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Travis Air Force Base orders evacuation due to raging California fires
Air Force

Travis Air Force Base orders evacuation due to raging California fires

One of the busiest military airports in the U.S. was evacuated of non-essential personnel on Wednesday night as a deadly blaze swept across Northern California

Disabled veteran, former Trump adviser indicted for fraud over viral border wall GoFundMe campaign
United States

Disabled veteran, former Trump adviser indicted for fraud over viral border wall GoFundMe campaign

"As alleged, not only did they lie to donors, they schemed to hide their misappropriation of funds by creating sham invoices and accounts to launder donations and cover up their crimes, showing no regard for the law or the truth"

3 years after the Fitzgerald and McCain collisions, the Navy’s surface warfare community shows few signs of change
Navy

3 years after the Fitzgerald and McCain collisions, the Navy’s surface warfare community shows few signs of change

Three years after two of the most shocking peacetime accidents in the history of the U.S. military, the surface community has seen little substantive change, and surface warfare officers still lack the formal training required of professional mariners

A teaser just dropped for the new ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops’ and I can’t wait for the Cold War to heat up
Entertainment

A teaser just dropped for the new ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops’ and I can’t wait for the Cold War to heat up

That's right: 'Call of Duty: Black Ops' is officially coming back.

Fired Air Force general created ‘borderline abusive’ work environment, report finds
Air Force

Fired Air Force general created ‘borderline abusive’ work environment, report finds

Witnesses lost sleep, quit their jobs, were afraid to speak up, or physically shook from fear when they had to deal with Dunlop.

The Air Force said this colonel was an incredibly toxic leader. Then she was promoted to one-star general
Air Force

The Air Force said this colonel was an incredibly toxic leader. Then she was promoted to one-star general

Despite the investigation’s damning conclusions, Jennifer Grant was promoted to brigadier general on July 2.

The Army is investigating two soldiers for appearing in uniform during a Democratic campaign event
Army

The Army is investigating two soldiers for appearing in uniform during a Democratic campaign event

"Wearing a uniform to a partisan political event like this is prohibited"

The Army is officially doubling down on a brand new sniper rifle
Army

The Army is officially doubling down on a brand new sniper rifle

The Army is officially doubling down on its purchase of the vaunted Multi-Role Adaptive Rifle (MRAD) to replace the existing bolt-action sniper rifles in its arsenal, according to a new solicitation

6 smart habits of the US military’s most successful commanders
Mandatory Fun

6 smart habits of the US military’s most successful commanders

We need a few good men and women with leadership experience — and what better leadership school than the U.S. military?

The 4 military stereotypes that war movies get right
Entertainment

The 4 military stereotypes that war movies get right

While we can laugh about the Hollywood blueprint for a war hero, or get annoyed when we see military portrayals go very wrong, the more I watch, the more that I have found there are some leadership roles that these movies actually get right

The Taliban didn’t shoot at US forces in Afghanistan a single time for three months, DoD claims
Afghanistan

The Taliban didn’t shoot at US forces in Afghanistan a single time for three months, DoD claims

The Taliban didn't conducted a single attack against U.S. or coalition forces over three months this spring, according to a new report from the Defense Department inspector general, an almost miraculous occurrence given the uptick in violence against Afghan security forces since the signing of the U.S.-Taliban peace agreement in February

Former Navy SEAL says he did not throw a bomb at protesters but Portland police say he has ‘not been cleared’
Navy

Former Navy SEAL says he did not throw a bomb at protesters but Portland police say he has ‘not been cleared’

When Task & Purpose asked former Navy SEAL Louis Garrick Fernbaugh if he threw an explosive device at protesters, he replied: 'No, I did not.'

How the battle over the US Postal Service is costing veterans dearly
Veterans

How the battle over the US Postal Service is costing veterans dearly

"The whole picture really isn't being shown with regards to how this transcends the whole veteran population who are being impacted by these delays."

Here is the Democrats’ plan for the military if Biden wins in November
United States

Here is the Democrats’ plan for the military if Biden wins in November

Here are a few of the highlights of the draft 2020 Democratic Party Platform.

Civilian airport evacuated after live missile found just sitting inside shipping container
Air Force

Civilian airport evacuated after live missile found just sitting inside shipping container

Now that's what you'd call a... MIS-guided missile.

Iran reportedly paid bounties to Taliban-linked militants to attack US troops in Afghanistan
Afghanistan

Iran reportedly paid bounties to Taliban-linked militants to attack US troops in Afghanistan

U.S. intelligence officials believe a foreign government paid “bounties” to the Haqqani network, a terrorist group led by a senior Taliban official, to carry out an attack just outside Bagram Airfield in December

SOCOM didn’t consistently document whether more than $800 million in gear met key performance metrics or not
United States

SOCOM didn’t consistently document whether more than $800 million in gear met key performance metrics or not

U.S. Special Operations Command has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on specialized equipment that the command wasn't even sure met requirements, according to a new audit from the Defense Department inspector general

US Forces Korea raises health protection level again after spike in COVID-19 cases
Korea

US Forces Korea raises health protection level again after spike in COVID-19 cases

Over the last several weeks, dozens of people affiliated with USFK have tested positive for COVID-19 after arriving in South Korea

US military denies Syrian state media report that helicopters attacked a Syrian army checkpoint
Middle East

US military denies Syrian state media report that helicopters attacked a Syrian army checkpoint

'There was no airstrike conducted anywhere near the vicinity of this incident.'

The Army wants a drone swarm to back up its next-generation helicopters against enemy air defenses
Army

The Army wants a drone swarm to back up its next-generation helicopters against enemy air defenses

The Army is on the hunt for a swarm of drones that can conduct surveillance, pose as decoys, wage electronic warfare, and even deliver lethal payloads in an airborne assist to the service's next-generation attack and reconnaissance helicopters