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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

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

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

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.

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"

Entertainment

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

Air Force

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

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

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.

Air Force

The Air Force’s first B-21 Raider stealth bomber is ‘starting to look like an airplane,’ official says

Construction of the very first B-21 Raider stealth bomber is moving along rapidly ahead of the aircraft's planned first flight in late 2021, an Air Force official recently said

Air Force

Air Force helicopter shot at while flying over Virginia

“The Office of Special Investigations is fully engaged with our FBI colleagues on this incident."

Navy

A Navy flattop just rolled up in Hawaii laden with World War II-era warbirds

A Navy flattop just arrived in Hawaii with an unusual cargo: a fleet of World War II-era warbirds

Army

Family announces public memorial service for Spc. Vanessa Guillén

It will be livestreamed on Facebook.

Marine Corps

US Marine found dead in Bahrain

Rest in Peace.

Army

A US soldier allegedly tried to steal a German taxi but failed because he couldn’t drive stick

He finally got it into gear, then allegedly crashed, the car before punching the taxi driver in the face

Air Force

The Air Force just took a major step towards launching a hypersonic missile from its oldest bomber

The Air Force just took a major step towards fielding a hypersonic weapon with the final captive-carry test of its AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) from a B-52 Stratofortress on Saturday

Entertainment

That one scene in ‘Iron Man’ that captures the irony of the US military’s role in comic book movies

For a film bristling with sporadic visual odes to the armed services and, by association, the military-industrial complex, there's one scene in 'Iron Man' that accurately captures the strange irony of how the military fits into the ever-expanding constellation of superhero and sci-fi films in the marketplace

United States

Trump said the 1918 Spanish flu ‘probably ended’ World War II, which definitely ended in 1945

Oops?

Entertainment

John Wick is most definitely back as Lionsgate greenlights the next two movies in the series

John Wick 4 and 5 will be shot back to back, not unlike the hapless bad guys in the series.

United States

5th time’s the charm? Pentagon has yet another civilian leader of special operations in 3 years

Ezra Cohen is currently performing the duties of the assistant secretary of defense of special operations and low-intensity conflict.

Space Force

The Space Force has its first-ever doctrine: ‘Spacepower’

The U.S. Space Force on Monday released its first doctrinal document called "Spacepower."