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National Guard’s top general tests negative for COVID-19
News

National Guard’s top general tests negative for COVID-19

Lengyel is continuing to direct the National Guard’s role in helping states fight COVID-19.

Humor: Every National Guard soldier during quarantine
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Humor: Every National Guard soldier during quarantine

Here’s why you shouldn’t mount that M-26 shotgun under your rifle
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Here’s why you shouldn’t mount that M-26 shotgun under your rifle

A Few Bad Men: How the Marine Corps fails to punish senior officer misconduct, time and again
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A Few Bad Men: How the Marine Corps fails to punish senior officer misconduct, time and again

“Instead they hold junior officers and enlisted to a higher standard. It sends the wrong message."

News

Updated look inside the Army’s 6.8mm NGSW program

100-year-old WWII vet beats COVID-19 just like he helped beat the Nazis
History

100-year-old WWII vet beats COVID-19 just like he helped beat the Nazis

Massachusetts resident Arthur "Mac" McIntosh is looking forward to his 101st birthday this week after overcoming a case of COVID-19

Texas airman who allegedly assaulted military police captured after two-week manhunt
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Texas airman who allegedly assaulted military police captured after two-week manhunt

"Airman First Class Erland Injerd was successfully taken into custody yesterday. He will be held in pre-trial confinement, pending trial by courts-martial."

Veterans need to get a copy of their JST now
Military Life

Veterans need to get a copy of their JST now

When you joined the military, someone probably spoke to you about all the education benefits and possibilities that would come with military life. Maybe you even took a few classes towards a college degree. But then life got in the way: between PCS moves, TDY assignments, and overseas deployments, it’s challenging to finish college classes while in the military. That’s why over 50% of veterans don’t have a degree when they leave military service.

Chief of Naval Operations quarantined; head of National Guard tests positive for COVID-19
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Chief of Naval Operations quarantined; head of National Guard tests positive for COVID-19

Neither Gilday nor Lengyel attended a meeting at the White House on Saturday with President Donald Trump and senior military leaders.

Iraq puts US-supported general in charge of elite counter-terrorism force
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Iraq puts US-supported general in charge of elite counter-terrorism force

Lt. Gen. Abdul Wahab al-Saadi has been named commander of Iraq’s Counter-Terrorism Service.

Nuke the Murder Hornets
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Nuke the Murder Hornets

Murder hornets look like something out of Satan’s worst acid trip.

Trump, Esper, and Wilkie didn’t wear masks while meeting with WWII veterans despite COVID-19 threat
Military Life

Trump, Esper, and Wilkie didn’t wear masks while meeting with WWII veterans despite COVID-19 threat

President Donald Trump and military and veterans affairs leaders did not wear masks during a Friday ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of VE-Day despite the ongoing novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

Chris Pratt to play a Navy SEAL (again) in new Amazon series ‘The Terminal List’
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Chris Pratt to play a Navy SEAL (again) in new Amazon series ‘The Terminal List’

Chris Pratt has long since graduated from lovable goof to full-blown action star, so it's not too surprising that he's been cast in an upcoming Navy SEAL series from Amazon Prime

Former airman shot and killed by Indianapolis police while streaming pursuit on Facebook
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Former airman shot and killed by Indianapolis police while streaming pursuit on Facebook

Dreasjon Reed, 21, was shot and killed by members of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department while running from officers after a car chase on Wednesday evening

Mother’s Day message from Trump: I’ll be in meetings but F-35 is ‘best in the world’
Tech & Tactics

Mother’s Day message from Trump: I’ll be in meetings but F-35 is ‘best in the world’

President Donald Trump has a message for American moms ahead of Mother's Day on Sunday: The F-35 is awesome, and so is the military.

Here are 10 strange jobs US troops had to do during WWII
History

Here are 10 strange jobs US troops had to do during WWII

Blacksmiths, pigeoneers, crystal grinders and other seemingly archaic jobs were essential parts of the US military in WWII.

The Army is tripling the power of one of its vehicle-mounted laser systems
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The Army is tripling the power of one of its vehicle-mounted laser systems

The Army is working overtime to ramp up to output of one of its next-generation vehicle-mounted laser weapon systems

‘The end of the war is an anti-climax’ — A reporter’s notes on VE-Day, 75 years later
History

‘The end of the war is an anti-climax’ — A reporter’s notes on VE-Day, 75 years later

"It ended at different times for different soldiers. It ended when the Germans in front of them gave up.”

When your chronic pain becomes a daily hindrance
Military Life

When your chronic pain becomes a daily hindrance

Chronic pain is a common side effect of military service. Whether you have a bad back, aching joints, or a knee that can predict the weather, the extreme physical demands of military life can age your body far beyond its years. Some veterans have extensive combat injuries, while others deal with painful joints from too many nights sleeping on the ground. Maybe you have become used to pain as part of your daily routine. “It’s no big deal,” you say, or you shrug it off as another side effect of the Big Green Weenie.

Pentagon health agency contradicts Esper’s claim that Navy ships at sea are ‘safest place to be’ right now
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Pentagon health agency contradicts Esper’s claim that Navy ships at sea are ‘safest place to be’ right now

'DoD shipboard populations are at increased risk of COVID-19.'