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Air Force

Watch the Air Force Thunderbirds quickly recover from a high-speed hiccup over Los Angeles

You don’t become a Thunderbird pilot without quick reflexes, and that was evident over Los Angeles on Friday.

United States

Ohio town places 2,000 flags on veterans’ graves in under 30 minutes for Memorial Day

“It’s just good to come out here and put flags out for the people that represented our country."

Navy

13 sailors on the USS Theodore Roosevelt test positive for COVID-19 after recovering from the virus

Thirteen sailors aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt, have tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) after recovering from the disease and being permitted to return to the ship

Analysis

Does anybody care about UFOs anymore?

The Defense Department's latest disclosures about UFOs have not made a dent in the news cycle.

Indo-Pacific

US military veteran imprisoned in Singapore for violating COVID-19 stay-at-home order

An instructor pilot assigned to the Alaska Air National Guard was sentenced to four weeks in a Singapore jail on Wednesday for violating the country's COVID-19 stay-at-home orders

United States

Management of state-run veterans homes to be investigated following COVID-19 deaths

The Government Accountability Office has agreed to investigate how the Department of Veterans Affairs is handling state-run veterans homes, amid growing reports of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) related-deaths at facilities across the country.

Opinion

For American security, Tammy Duckworth is the pick for Biden

"There's no one who would be better serving by his side than someone whose soul embodies the type of selfless service and resilience that makes this nation great: Retired Lt. Col. Tammy Duckworth."

Mandatory Fun

Navy recruits are being quarantined at Great Wolf Lodge, but water slides are sadly out of the question

Enjoy your stay!

Air Force

F-22 Raptor crashes in Florida

The Air Force only has about 186 F-22s in its inventory

Analysis

What the COVID-19 pandemic reveals about the US military’s role in defending the nation

COVID-19 is a stark reminder that America’s defense requires more than the Department of Defense

Analysis

Stop waiting for a COVID-19 action hero to save you

"Our times call for us to stop relying upon our history’s greatest hits, the same old battle-weary warriors who are only good anymore for a quick fix of patriotic nostalgia: The most underrated part of leadership is good management"

Navy

Navy tells SEAL to remove Trident from his book about Cairo, the hero dog alongside him on the Bin Laden raid

Will Chesney, a Navy SEAL who participated in the May 2, 2011 raid that killed Osama Bin Laden, was recently told by the Navy to remove the Navy Special Warfare insignia from cover of his new book, despite the fact that a dozen other novels and memoirs seem to be sporting it as well.

Air Force

This former Air Force colonel survived two suicide attempts. He wants you to know life doesn’t have to hurt so much

"One problem is we can call this or that number or call the chaplain, without realizing the person in that dark space doesn’t want help. We’ve got to give them a reason to call that number."

Navy

5 sailors test positive for COVID-19 after returning to the USS Theodore Roosevelt from isolation

Another 18 crew members who are not showing symptoms have been taken off the ship as a precaution

United States

Former VA doctor charged with sexual abuse of patients at West Virginia medical center

A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted Jonathan Yates, 51, on seven charges, including sexual and civil rights abuses, stemming from his time as a doctor at the Veterans Affairs Medical center in Beckley, West Virginia.

Mandatory Fun

DoD video shows troops finding creative ways to do PT with gyms closed

No sergeants major were injured in the making of this video.

Air Force

‘He was a great leader’ — Airmen mourn loss of beloved 21st Space Wing commander

"He was the best commander I’ve ever had.”

Army

Hundreds of soldiers and Marines have already handled the Army’s next-generation squad weapon

Not even COVID-19 can stop the Army's mighty Next Generation Squad Weapon program

Navy

SecDef Esper uses the USS Theodore Roosevelt to tout America’s naval supremacy amid the COVID-19 crisis

Sorry, but the Big Stick is not exactly synonymous with naval supremacy at the moment

Navy

The Army is using its multi-million dollar terror-tracking software to do something Google does for free

The Army's terrorism-tracking tool is being used to help installation commanders get real-time updates about COVID-19 – something they could probably accomplish using Google Alerts