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British submarine commander fired for throwing party for his crew amid COVID-19 lockdown
Navy

British submarine commander fired for throwing party for his crew amid COVID-19 lockdown

Now might not be the time for "mandatory fun"

A new device from Army doctors could be a game-changer in the fight against COVID-19
Army

A new device from Army doctors could be a game-changer in the fight against COVID-19

A device called the COVID-19 Airway Management Isolation Chamber is the culmination of work by Army doctors around the country and could be the answer to the personal protective equipment (PPE) shortages impacting health care workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 fight

The Navy is working on bird internet
Navy

The Navy is working on bird internet

Communications networks made up of Internet-enabled "biological nodes" like birds and dogs outfitted with wireless technology could function as transient network hubs for military personnel in contested battlefields, according to Navy research

COVID-19 sweeps through Marine Corps boot camp at San Diego, sickening dozens of recruits
Marine Corps

COVID-19 sweeps through Marine Corps boot camp at San Diego, sickening dozens of recruits

The latest cases of the coronavirus were discovered as Bravo company was nearing the end of its 14-day quarantine period.

New Navy investigation delays decision on reinstating USS Theodore Roosevelt captain
Navy

New Navy investigation delays decision on reinstating USS Theodore Roosevelt captain

'This investigation will build on the good work of the initial inquiry to provide a more fulsome understanding of the sequence of events, actions, and decisions of the chain of command surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt.'

Navy fires captain in charge of Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training
Navy

Navy fires captain in charge of Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training

Navy Capt. Nate Schneider was fired on Tuesday as commander of the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training.

Several troops diagnosed with Traumatic Brain Injury after Iran’s missile attack will receive Purple Hearts
Iran

Several troops diagnosed with Traumatic Brain Injury after Iran’s missile attack will receive Purple Hearts

'Upon final approval, service members entitled to receive the Purple Heart will be notified by their leadership.'

We’re collecting the very best tank names you’ve ever seen
Tanks

We’re collecting the very best tank names you’ve ever seen

Tanks for the laughs

The US needs to rethink nation-building to prevent the next forever war
Analysis

The US needs to rethink nation-building to prevent the next forever war

American forces are particularly unprepared to work with the host governments to establish effective security forces, an advisor mission that in Afghanistan and Iraq came only as an after-thought when policymakers realized they needed an exit strategy

10 recent military shows that beat the hell out of whatever else you’re doing
Entertainment

10 recent military shows that beat the hell out of whatever else you’re doing

We decided to pull in some of the best military series from the last two decades that have stood the test of time, along with some new additions to the genre that you may have missed.

We salute the Army crew who named their tank ‘crippling depression’
Mandatory Fun

We salute the Army crew who named their tank ‘crippling depression’

While Army tank crews tend to stay within the realm of both real (Chuck Norris ) and fictional (Baby Yoda) characters, with a few colorful exceptions, nothing screams 'extreme lethality' like an invisible enemy

Lawmakers are furious over the Pentagon’s lackluster, disjointed COVID-19 response
United States

Lawmakers are furious over the Pentagon’s lackluster, disjointed COVID-19 response

10 Democratic senators claim that Defense Secretary Mark Esper has not shown enough leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Army is already using its next-generation head-up display to do battle with COVID-19
Army

The Army is already using its next-generation head-up display to do battle with COVID-19

Soldiers at Fort Benning are currently using the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) based on Microsoft's HoloLens technology to "rapidly assess" the temperature of hundreds of soldiers daily in the base's training pipelines

Air Force staff sergeant to be indicted over alleged theft of $30,000 in government property from hurricane-ravaged base
Air Force

Air Force staff sergeant to be indicted over alleged theft of $30,000 in government property from hurricane-ravaged base

Staff Sgt. Dairian D. James of Panama City hasn’t been indicted yet because legal proceedings were delayed due to the novel coronavirus.

The F-35 still can’t go supersonic without compromising its critical stealth tech, and the Pentagon is OK with that
Stealth

The F-35 still can’t go supersonic without compromising its critical stealth tech, and the Pentagon is OK with that

The Navy and Marine Corps variants of the vaunted F-35 Joint Strike Fighter cannot maintain supersonic speeds without sustaining structural damage that compromises its stealth capabilities — and the Pentagon is reportedly just fine with that

Iran claims to have 400 targets ready in the event of a US attack
Iran

Iran claims to have 400 targets ready in the event of a US attack

A senior Iranian military official claims that the country's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps had plans to attack 400 American targets if the U.S. retaliated against Iran for its attack on Al-Asad Air Base in Iraq in January

Here’s why the decision about reinstating the USS Theodore Roosevelt’s fired captain is taking so long
Navy

Here’s why the decision about reinstating the USS Theodore Roosevelt’s fired captain is taking so long

Navy Capt. Brett Crozier was fired after warning his superiors that his sailors would die of COVID-19 unless most of his crew were placed in individual quarantine.

The USS Kidd’s COVID-19 outbreak is bad and getting worse
Navy

The USS Kidd’s COVID-19 outbreak is bad and getting worse

There are currently 47 positive novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases aboard the USS Kidd (DDG-100), the Navy announced on Monday

The Navy’s futuristic stealth destroyer is finally ready for action, sort of
Navy

The Navy’s futuristic stealth destroyer is finally ready for action, sort of

More than three years after the $7.8 billion USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) was first commissioned in Baltimore, Maryland, the Navy has finally accepted delivery of the new surface combatant

Pentagon confirms videos of UFOs are real but says there’s nothing to see here
United States

Pentagon confirms videos of UFOs are real but says there’s nothing to see here

"The aerial phenomena observed in the videos remain characterized as ‘unidentified’"