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Nick Hague
News

A Space Force guardian will lead the mission to bring back stranded space station crew

Astronaut and Space Force Col. Nick Hague will lead a NASA mission later this month to the International Space Station.

Team USA and the Denmark Operators
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Pucks, knucks and DGAFs: US military vets dominate international hockey tournament

The Battle of Jutland hockey tournament is a way for disabled veterans from around the world to compete while forging bonds that surpass the flag on their shoulders.

CV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft
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An Air Force special ops squadron damaged three Ospreys in five days

A cable on a crew member's helmet snagged a lever that killed an Osprey's engine in mid-flight, while a parking mishap struck two other CV-22s.

Soldier’s arrest highlights growing issue of AI-created explicit material
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Soldier’s arrest highlights growing issue of AI-created explicit material

Investigators say a soldier created and spread explicit images of children generated by artificial intelligence, but its unclear what federal or military law, if any, covers them.

Marines with USS Wasp assaulted in Turkey
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Marines in Turkey step in when two of their own assaulted on the street

The group behind the attack, the Turkish Youth Union, has done this at least two other times to U.S. troops in the country.

Determine Earning Power and Professional Growth Opportunities. A new female employee on a job interview final round with an HR officer in a business office.

The tried-and-true method to answering any tough job interview question

The STAR Method answers all.

Soldiers recently took part in a training event that was closely modeled off of ongoing combat operations in Ukraine. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Joyner.
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‘Trade steel for blood’ — The Army’s plan to bring soldiers into the 21st century

Soldiers at the Joint Readiness Training Center took pages from the war in Ukraine to fight against one another for a battle in the woods of Fort Johnson, Louisiana.

Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve troops conduct a joint patrol syria
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American troops, Syrian Democratic Forces capture ISIS leader behind prison break

Khaled Ahmed al-Dandal is believed to have facilitated the freeing of five ISIS fighters from a prison in Raqqa, Syria last week.

Sailors cook within the close quarters of a United States Navy cruiser's galley, in the Pacific Theater, World War II. (Photo by PhotoQuest/Getty Images)
History

The Navy’s 1945 cookbook teaches how to feed hundreds of sailors

Giant heaping portions of dehydrated eggs and knickerbocker bean soup, anyone?

Jack Rozema, U.S. Army attorney and crossfit athlete competes at the 2024 Crossfit Games.
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Army lawyer places 25th at CrossFit Games

Capt. Jack Rozema became one of the sport's top athletes last month, in his very first CrossFit Games finals.

Jonny Kim Navy SEAL astronaut doctor naval aviator
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Navy SEAL astronaut doctor Jonny Kim will blast off into space next year

Navy Lt. Cmdr. Jonny Kim is scheduled to head to the International Space Station in March along with two Roscosmos cosmonauts.

A missing persons flying for Bailey Cameron.
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Camp Pendleton Marine missing for more than a week

Lance Cpl. Bailey Cameron was last seen early on Sunday, Aug. 25 in Carlsbad, California.

Army veteran Jason Tabansky fires an arrow at the 2024 Paralympic Games.
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Army veteran wins archery gold at the Paralympics

Jason Tabansky originally didn’t make the cut for Paris. Now he’s defeated the top-ranked para archer.

A screenshot from a Russian military recruitment ad. A soldier faces the camera as text next to it says "What are you made of?"
News

This new Russian military recruiting video is nuts

Livestreams and banana smoothies or combat in the muck on the front lines? Which way Russian man?

Members of the 8th Maintenance Squadron at Kunsan Air Base in South Korea work on an F-16 during an exercise in 2013. ((U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Fowler)
News

Third airman dies at Air Force base in five weeks

Tech. Sgt. Jacob Venegas was found dead in his barracks on Kunsan Air Base in South Korea on Wednesday, Aug. 28.

Mccain captain fired
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Navy fires captain of USS John S. McCain for “loss of confidence”

Cmdr. Cameron Yaste, who made waves in April with a mis-mounted sight during target practice, was relieved for "loss of confidence."

syria helicopter raid isis leader killed
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7 US troops hurt in raid that killed 15 ISIS fighters

American and Iraqi forces carried out the early morning raid targeting ISIS leaders in western Iraq.

A New Jersey National Guard Soldier, 508th Military Police Company, walks down the hallway at East Orange General Hospital, East Orange, N.J., April 29, 2020. The National Guard is assisting the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management in reopening a wing of the East Orange General Hospital in response to the COVID-19 relief effort. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Michael Schwenk)
Military Life

Supreme Court asked to rule if troops can sue over military health care mistakes

A former Air National Guard reservist was denied legal reparations for a botched, routine back surgery and veterans groups are fighting back.

For many Afghanistan vets, chaotic withdrawal overshadows wartime service
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For many Afghanistan vets, chaotic withdrawal overshadows wartime service

The traumatic memories of the withdrawal have defined their memories of the conflict.

tinker strong
Culture

New Tinker Air Force Base motto immediately lampooned by airmen, veterans

The new mantra for airmen assigned to Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, is ‘Tinker Strong.’ It is meant to promote a warrior ethos.