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The march of the Bonus Army and the G.I. Bill
Eighty-eight years ago thousands of U.S. military veterans gathered their belongings and began a long march across the country to Washington, D.C. Once there, they pitched their canvas tents in neatly ordered rows and dug in for a long fight.

Abstract sky penis above Ramstein Air Base evokes early Modernist themes
The image makes up for its lack of anatomical realism with its throbbing impulse to break from traditional modes of representation.

We salute this Army marksman for slicing a playing card in half with his service pistol
The Army Marksmanship Unit is, by name and reputation, a nexus of certified badasses in the ranks of the U.S. Army

Pentagon pours cold water on summit with New England Patriots coach over Armenian conflict
New England Patriots Coach Bill Belichick had said he really hoped the U.S. military would intervene in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

Watch Medal of Honor hero Kyle Carpenter celebrate his ‘Alive Day’ in this remarkable video
Kyle Carpenter, the youngest living Medal of Honor recipient, celebrated his 10th alive day with a moving video on Friday

We salute this heroic military working dog for taking out the gunman who pinned his team down during a fierce firefight
A British military working dog who risked life and limb to take out an enemy gunman pouring fire on his team in Afghanistan has received the highest award an animal can receive for actions in combat

Trump pardons former national security adviser Michael Flynn
President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he had pardoned former national security adviser Michael Flynn

A Medal of Honor recipient describes how he was saved by a tiger and a sawed-off shotgun
"The tiger kinda' helped" in scaring off the enemy in March 1966, Special Forces legend and retired Command Sgt. Maj. Bennie Adkins said of the last hours of a four-day battle in Vietnam in which he earned the Medal of Honor