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Riley Tejcek
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Marine training for winter Olympics bobsled team while in Iraq

Marine Capt. Riley Tejcek is training to be on the US 2026 winter Olympics Bobsled team while deployed to Iraq.

Combat engineers from the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division blast through a concrete wall during demolition training at Curry Demo July 17.
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Military to start cognitive tests for troops exposed to artillery, gunfire and explosions

The Pentagon also released new rules for safe distances troops should be from mortars, howitzers, rifles and breaching explosives.

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a significant or extreme emotional or psychological response to a shocking or dangerous or traumatic event.
Military Life

FDA denies MDMA assisted therapy for PTSD treatment

Veterans, members of Congress, and many others advocated for the groundbreaking PTSD treatment, but the FDA declined it saying more research is needed.

Static line and freefall parachute operations require different approaches and skillsets.
Military Life

A guide to all the parachutes that American paratroopers ‘ride to work’

Whether on a special ops jump from 25,000 feet or with hundreds of paratroopers filling the sky, U.S. troops use a wide range of parachutes.

The USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group sails through the Pacific Ocean with the Italian Navy's Cavour Carrier Strike Group on Aug. 8, 2024. (photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Daniel Kimmelman/U.S. Navy)
Around the World

USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group ordered to ‘accelerate’ to Middle East

The Pentagon ordered the carrier strike group and its fighter squadrons to hurry to the region as the United States prepares for a possible Iranian attack on Israel.

Astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore (left) and Sunita "Suni" Williams stand next to a T-38 plane as part of testing for the NASA mission. (photo courtesy NASA)
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Two NASA astronauts, both Navy veterans, could be stuck in space until 2025

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are currently on the International Space Station waiting for NASA to resolve issues with the Boeing Starliner.

An Army soldier sleeps while in transport at Hohenfels Training Area, Germany in February 2021. (photo by Sgt. John W. Todd/U.S. Army)
Active Duty

11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade tells soldiers on staff duty to get more sleep

The Fort Bliss-based unit is the latest Army command to issue guidance on the needs of some rest.

Crews dismantle a homeless veterans encampment on San Vincente Boulevard in Los Angeles on Nov. 1, 2021. The encampment was set up outside of the 388-acre West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs campus. (photo by Al Seib / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images).
Military Life

VA changes rules, expands housing assistance for disabled veterans

Previously disability compensation pushed unhoused veterans above the income limit to receive federal housing subsidies. Updated rules end that Catch-22.

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Marine Osprey crewman died trying to reach pilots on doomed plane

A new report outlines how several failures, including a near-air collision, led to the deaths of three Marines in Australia in August 2023.

cybertruck b-24 world war II tribute
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This Cybertruck’s B-24 Liberator wrap honors a WWII bomber pilot

The cybertruck's wrap is a tribute to a B-24 Liberator known as Silver Babe which the owner's grandfather flew in WWII.

U.S. Army Drill Sergeant Sgt 1st Class. Aleman assigned to Foxtrot 1st Battalion 34th Infantry Regiment participates in the “Shark Attack” or fear stage of the discipline process, as trainees arrive to the First day of Basic Combat Training on 12 June 2017 at Fort Jackson, SC. Among those assigned to the 1st Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment are Reserve Drill Sergeants from the 3rd Battalion, 518th Infantry Regiment who are required to serve two weeks for annual training (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Darius Davis/Released).
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Army adds new boot camp companies in Oklahoma and Missouri

Daniel Munger
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Army identifies contract instructor pilot killed in Apache crash

Daniel Munger, a contract instructor pilot, was killed on Wednesday when an AH-64 Apache crashed at Fort Novosel, Alabama.

We salute this sailor rockin’ out during underway refueling at RIMPAC
Culture

We salute this sailor rockin’ out during underway refueling at RIMPAC

It's either a junior enlisted sailor giving a free show or Eddie from Stranger Things.

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 320nd Field Artillery Battery, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, react to a drone swarm attack during Exercise Combined Resolve 24-2 at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center near Hohenfels, Germany, May 29, 2024. Combined Resolve 24-2 is a key U.S. Army multi-domain interoperability exercise in Europe and a major investment in the cohesion of the NATO alliance and the overall readiness of allies and partners to work together in a dynamic security environment. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Brandon Nelson)
News

Soldiers created their own drone attack simulator ahead of Middle East deployment

The computer program 'REACT' simulates drone and rocket attacks like the ones troops face in Iraq and Syria.

Command Sgt. Maj. Matthew Carlson
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Command sergeant major for Army’s 173rd Airborne Brigade fired

Command Sgt. Maj. Matthew Carlson was fired on July 16. He had been the senior enlisted leader for the 173rd Airborne Brigade.

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The ‘Swift Boating’ of Tim Walz has begun. What is the truth?

Tim Walz retired from the National Guard two months before his unit was activated for an Iraq deployment. Republicans want that timing to be a major issue.

California Veterans are suing the VA to build more housing on 388-acre Los Angeles lot
Military Life

California Veterans are suing the VA to build more housing on 388-acre Los Angeles lot

Homeless veterans and their advocates are suing to get thousands of housing units built on the West L.A. campus.

BUD/S
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Navy SEAL commanders may face board of inquiry in BUD/S death

Two officers involved in training Navy SEALs have been told to show why they should be allowed to stay in the service following the 2022 death of a SEAL candidate.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz in front of a then-unique Minnesota Air National Guard C-130H3, which has an 8-propeller blade. ANG photo by Amy M. Lovgren.
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Harris picks Tim Walz, a former command sergeant major, as VP running mate

With Walz and former Marine J.D. Vance in line for the same office, a former enlisted veteran will be in the White House for the first time since 2008.

Al Asad Air Base
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Multiple US troops hurt in attack in western Iraq

US and coalition forces were injured by a suspected rocket attack on Monday against Al Asad Air Base in Iraq.