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Iran reportedly paid bounties to Taliban-linked militants to attack US troops in Afghanistan
Afghanistan

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
United States

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
Korea

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
Middle East

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
Army

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
Middle East

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
United States

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.

The Pentagon now has a task force searching for UFOs
United States

The Pentagon now has a task force searching for UFOs

The truth is out there.

The Army Esports team is back online after trolls kept asking about war crimes
Army

The Army Esports team is back online after trolls kept asking about war crimes

Game on.

An Air Force F-16 pilot will face off against an AI adversary in a simulated dogfight. Here’s how you can watch it live
Air Force

An Air Force F-16 pilot will face off against an AI adversary in a simulated dogfight. Here’s how you can watch it live

The Air Force plans on pitting a seasoned F-16 fighter pilot against an artificial intelligence adversary for the first time in a simulated dogfight under a new Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency initiative

This 82nd Airborne rendition of ‘Amazing Grace’ in honor of a fallen comrade will give you chills
Army

This 82nd Airborne rendition of ‘Amazing Grace’ in honor of a fallen comrade will give you chills

“It’s a horrific murder ... There are people out there that know what happened.”

A WWI Code Talker sings the Marine Corps hymn in Navajo
Marine Corps

A WWI Code Talker sings the Marine Corps hymn in Navajo

To honor Navajo Code Talkers Day, listen to Pfc. Joe Hosteen Kellwood sing the Marines’ Hymn in Navajo

Watch a WWII Code Talker sing the Marine Corps hymn in Navajo
Marine Corps

Watch a WWII Code Talker sing the Marine Corps hymn in Navajo

President Ronald Reagan designated August 14 National Navajo Code Talkers Day in honor of the American Indians who joined the Marine Corps in World War II and lent their language to the crypto effort against Japan

What the Russian bounties story reveals about the limits of human intelligence collection
Russia

What the Russian bounties story reveals about the limits of human intelligence collection

The information in the initial report of Russian bounties on U.S. troops in Afghanistan appears to have been based on human intelligence collected in the field from both cooperative sources and through custodial debriefings of captured Afghan militants

The Air Force is on the hunt for a brand new hypersonic weapon, and its name is ‘Mayhem’
Air Force

The Air Force is on the hunt for a brand new hypersonic weapon, and its name is ‘Mayhem’

Buckle up, because the Air Force is poised to crank its hypersonic weapons search up to 11

Police name former Navy SEAL a ‘person of interest’ after bomb thrown at Portland protesters
Navy

Police name former Navy SEAL a ‘person of interest’ after bomb thrown at Portland protesters

Louis Garrick Fernbaugh is a former Navy SEAL who left the service several years ago.

The Air Force is going full ‘Rainbow Six’ with its new throwable scout robots
Air Force

The Air Force is going full ‘Rainbow Six’ with its new throwable scout robots

“It took five minutes for me to learn how to use it ... It quickly became apparent how our security personnel could utilize this tool in our operations"

The Space Force is sorry about this ‘clumsy’ tweet about the Space Force
Space Force

The Space Force is sorry about this ‘clumsy’ tweet about the Space Force

The U.S. Space Force may have a growing command structure and expansive doctrine, but it's missing something critical to the sixth branch of the U.S. armed forces' success: people

Flash floods basically sunk Scott Air Force Base for a few hours
Air Force

Flash floods basically sunk Scott Air Force Base for a few hours

"Oh man lol someone is having a bad day!"

Fantasies of the military deposing Trump won’t die even though the US hasn’t had a coup in 244 years
Analysis

Fantasies of the military deposing Trump won’t die even though the US hasn’t had a coup in 244 years

Two retired Army officers are calling on the military to overthrow Trump if he refuses to concede defeat. No, really.