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Pentagon authorizes two awards for troops involved in COVID-19 response
As of July 1, roughly 5,500 active-duty troops and more than 31,600 National Guardsmen were still taking part in coronavirus response efforts.
Vanessa Guillen was murdered in her unit armory on the day she went missing, attorney says
"Vanessa Guillen is a loss to all of us."
Woman who faked her own death after she got caught defrauding the VA out of $300,000 is headed to prison
A woman who staged her own death to avoid going to prison for bilking the Department of Veterans Affairs out of almost $300,000 is very much alive, and very much headed to prison.
This combat photographer kept snapping until her last moment
"Your talent and dedication will never be forgotten."
F-16 pilot killed in crash remembered as a man who ‘loved a lot of things’ — his family, his country, flying
Air Force 1st Lt. David Schmitz has been identified as the 77th Fighter Squadron pilot who was killed in an F-16CM crash on Tuesday during a training mission near Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina.
Army opens investigation into Fort Hood SHARP office amid disappearance of Vanessa Guillen
The investigation starts as authorities work to piece together what happened to Pfc. Vanessa Guillen.
‘A failure of command’ — How one soldier’s sexual harassment case forced a reckoning among leaders in the Army Reserve
“You can see that one person covers something up, and then three more people get involved, and before you know it, it’s all the way up to the highest person possible."
Civilian suspect taken into custody during search for missing Fort Hood soldier
"We have made significant progress in this tragic situation and are doing everything possible to get to the truth and bring answers to the family of Pfc. Vanessa Guillen."
F-16CM pilot killed in latest Air Force crash
This is the second deadly crash for the Air Force in little over two weeks.
90 out of 110 soldiers in a survival, evasion, resistance, and escape course just tested positive for COVID-19
All 90 of the students and instructors are currently quarantined.
‘The Outpost’ is a fitting tribute to the soldiers who fought one of the bloodiest battles of the Afghan War
"The Outpost" details the desperate heroism of a handful of U.S. Army soldiers at a remote base in eastern Afghanistan during one of the bloodiest battles of the war.
He saved the lives of five US troops. Now this Afghan interpreter is an American citizen
Janis Shinwari is credited with saving the lives of five U.S. service members during his eight years serving as an interpreter.
Americans need to know how many of its troops are in harm’s way
There is nothing more fundamental to American democracy than the idea that the government must be answerable to the people.
The Marine Corps is working on a Taser shotgun round to down targets more than 100 yards away
The Marine Corps is currently in the process of testing a long-range electroshock weapon that, fired from a 12-gauge shotgun, is designed to incapacitate targets at distances of up 100 yards away
Service members are sharing their stories of sexual harassment and assault using #IAmVanessaGuillen
"We are the faces of military sexual trauma and assault."
The Army is adopting a ‘guaranteed hit’ smart fire control system to knock drones out of the sky
The Army has selected Smart Shooter to furnish the service with its unique 'guaranteed hit' fire control system as an interim counter-unmanned aerial systems solution, the service announced
Navy to sailors: Please stop buying LSD online
The Naval Criminal Investigative Service has a message for America's sailors: Please, for the love of God, stop buying hallucinogens in the dark corners of the Internet