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“I’m not even mad, that’s a flex."

'AAVs will only return to operating in the water if needed for crisis response.'

Ryan S. Mays' supervisors described him as a sailor who was cocky, disrespectful, and said that he 'lacked military bearing.'

“Accelerated change taken too literally."

“As a reward for re-enlisting you get to sit in the very back of one of the darkest and bleakest helicopters you can ride in."

“That’s when I saw Sgt. Cashe at the back of the Bradley ... The only thing he asked me was, ‘Where are the boys at?'”

'I think this is one of the most direct examples of unlawful command influence that I have seen in a number of years.'

The youngest son of fallen Navy SEAL Cmdr. Brian Bourgeois was in the middle of the Navy Football team's celebration on Saturday.

“Although the fire was started by an act of arson, the ship was lost due to an inability to extinguish the fire."

'It's unfortunate it took decades to ultimately resolve this case'

“It was a very stressful day, I could have used some Gold Bond powder.”

It's the season of participation trophies, although the preferred nomenclature is the “end of tour” award.

Nearly 800 people have been held at the prison since it opened in 2002.

'Now is the time to be reminded of the grim reality that we all face if we don’t stop them.'

"I ask with all eyes and ears on you that you fix this, and you fix it honestly."

Military-wide, there is one officer for every 4.7 enlisted service members.

About time.

“This is a great loss to everyone who knew him. He will be greatly missed.”

“I was made to feel like I was a second-class citizen and a piece of shit for things outside my control.”

The SEAL Team 8 member was injured on Dec. 4.