The Funniest Punishments Ever Handed Down In the Military, According To The Internet
Culture

Here Are The Funniest Punishments Ever Handed Down In the Military, According To The Internet

Why They Went: The Inside Story Of The Standing Rock Veterans
Culture

Why They Went: The Inside Story Of The Standing Rock Veterans

"If you are here with Veterans Stand for Standing Rock, raise your hand!”

What it’s really like inside one of the military’s ‘extremism stand-downs’
News

What it’s really like inside one of the military’s ‘extremism stand-downs’

“I would say my overall impression is we are not doing a good job educating the force on ... what represents extremist organizations."

Meet the (probably soon to be former) Marine who just dropped a not-so-hot racist track on Instagram
News

Meet the (probably soon to be former) Marine who just dropped a not-so-hot racist track on Instagram

"There is no place for racism in the Marine Corps."

The secret history of Confederate post names the Army never wanted you to see
News

The secret history of Confederate post names the Army never wanted you to see

“They put together this whole report and did nothing with it. That blows my mind.”

Biden needs to get us out of Afghanistan in May
News

Biden needs to get us out of Afghanistan in May

Washington needs to leave Afghanistan and put its military involvement there in the rear-view mirror.

afghanistan combat outpost honaker-miracle
News

How American troops got stuck fighting in Afghanistan’s ‘Hardest Place’

An excerpt from 'The Hardest Place: The American Military Adrift in Afghanistan's Pech Valley'

Leader Of Charlottesville White Nationalist Group Was A Marine Corps Recruiter
News

Leader Of Charlottesville White Nationalist Group Was A Marine Corps Recruiter

7.62 NATO vs .308 Winchester ammo: What’s the difference?
Tech & Tactics

7.62 NATO vs .308 Winchester ammo: What’s the difference?

If you have a modern .308 Win. rifle, you should be fine firing any modern commercial .308 Win. or 7.62 NATO ammo.

‘Wise Guy’ flies again — How the Air Force got a 60-year-old B-52 back up and running
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‘Wise Guy’ flies again — How the Air Force got a 60-year-old B-52 back up and running

"To get it air-worthy in this short time is nothing short of amazing."

Corps investigating Marine for sending boot swastika photo to ‘Terminal Lance’ creator
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Corps investigating Marine for sending boot swastika photo to ‘Terminal Lance’ creator

"There is no place for racial hatred or extremism in the Marine Corps. The Terminal Lance tweet featuring derogatory behavior by Marines is currently being investigated."

jerry mcguire
News

Marine captain to elite university: Pay my tuition

It's a bold strategy, Cotton.

What’s one scene from a war movie that just gets *it* right?
Culture

What’s one scene from a war movie that just gets *it* right?

So many movies get military life wrong, but a few get *it* right.

I took the Army Combat Fitness Test. Here’s what I learned
News

I took the Army Combat Fitness Test. Here’s what I learned

I'm still kind of sore.

The Unbelievable True Story Of The Greatest Beer Run In History
History

The Unbelievable True Story Of The Greatest Beer Run In History

A Marine veteran once travelled all the way from New York to Vietnam to bring his buddies at war (slightly warm) PBR.

Air Force robot dogs are here and they appear to be very good boys
News

Air Force robot dogs are here and they appear to be very good boys

It's still unclear whether the robot dogs will be spayed or neutered.

us military COVID-19 vaccine mandate
News

Open letter to the troops: Take the damn vaccine, please

Diseases are evil.