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Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis raises his knife hand to reenlist a lucky Marine corporal
Marine Corps

Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis raises his knife hand to reenlist a lucky Marine corporal

Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis raised his knife hand (not in anger) to reenlist a lucky Marine corporal last month in Yakima, Wash.

Congress is opening an investigation into Fort Hood
Army

Congress is opening an investigation into Fort Hood

Another one.

He was born in a village in Sudan. It took joining the Army to find his home
Army

He was born in a village in Sudan. It took joining the Army to find his home

Seven years before he was granted U.S. citizenship at a federal district courthouse in Des Moines, Pfc. Fortytwo Chotper was learning English from American cartoons in a Kenyan refugee camp

He came to America to join the military. Then he sacrificed his life and became a community hero
Joining the Military

He came to America to join the military. Then he sacrificed his life and became a community hero

On that fateful December night in 2017, he could have easily escaped the flames unharmed, but Emmanuel Mensah's overwhelming sense of duty to both nation and community propelled him back inside the burning building

Navy ends search for missing USS Nimitz sailor
Navy

Navy ends search for missing USS Nimitz sailor

Information Systems Technician 2nd Class Ian McKnight had been missing since Sept. 6.

Army chief calls combat a ‘last resort’ after Trump says military leaders want nothing but to fight ‘endless wars’
Army

Army chief calls combat a ‘last resort’ after Trump says military leaders want nothing but to fight ‘endless wars’

"We take this very, very seriously."

‘Do your part’ — Joint Chiefs vice chair calls on leaders to end military suicide crisis
Mental Health

‘Do your part’ — Joint Chiefs vice chair calls on leaders to end military suicide crisis

"Regardless of which uniform we wear, we’re not immune from life’s challenges, including thoughts of suicide."

The Air Force just tested robot dogs as backup for security forces
Air Force

The Air Force just tested robot dogs as backup for security forces

The Air Force deployed an unusual new system during a recent exercise: "robot dogs" designed to enhance the situational awareness of security forces during a mission

I was in the wrong fight in Iraq. As an immigration lawyer, I found the right one
Transition

I was in the wrong fight in Iraq. As an immigration lawyer, I found the right one

The Taliban drove his family out of Afghanistan when he was a child. Now he wants to go back as a Marine
Marine Corps

The Taliban drove his family out of Afghanistan when he was a child. Now he wants to go back as a Marine

23 years ago, the Taliban drove Pvt. Atiqullah Assadi and his family from their home in Afghanistan. Now, he's a United States Marine, and he intends to go back.

Your paycheck is about to get bigger, but the IRS is going to stick it to you next year
Benefits & Pay

Your paycheck is about to get bigger, but the IRS is going to stick it to you next year

More money. More taxes.

She was born in a Russian prison and became a trailblazing infantry Marine
Marine Corps

She was born in a Russian prison and became a trailblazing infantry Marine

18-year-old Maria Daume’s path to the yellow footprints of Parris Island, South Carolina, which will culminate in her graduation on Jan. 13 before later heading off to the Marine Corps’ School of Infantry, began years ago in a prison in Siberia, Russia, where she was born.

The Marine Corps’s new battlewagon is getting a 30mm cannon to take out enemy aircraft
Marine Corps

The Marine Corps’s new battlewagon is getting a 30mm cannon to take out enemy aircraft

The Marine Corps plans on loading up its brand new battlewagons with a 30mm cannon to track and destroy enemy drones and aircraft, according to a new notice from the service

Trump accuses Pentagon leaders of wanting to ‘fight wars’ to make defense companies rich
United States

Trump accuses Pentagon leaders of wanting to ‘fight wars’ to make defense companies rich

'They want to do nothing but fight wars so that all of those wonderful companies that make the bombs and make the planes and make everything else stay happy.'

VA secretary could run the Pentagon if Trump fires Defense Secretary Esper, report says
United States

VA secretary could run the Pentagon if Trump fires Defense Secretary Esper, report says

Senior White House officials have spoken to Wilkie in the past month about the possibility that he could become defense secretary, NBC reporters Carol E. Lee and Courtney Kube first revealed on Monday.

Behold the glory of the helmet gun
Guns

Behold the glory of the helmet gun

The VA still wouldn't find your TBI to be service connected.

demolition man pulse rifle
Mandatory Fun

That time the Army nearly replaced the M16 with the pulse rifle from ‘Demolition Man’

“Wait a minute, this is the future. Where are all the phaser guns?"

Utah National Guard member honored for saving lives during 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting
National Guard

Utah National Guard member honored for saving lives during 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting

Gov. Gary Herbert presented the Utah Medal of Valor to Sgt. Chasen Brown on Tuesday for saving the lives of a half-dozen bystanders after gunfire erupted at a music festival at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in October 2017

The Pentagon used a hypersonic bullet to shoot down a mock cruise missile for the first time
United States

The Pentagon used a hypersonic bullet to shoot down a mock cruise missile for the first time

The U.S. military's vaunted hypervelocity projectile (HVP) just took major step towards knocking incoming cruise missiles out of the sky

Another soldier has died at Fort Hood
Army

Another soldier has died at Fort Hood