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Guard Company Marines’ quick thinking and response help save pedestrian’s life
Marine Corps

Guard Company Marines’ quick thinking and response help save pedestrian’s life

The Air Force wants to use suborbital transports to insert commandos and cargo anywhere on the planet
Air Force

The Air Force wants to use suborbital transports to insert commandos and cargo anywhere on the planet

Logistics may be the most boring subject on the face of the planet — except when you start talking about spacedropping troops and supplies from fucking orbit

Gen. David Berger
Marine Corps

The Commandant of the Marine Corps is charging into the future, but some aren’t ready for change

The Corps has acted as a second land army so many times it’s flipped the dessert with the main course.

We found the Army’s official pumpkin pie recipe and it’s actually not bad
Army

We found the Army’s official pumpkin pie recipe and it’s actually not bad

I should have called Robert Irvine.

Bill Belichick
United States

Pentagon pours cold water on summit with New England Patriots coach over Armenian conflict

New England Patriots Coach Bill Belichick had said he really hoped the U.S. military would intervene in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

The Navy’s new Osprey just conducted its first drop-off at sea
Navy

The Navy’s new Osprey just conducted its first drop-off at sea

Less than a year since conducting its first flight operations, the Navy's new CMB-22B Osprey has successfully made a drop-off to an aircraft carrier at sea.

Air Force

The major flaws in the Air Force justice system that let generals go unpunished

“You would never let someone who last stepped in the cockpit as a junior captain take over as wing commander, but that’s what we do for trials."

I struggled with thoughts of suicide. Vulnerability and connection kept me alive
News

I struggled with thoughts of suicide. Vulnerability and connection kept me alive

Looking someone in the eye as you tell them you care is when the real work of suicide prevention begins.

Soldiers are finally getting their hands on the Army’s killer new missile-hauling Stryker
Army

Soldiers are finally getting their hands on the Army’s killer new missile-hauling Stryker

After years in development, soldiers are officially putting the Army's Initial Maneuver Short Range Air Defense (IM-SHORAD) system through its paces ahead of its eventual delivery and fielding in Germany

A new Army policy is changing the way deployed or pregnant NCOs are promoted
Army

A new Army policy is changing the way deployed or pregnant NCOs are promoted

A new Army policy starting Jan. 1 will help streamline the promotion process for soldiers

The Pentagon is now officially planning for a Biden administration
United States

The Pentagon is now officially planning for a Biden administration

Members of the Biden transition with security clearances to finally talk to officials in the current administration and receive classified briefings

We salute this Army marksman for slicing a playing card in half with his service pistol
Army

We salute this Army marksman for slicing a playing card in half with his service pistol

The Army Marksmanship Unit is, by name and reputation, a nexus of certified badasses in the ranks of the U.S. Army

How this Army veteran found meaning in emergency management
Army

How this Army veteran found meaning in emergency management

For Lorenzo Leon, coming home was almost as difficult as deploying in the first place

Former Texas Army Guard soldier gets prison time for selling $2 million in military gear on eBay
Army

Former Texas Army Guard soldier gets prison time for selling $2 million in military gear on eBay

She and her accomplice stole over $2 million worth of military equipment

The unanswered questions from Australia’s harrowing war crimes report
Afghanistan

The unanswered questions from Australia’s harrowing war crimes report

Allegations of war crimes by Australian special forces in Afghanistan have been substantiated by the Australian Defence Force (ADF). Here's what it means for the future of the country's Special Operations Command

Israeli tank flips over in possible first-ever IDF WTF Moment
Middle East

Israeli tank flips over in possible first-ever IDF WTF Moment

The tank's driver reportedly suffered minor injuries.

Chechen strongman orders purge of all images of American superheroes from playgrounds
Russia

Chechen strongman orders purge of all images of American superheroes from playgrounds

'We need to remove the images of these fictional characters, these are fantasies.'

Will American history forget the Iraq and Afghanistan wars?
Afghanistan War

Will American history forget the Iraq and Afghanistan wars?

I’m no historian, but I suspect that if future American history books touch on the Afghanistan and Iraq wars at all, they will be similarly summed up as a “period of readjustment” that spanned multiple generations.

Check out these incredible photos of all four Air Force tactical demo team jets flying in formation
Air Force

Check out these incredible photos of all four Air Force tactical demo team jets flying in formation

What's better than one Air Force demonstration team? How about all four — at the same time?

A-10 Pilot
Air Force

Watch this A-10 pilot pull off a ballsy landing without landing gear or canopy

You can watch the exact moment when an A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot successfully landed his aircraft without landing gear or a canopy during a July 2017 training mission