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Another soldier has gone missing at Fort Hood
Army

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
Navy

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
Marine Corps

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
Air Force

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
Navy

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
Army

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."

Feds say wounded Air Force vet used ‘We Build The Wall’ funds to buy luxury fishing boat named ‘Warfighter’
Air Force

Feds say wounded Air Force vet used ‘We Build The Wall’ funds to buy luxury fishing boat named ‘Warfighter’

Money well spent!

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

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
Transition

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
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