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Austin’s forty years in the military represent both the risk of inertia and a real opportunity to address serious issues.

Dude, wtf?

America needs your service now more than ever.

The Pentagon was silent on what specific "offensive operations" would be halted.

Legend.

Rest in peace.

"On a very basic level, it isn’t what happened to me."

"It's definitely a huge responsibility that I take extremely seriously."

What's up with counterterrorism, doc?

“They really don't care that you read Von Clausewitz or some other dead German."

"She genuinely wanted to do well that day, she wanted to sing the national anthem for all Americans."

They're not wrong.

Plenty of men had strong opinions on the updates, which overwhelmingly applied to only women.

Awful.

It took the U.S. Army more than two days to answer the question: When are you officially a Ranger?

Not exactly a surprise

The Army Corps of Engineers is feeling cute and we're here for it.

RIP.

“That was such a glaring error."