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Third time's the charm.

In 2012, Kennedy went to general court-martial over allegations involving two minors.

'We will own this'

"Our hearts are heavy having lost a brother and bright young member of our team with nothing but potential ahead of him."

Oh great.

"The LongShot program changes the paradigm of air combat operations."

Nobody drops knowledge bombs like the Secretary of Defense

To say nothing of the human costs.

"[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 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.