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Contractor steals 2,500 pages of secret documents from Air Force Research Lab
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Contractor steals 2,500 pages of secret documents from Air Force Research Lab

"No one checks your bags or folders or anything when you leave the office."

I’m returning to the Pentagon because I’m tired of hearing ‘You’re on mute’
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I’m returning to the Pentagon because I’m tired of hearing ‘You’re on mute’

I’ve embraced the Fobbit lifestyle for too long.

Steven Seagal is the new pitchman for a shady armored vehicle manufacturer in the UAE
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Steven Seagal is the new pitchman for a shady armored vehicle manufacturer in the UAE

From C-list action movie star to D-list lord of war.

Why it took 16 years for this Marine to finally receive his Purple Heart
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Why it took 16 years for this Marine to finally receive his Purple Heart

Another case of lost paperwork.

52 years ago, this airman threw himself on a burning flare to save his crew
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52 years ago, this airman threw himself on a burning flare to save his crew

After his aircraft was hit by an enemy mortar round, John Levitow saved his entire aircrew from certain death.

A trailblazing female Ranger grad has reignited the debate over the Army’s controversial new fitness test
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A trailblazing female Ranger grad has reignited the debate over the Army’s controversial new fitness test

Here we go again.

Fort Hood investigator charged in wife’s death allegedly sought puffer fish toxin: report
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Fort Hood investigator charged in wife’s death allegedly sought puffer fish toxin: report

Tetrodotoxin is a toxin that can cause illness or death.

Biden gets his first Middle East airstrikes out of the way
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Biden gets his first Middle East airstrikes out of the way

Mazel tov, President Biden, and welcome to the club.

The Air Force is using virtual reality to fight its suicide epidemic
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The Air Force is using virtual reality to fight its suicide epidemic

"It’s one thing to tell somebody how to do something, it’s another to go through the experience."

Army 2nd Lt. accused of running guns for ‘high-level’ drug trafficker
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Army 2nd Lt. accused of running guns for ‘high-level’ drug trafficker

An Army lieutenant is heading to court for allegedly enlisting the aid of another military officer to help him buy guns to illegally sell to a convicted felon, before the firearms made their way into the hands of a drug trafficker who was busted with the weapons, and $4 million worth of heroin.

Paul Bremer, Ski Instructor: Learning To Shred With The Bush Administration’s Iraq War Fall Guy
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Paul Bremer, Ski Instructor: Learning To Shred With The Bush Administration’s Iraq War Fall Guy

Pour one out for the soldiers photographed in The Washington Post with their hands in their damn pockets
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Pour one out for the soldiers photographed in The Washington Post with their hands in their damn pockets

Bless your heart.

How letters from home carried this Medal of Honor recipient through his deployments
Military Life

How letters from home carried this Medal of Honor recipient through his deployments

"I really enjoy that physical feeling of getting a letter from someone or sending one."

Fort Hood general fired over Vanessa Guillén’s death given new assignment
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Fort Hood general fired over Vanessa Guillén’s death given new assignment

Maj. Gen. Scott Efflandt was relieved last year when the Fort Hood report was released.

The Wizards of War, Shrimp Boats, and Hillbilly Express — The best (and weirdest) Army unit nicknames
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The Wizards of War, Shrimp Boats, and Hillbilly Express — The best (and weirdest) Army unit nicknames

The "Hillbilly Express" nickname existed and no one told me?

No more delays, no more excuses: It’s time to get the hell out of Afghanistan once and for all
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No more delays, no more excuses: It’s time to get the hell out of Afghanistan once and for all

It's time stop listening to those who have been wrong for two decades.

The Navy has lost more sailors to COVID-19 in February than in all of 2020
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The Navy has lost more sailors to COVID-19 in February than in all of 2020

We mourn the lives lost.

Marines, rejoice: Someone made crayons that are actually meant to be eaten
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Marines, rejoice: Someone made crayons that are actually meant to be eaten

Yes this is real.

10th mountain video
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This video of 10th Mountain soldiers shows exactly what not to do when clearing a room

Flag city. Population: These guys.

The Pentagon says there’s no data on troops refusing vaccines. One general just proved them wrong
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The Pentagon says there’s no data on troops refusing vaccines. One general just proved them wrong

'Nobody is hiding data.'