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Marine officer: Let troops drop acid before they analyze intel
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Marine officer: Let troops drop acid before they analyze intel

LSD is already a staple of the U.S. military's nuclear enterprise; now it's time to bring mind-expanding substances to the wide world of intelligence, a Marine Corps officer argues

14 Fort Hood leaders fired or suspended in fallout over Spc. Vanessa Guillén’s death
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14 Fort Hood leaders fired or suspended in fallout over Spc. Vanessa Guillén’s death

Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy is cleaning house at Fort Hood.

Army announces new missing soldier policy in response to Fort Hood review
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Army announces new missing soldier policy in response to Fort Hood review

"During the time that a soldier is listed as absent-unknown, unit leaders and Army law enforcement will make every effort to locate the soldier"

Fort Hood’s toxic environment has pushed women ‘into survival mode,’ new report says
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Fort Hood’s toxic environment has pushed women ‘into survival mode,’ new report says

"Numerous females soldiers reported that it is a daily battle to get through the day"

Meet retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin, Biden’s pick for defense secretary
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Meet retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin, Biden’s pick for defense secretary

Lloyd Austin is a Silver Star recipient.

Legendary pilot Chuck Yeager, who broke the sound barrier, has died
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Legendary pilot Chuck Yeager, who broke the sound barrier, has died

Chuck Yeager, the legendary pilot and retired Air Force brigadier general who broke the sound barrier in 1947, has died

army sharp program powerpoint class
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The Fort Hood report is a damning indictment of the Army’s ‘structurally flawed’ SHARP program

“Commands just sweep it under the rug"

"Mike"
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This Norwegian Mercenary Is Instagramming His Fight Against ISIS

Soldiers are about to get a brand new infantry assault buggy to play with
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Soldiers are about to get a brand new infantry assault buggy to play with

The Army has been on the hunt for a lightweight battlewagon to ferry infantry squads around the battlefield since 2018

A Fort Campbell soldier came up with an award-winning fix to scheduling training in a ‘Shark Tank’-style competition
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A Fort Campbell soldier came up with an award-winning fix to scheduling training in a ‘Shark Tank’-style competition

The 18th Airborne Corps called the new app "a game-changing piece of technology"

The Air Force is experimenting with a brand new way to put warheads on foreheads
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The Air Force is experimenting with a brand new way to put warheads on foreheads

The Air Force is continuing to experiment with delivering munitions on pallets thrown from the back of cargo aircraft as a way to turn transports into munitions trucks that provide additional strike capacity during a potential future conflict

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This is the Army’s new rifle optic of choice

Sig Sauer's TANGO6T is the Army's new rifle optic of choice

Watch new infantry recruits experience the Army’s replacement for drill sergeant ‘shark attacks’
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Watch new infantry recruits experience the Army’s replacement for drill sergeant ‘shark attacks’

"How 'easy' does this look?"

Soldiers are officially getting a brand new rifle optic
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Soldiers are officially getting a brand new rifle optic

The Army has awarded a contract for a new variable-power rifle optic designed to replace the existing Rifle Combat Optic (RCO) on the M4A1 carbine

Watch the Navy’s beleaguered new stealth destroyer finally loose off a missile for the first time
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Watch the Navy’s beleaguered new stealth destroyer finally loose off a missile for the first time

The Navy's stealthy new USS Zumwalt destroyer has successfully pulled off the first live-fire test of its unique vertical launch system with a Standard Missile (SM-2)

‘You are the reason I drink’ — Airmen bid adieu to decrepit aircraft dubbed ‘Lucifer’s Chariot’
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‘You are the reason I drink’ — Airmen bid adieu to decrepit aircraft dubbed ‘Lucifer’s Chariot’

"I had some great memories, but most of them involved getting off the aircraft and sprinting away from you.”

Biden to reportedly pick Gen. Lloyd Austin for Defense Secretary
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Biden to reportedly pick Gen. Lloyd Austin for Defense Secretary

Biden plans to make an official announcement of his Pentagon nominee on Friday.

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

The tank's driver reportedly suffered minor injuries.

Liteky receiving the Medal of Honor from President Lyndon B. Johnson
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The Only Medal Of Honor Recipient To Ever Give His Medal Back Has Died

Maria Daume with Rifle
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Born In A Russian Prison, She’s Now A Trailblazing Infantry Marine