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Marine lieutenant colonel goes unpunished after stealing hundreds of dollars in merchandise from the PX
Lt. Col. Samuel K. Lee, 47, was convicted of larceny on Sept. 11 at Camp Foster, Japan.

New US maritime strategy urges taking ‘calculated tactical risks’ against Russia and China
"This is not about being provocative," said Marine Maj. Gen. Paul Rock Jr.

On his way to the ball, a Marine used his belt as a tourniquet to save a motorist’s life
"There’s no Marines Hymn playing in the background as you run across the road; you just do something.”

This video is a case study in how to combat boredom in the military
Watch two soldiers duke it out while wearing cardboard armor, swords, flails, and shields.

The Navy’s ‘little crappy ships’ have a monster new problem
A fundamental propulsion issue might end up lending the LCS a new nickname: floating garbage pile.

A Space Force member was busted down a rank for bailing on PT to get a PlayStation 5
“Yolo, PS5 > letters of discipline.”

The Army is bragging that it took just under a year to reinvent the cloth facemask
It took a year to develop ... this?

Video from Eddie Gallagher trial shows Navy SEALs smoking and joking near alleged victim’s body
Shortly after Navy SEAL Chief Eddie Gallagher allegedly murdered a wounded ISIS prisoner, half a dozen of his SEAL teammates watched as one SEAL flew a drone around their compound and hovered it just inches over the dead man's body.

America’s top general to Taliban: Give peace a chance
By Jan.15, there should be roughly 2,500 U.S. troops still in Afghanistan.

The Taliban is using magnetic ‘sticky bombs’ to assassinate Afghan officials
Magnetic bombs have killed at least 10 Afghan government officials in the last several weeks.

We salute the airman who just made Air Force PT gear sexy
The video proves that sex appeal isn't about the clothes you wear, it's how you wear them.

Soldier sentenced to 15 years for trying to coerce a minor into sexual activity
"No matter how severe the sentence it will never wipe away the scars left on this innocent child."

The Navy’s $500 million effort to develop a futuristic railgun is going nowhere fast
After years of troubled development, the Navy's much-hyped electromagnetic railgun appears stuck in research limbo, according to budget documents reviewed by Task & Purpose

PETA demands ‘giddy Marines’ stop ‘guzzling cobra blood’ at Cobra Gold training exercise
PETA says it's "more reminiscent of a frat party gone wrong than a military drill."

A man disqualified from joining the Army allegedly returned and shot up the recruiting station
He was arrested on Dec. 14.