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Airman charged with torching police car while wearing Air Force gas mask during Salt Lake City riot
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Airman charged with torching police car while wearing Air Force gas mask during Salt Lake City riot

Lot numbers pictured on the gas mask canister helped investigators track down the airman.

Former Green Beret accused of spying on the US for Russia
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Former Green Beret accused of spying on the US for Russia

Peter Debbins served on active duty from 1998 to 2005, during which Russian intelligence agents allegedly encouraged him to join Special Forces

Navy reports increase in sailors and Marines investigated for human smuggling in the past year
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Navy reports increase in sailors and Marines investigated for human smuggling in the past year

The service made the disclosure when asked whether there had been an increase in such cases by Task & Purpose.

It’s the dog days of summer, so here are some adorable photos of Coast Guard dogs Thor and Loki
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It’s the dog days of summer, so here are some adorable photos of Coast Guard dogs Thor and Loki

“Thor and Loki primarily focused on just splashing around and retrieving the ring … but hey … who could blame them?”

American heroes who thwarted Paris train attack look back five years later
Military Life

American heroes who thwarted Paris train attack look back five years later

Spencer Stone, Alek Skarlatos and Anthony Sadler, jumped into action to stop the terrorist attack on a train from Amsterdam to Paris on Aug. 21, 2015

The company behind the AK-47 just unveiled a brand new rifle
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The company behind the AK-47 just unveiled a brand new rifle

Kalashnikov Concern is back with a brand new invention

This slide from an Air Force brief shows airmen what white privilege looks like
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This slide from an Air Force brief shows airmen what white privilege looks like

At least one Air Force base has distributed training materials designed to foster a conversation around the concept of white privilege amid the service's reckoning with racial disparities in the ranks

Historic Pearl Harbor PBY Catalinas to fly again for 75th anniversary of the end of World War II
History

Historic Pearl Harbor PBY Catalinas to fly again for 75th anniversary of the end of World War II

Before and after Dec. 7, 1941, the frequent appearance of big PBY Catalina flying boats skimming the wavetops in Pearl Harbor and Kaneohe Bay would have been an eye-catching sight

Another soldier has gone missing at Fort Hood
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Another soldier has gone missing at Fort Hood

May he be found.

Delta bans former Navy SEAL Rob O’Neill after he posted a photo of himself without a mask on a flight
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Delta bans former Navy SEAL Rob O’Neill after he posted a photo of himself without a mask on a flight

Robert O'Neil, the Navy SEAL veteran who purportedly fired the shot that killed Osama Bin Laden, is having a rough one

How hundreds of Marines stuck in COVID-19 quarantine were served sandwiches filled with mold
News

How hundreds of Marines stuck in COVID-19 quarantine were served sandwiches filled with mold

"Taking care of our own is fundamental to leadership in the Marine Corps."

No jail time for senior Air Force NCO convicted of sex crime
News

No jail time for senior Air Force NCO convicted of sex crime

"I lost sleep then and I lose sleep now knowing leaders can act this way."

Not content with F-35 debacle, the Navy is now working on a brand new fighter jet
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Not content with F-35 debacle, the Navy is now working on a brand new fighter jet

The Defense Department may not have finished working out all the kinks in the ultra-expensive and perpetually buggy F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, but the Navy is still plowing ahead with a multi-billion-dollar effort to develop the U.S. military's first new fighter jet in nearly two decades

The 18th Airborne Corps wants YOU… to help fix the Army
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The 18th Airborne Corps wants YOU… to help fix the Army

“We just realized, as we were finalizing our plans, that there’s just so much potential that we can unlock from our membership."

Never-before-seen footage reveals the horror and heroism of World War II’s final days in ‘Apocalypse ‘45’
Culture

Never-before-seen footage reveals the horror and heroism of World War II’s final days in ‘Apocalypse ‘45’

This is not your typical World War II documentary.

The value of service: pursuing career success at McKesson
Military Life

The value of service: pursuing career success at McKesson

Despite coming from different backgrounds and having varied goals, military veterans find career success with nationwide health services company McKesson that recognizes and values the unique talents they bring to the table

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

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.