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“There was very little evidence of proactive preparation/planning for COVID."

“There was very little evidence of proactive preparation/planning for COVID."

“It was a story of valor untouched by any other episode I know of."

“It was a story of valor untouched by any other episode I know of."

"You're with your tribe, your people, and you know everything's going to be all right."

"You're with your tribe, your people, and you know everything's going to be all right."

There’s a famous Marine Corps story from the Vietnam War, where a Marine got a confirmed kill with a small collapsible shovel, called an entrenching tool, or E-tool. Here's what really happened.

Today marks the 107th birthday of the oldest living U.S. Marine: Dorothy (Schmidt) Cole.

Today marks the 107th birthday of the oldest living U.S. Marine: Dorothy (Schmidt) Cole.

"I don’t think there is any such thing as a ‘tactical nuclear weapon,’" former Defense Secretary James Mattis told Congress in 2018.

"I don’t think there is any such thing as a ‘tactical nuclear weapon,’" former Defense Secretary James Mattis told Congress in 2018.

The head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has threatened retaliation against everyone who had a role in the January killing of a top IRGC general by a U.S. drone strike in Iraq.

Uncle Wally’s service had been family lore. And the monument—erected somewhere in a small town in France—loomed large in my imagination. My dad didn’t know the name of the town. Perhaps Uncle Wally didn’t, either.

The Navy released 200 pages of email communications this week in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by Task & Purpose in April

Officials said the move would ensure troops can "continue their Defeat-ISIS mission without interference."

"Honestly we need an entirely new wardroom from Captain down"

The State Department failed miserably in a now-deleted tweet that featured the Navy's Blue Angels instead of literally any other Air Force jet

"We fought the righteous fight, and some of us will remain forever young."

The Air Force goes hard in the paint.