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Entertainment

In new WWII video game ‘Medic: Pacific Corpsman’ you’ll have to decide who you can save, and who you can’t

Unlike other military games, which tend to focus on killing as many enemy soldiers as possible, in "Medic: Pacific Corpsman" your job is to save lives.

United States

Lawmaker wants investigator to look into white extremism and racial bias in the military

'The department has been talking about these problems for decades, nibbling around the edges, while too little progress has been made too slowly.'

Culture

Here’s why you packed on the pounds after the military

It’s finally happened: You’re out of the military. Nobody’s going to tell you what to do, or what to eat. You’re going to savor every unrestricted bite. Somehow, though, your pants don’t fit like they used to. You feel more tired, and you’re drowning in stuff you never had to think about before. You know what your body was capable of during your service, so what happened?

Entertainment

Tom Hanks unleashes hell on Nazi submarines in ‘Greyhound,’ streaming on Apple TV this week

Tom Hanks' highly anticipated World War II naval drama, Greyhound won't be getting a theatrical release, though on the upside, it'll be available for streaming through Apple TV starting July 10.

Army

Remains of Vanessa Guillen positively identified, family attorney says

"We are at a loss for words."

Army

‘He will be severely missed’ — Soldier killed in vehicle rollover accident in Afghanistan

Our thoughts are with Spc. Ibarria's loved ones.

Mandatory Fun

British Army shares video trolling US Army on Independence Day with ‘cuppa tea’ recipe

Well played. Very well played.

Army

‘Nothing like this should ever happen to one of our own’ — Army leaders call for justice in case of Vanessa Guillen

"As an Army, we stand with Vanessa’s family and we’re committed to finding out how this happened."

Mandatory Fun

10 amazing ‘Murica pics to get your July 4th weekend started right

After all, what's more 'Murica than the U.S. military?

Iraq

‘ISIS Files’ launch: Thousands of documents reveal the terror group’s inner workings

The documents were obtained around the beginning in 2015.

Army

Texas woman charged with allegedly helping ‘dispose of’ Vanessa Guillen’s body

Army

This is the Army’s message to parents of prospective soldiers in the wake of Vanessa Guillen’s disappearance

Not the best timing.

United States

Pentagon authorizes two awards for troops involved in COVID-19 response

As of July 1, roughly 5,500 active-duty troops and more than 31,600 National Guardsmen were still taking part in coronavirus response efforts.

Army

Vanessa Guillen was murdered in her unit armory on the day she went missing, attorney says

"Vanessa Guillen is a loss to all of us."

United States

Woman who faked her own death after she got caught defrauding the VA out of $300,000 is headed to prison

A woman who staged her own death to avoid going to prison for bilking the Department of Veterans Affairs out of almost $300,000 is very much alive, and very much headed to prison.

Army

Watch over 300 Army paratroopers drop into Guam just to remind folks who’s boss

We love to see it.

Army

This combat photographer kept snapping until her last moment

"Your talent and dedication will never be forgotten."

Air Force

F-16 pilot killed in crash remembered as a man who ‘loved a lot of things’ — his family, his country, flying

Air Force 1st Lt. David Schmitz has been identified as the 77th Fighter Squadron pilot who was killed in an F-16CM crash on Tuesday during a training mission near Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina.

Army

Army opens investigation into Fort Hood SHARP office amid disappearance of Vanessa Guillen

The investigation starts as authorities work to piece together what happened to Pfc. Vanessa Guillen.

Army

‘A failure of command’ — How one soldier’s sexual harassment case forced a reckoning among leaders in the Army Reserve

“You can see that one person covers something up, and then three more people get involved, and before you know it, it’s all the way up to the highest person possible."