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Georgia veteran who faked Purple Heart and Silver Star gets maximum jail time
Military Life

Georgia veteran who faked Purple Heart and Silver Star gets maximum jail time

A veteran who collected federal benefits after faking a mental health condition and who falsely claimed to have earned two military honors was sentenced to a year in prison

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

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

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
Culture

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
Culture

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
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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

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

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."

Your MOS does not define your future
Military Life

Your MOS does not define your future

Anyone that’s used a military job translator online knows that, for the most part, it’s going to generate job offers that directly translate your Military Occupational Specialty (MOS). If you were a cook, it’s going to find cooking jobs; if you were infantry, good luck finding anything other than a police officer or security guard. For those transitioning out, it can be difficult to think about your future career outside of those translators.

Trump rejects proposal to cut military healthcare by $2.2 billion
News

Trump rejects proposal to cut military healthcare by $2.2 billion

President Donald Trump said late on Monday he has rejected a Pentagon proposal to cut military healthcare by $2.2 billion

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

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
News

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
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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
News

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
News

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
News

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

The Pentagon’s missile full of swords has likely struck again in Syria
News

The Pentagon’s missile full of swords has likely struck again in Syria

The drone strike that killed a mercenary trainer who recently worked with an Al Qaeda-affiliated militant group in Syria likely employed a unique variant of the beloved Hellfire missile, according to photos from the scene

Trump mocks his own Secretary of Defense as ‘Yesper’ and admits that he’s considered firing him
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Trump mocks his own Secretary of Defense as ‘Yesper’ and admits that he’s considered firing him

President Donald Trump may be field-testing a new nickname for Secretary of Defense Mark Esper.

A WWII veteran remembers the day the war ended: ‘We all ran outside and cheered’
History

A WWII veteran remembers the day the war ended: ‘We all ran outside and cheered’

Two years into his overseas service, the news reached Bob Megatulski: Japan would stop fighting, effectively bringing World War II to an end.

In East Asia, scars of WWII still raw 75 years after V-J day
History

In East Asia, scars of WWII still raw 75 years after V-J day

"Let history be a warning for the future, and show that we are prepared to fight."