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United States

Pentagon allows transgender troops to serve openly under new policy

"Trans rights are human rights."

Army

What it’s really like inside one of the military’s ‘extremism stand-downs’

“I would say my overall impression is we are not doing a good job educating the force on ... what represents extremist organizations."

Opinion

Biden needs to get us out of Afghanistan in May

Washington needs to leave Afghanistan and put its military involvement there in the rear-view mirror.

Afghanistan

How American troops got stuck fighting in Afghanistan’s ‘Hardest Place’

An excerpt from 'The Hardest Place: The American Military Adrift in Afghanistan's Pech Valley'

Munitions

7.62 NATO vs .308 Winchester ammo: What’s the difference?

If you have a modern .308 Win. rifle, you should be fine firing any modern commercial .308 Win. or 7.62 NATO ammo.

Air Force

‘Wise Guy’ flies again — How the Air Force got a 60-year-old B-52 back up and running

"To get it air-worthy in this short time is nothing short of amazing."

Marine Corps

Marine captain to elite university: Pay my tuition

It's a bold strategy, Cotton.

Entertainment

What’s one scene from a war movie that just gets *it* right?

So many movies get military life wrong, but a few get *it* right.

Military Life

I took the Army Combat Fitness Test. Here’s what I learned

I'm still kind of sore.

Air Force

Air Force robot dogs are here and they appear to be very good boys

It's still unclear whether the robot dogs will be spayed or neutered.

Opinion

Open letter to the troops: Take the damn vaccine, please

Diseases are evil.

Humor

Duped by Duffel Blog, a congressman claims that the VFW and American Legion were labeled hate groups

Uh, sir, that's from Duffel Blog.

Army

Army Ranger dies during ‘swamp phase’ of Ranger School in Florida

Rest in peace.

Entertainment

How ‘Live Free or Die Hard’ revealed an actual problem with the F-35

"I was really struck by the fact that they predicted the F-35 getting hacked."

Army

Almost a year after Vanessa Guillén’s disappearance, the Army moves forward with sexual harassment reform

The policy takes sexual harassment investigations out of a soldier's direct chain of command.

Afghanistan

Taliban threatens to attack US troops if they’re not gone by May 1

The deadline is 36 days from now.

Entertainment

Why ‘In The Army Now’ is the most realistic military movie ever made

Here's what the film gets right.

Opinion

It’s National Medal of Honor Day and Alwyn Cashe still doesn’t have his

“I want to know where we are,” Cashe's sister said. “The importance of today did not pass me by.”

Afghanistan

Biden refuses to commit to Afghanistan pullout by May 1

Forever War.

Army

Alaska’s first female infantryman has advice for other would-be grunts: ‘YOLO’

"If that’s what you really want to do, all you have to do is work hard, work out, be mentally fit, and just go for it.”