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The Army’s up-armored Strykers are almost ready for a fight
Army

The Army’s up-armored Strykers are almost ready for a fight

The Army is making serious headway in fielding the most modern version of its Stryker infantry carrier vehicle to soldiers with the 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division

Army

The Army’s up-armored Strykers are almost ready for a fight

The Army is making serious headway in fielding the most modern version of its Stryker infantry carrier vehicle to soldiers with the 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division

We salute the Army crew who named their tank ‘All You Can Eat’
Army

We salute the Army crew who named their tank ‘All You Can Eat’

It's hangry!!

We salute the Army crew who named their tank ‘All You Can Eat’
Army

We salute the Army crew who named their tank ‘All You Can Eat’

It's hangry!!

The true story of how ‘E-Tool’ Smith earned his famous nickname
Marine Corps

The true story of how ‘E-Tool’ Smith earned his famous nickname

"The truth is that I never killed anybody with an entrenching tool."

The true story of how ‘E-Tool’ Smith earned his famous nickname
Marine Corps

The true story of how ‘E-Tool’ Smith earned his famous nickname

There’s a famous Marine Corps story from the Vietnam War, where a Marine got a confirmed kill with a small collapsible shovel, called an entrenching tool, or E-tool. Here's what really happened.

The oldest living US Marine celebrates her 107th birthday
Marine Corps

The oldest living US Marine celebrates her 107th birthday

Today marks the 107th birthday of the oldest living U.S. Marine: Dorothy (Schmidt) Cole.

Marine Corps

The oldest living US Marine celebrates her 107th birthday

Today marks the 107th birthday of the oldest living U.S. Marine: Dorothy (Schmidt) Cole.

Why there’s no such thing as ‘tactical’ nuclear weapons
Analysis

Why there’s no such thing as ‘tactical’ nuclear weapons

"I don’t think there is any such thing as a ‘tactical nuclear weapon,’" former Defense Secretary James Mattis told Congress in 2018.

Munitions

Why there’s no such thing as ‘tactical’ nuclear weapons

"I don’t think there is any such thing as a ‘tactical nuclear weapon,’" former Defense Secretary James Mattis told Congress in 2018.

The lore of Uncle Wally leads a family from Bagram to Meuse-Argonne
Family

The lore of Uncle Wally leads a family from Bagram to Meuse-Argonne

Uncle Wally’s service had been family lore. And the monument—erected somewhere in a small town in France—loomed large in my imagination. My dad didn’t know the name of the town. Perhaps Uncle Wally didn’t, either.

New emails reveal the chaotic final days of Brett Crozier’s command of the USS Theodore Roosevelt
Navy

New emails reveal the chaotic final days of Brett Crozier’s command of the USS Theodore Roosevelt

The Navy released 200 pages of email communications this week in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by Task & Purpose in April

The US is sending Bradley Fighting Vehicles back into Syria for additional force protection
Middle East

The US is sending Bradley Fighting Vehicles back into Syria for additional force protection

Officials said the move would ensure troops can "continue their Defeat-ISIS mission without interference."

USS Dextrous sailors say their captain has made the ship a ‘miserable prison.’ The Navy doesn’t seem to care
Navy

USS Dextrous sailors say their captain has made the ship a ‘miserable prison.’ The Navy doesn’t seem to care

"Honestly we need an entirely new wardroom from Captain down"

The State Department wished the Air Force a happy birthday with a photo of the Navy’s Blue Angels
Air Force

The State Department wished the Air Force a happy birthday with a photo of the Navy’s Blue Angels

The State Department failed miserably in a now-deleted tweet that featured the Navy's Blue Angels instead of literally any other Air Force jet

Joe Biden trotted out the trope of the damaged veteran during a recent campaign speech
United States

Joe Biden trotted out the trope of the damaged veteran during a recent campaign speech

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is facing criticism after he recounted a story about a military veteran who committed a violent crime after his wartime service

Stop what you’re doing and watch this Army general’s emotional speech about the cost of war
Army

Stop what you’re doing and watch this Army general’s emotional speech about the cost of war

"We fought the righteous fight, and some of us will remain forever young."

11 amazing F-16 paint jobs in honor of the Air Force birthday
Air Force

11 amazing F-16 paint jobs in honor of the Air Force birthday

The Air Force goes hard in the paint.

The true story behind that one belligerent scene in ‘Black Hawk Down’ every veteran knows
Entertainment

The true story behind that one belligerent scene in ‘Black Hawk Down’ every veteran knows

As memorable as that scene is, the real-life story is somehow better.

Fort Hood soldier arrested after making ‘homicidal threats’ against his leadership
Army

Fort Hood soldier arrested after making ‘homicidal threats’ against his leadership

The incident is just the latest in a string of issues that has kept Fort Hood under the microscope over the last several months