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Airman to receive Air Force Cross for heroic actions during enemy ambush in Afghanistan
"Germanovich directed his team’s withdrawal, then traversed 700 meters carrying a casualty up a mountain to a helicopter landing zone while directing close air support."
‘Modicum of success’ is the new ‘Mission Accomplished’ for Afghanistan
What Milley is saying is the United States has succeeded in not losing the war – yet.
Trump signs law authorizing Medal of Honor to Alwyn Cashe for heroic vehicle rescue in Iraq
“You don’t often find truly selfless sacrifice where someone put his soldiers’ welfare before his own."
Trump is pulling most US troops out of Somalia
The U.S. military will still be able to carry out counterterrorism strikes within Somalia.
Troops will still get a pay raise if Trump vetoes the National Defense Authorization Act
Trump's veto threats have cause confusion about whether troops will still get a pay raise in January.
Marine Corps cancels Combat Fitness Test amid troubling rise in COVID-19 cases
There are 2,073 current cases of the virus within the ranks of the Marine Corps.
These generals are living proof that you don’t need to be smart to get stars on your collar
It’s the general officer equivalent of watching the changing faces of meth users over time
Army identifies Special Forces soldier found dead at Fort Bragg
The incident is being investigated by the Army’s Criminal Investigation Command.
‘Least F–ks Given,’ ‘Keyboard Commando,’ and other decorations you earned, but never got until now
For your inner terminal lance.
We salute the airmen who went full Ricky Bobby on the flight line in Saudi Arabia
"Help me Tom Cruise! Help me Oprah Winfrey!"
After months of ignoring her sexual harassment complaints, Misawa command finally transfers airman off base
“Just because my story is over, doesn’t mean the war on sexual harassment is over."
Marine tankers can say goodbye to the Corps a year ahead of schedule
So long and thanks for all the kaboom
Esports teams from nearly every US and UK military branch to compete in first-ever transatlantic ‘Call of Duty’ tournament
Even the Space Force has its own team.
Congress is poised to defy Trump over Confederate base names
Trump has told lawmakers he would veto the defense policy bill if it changed base names that honor Confederate leaders
Two decades of blood, sweat, and tears in Afghanistan have yielded a ‘modicum of success,’ top US general says
"Over the last five to seven years at a minimum, we have been in a condition of strategic stalemate"
The inside story of the deadliest attack on a U.S. military base during the Iraq War
“I still have nightmares about it,” said one survivor. “I don’t go out in crowded places."