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Opinion: Pardoning war criminals will hurt US troops deployed overseas. I know from experience
Opinion

Opinion: Pardoning war criminals will hurt US troops deployed overseas. I know from experience

"What I held as the unfathomable moral bedrock of the U.S. military — condoning the worst actors on the battlefield — has now become an acceptable reality"

New report confirms that excusing bad military housing with high occupancy rates is total BS
Housing

New report confirms that excusing bad military housing with high occupancy rates is total BS

You didn't really need a fancy report to tell you that.

SEAL and Marine Raider accused of murdering Green Beret to go on trial next year
Marine Corps

SEAL and Marine Raider accused of murdering Green Beret to go on trial next year

Both men face a maximum punishment of life in prison without the possibility of parole if convicted.

America’s senior military officers should retire from becoming America’s TV talking heads
Opinion

America’s senior military officers should retire from becoming America’s TV talking heads

Former military officers commenting on military matters have valuable perspectives. On anything outside of that, their opinion is worth no more or less than anyone else's

Fort Bragg soldier saves shop owner’s life with a power tool cord tourniquet
Army

Fort Bragg soldier saves shop owner’s life with a power tool cord tourniquet

"It probably wasn't smart going up there but I know he would be dead if I didn't," Montgomery told WTVD reporter Morgan Norwood.

5 mistakes service members make when going back to school
Military Life

5 mistakes service members make when going back to school

Dyess AFB airman dies following standoff with Texas police
Air Force

Dyess AFB airman dies following standoff with Texas police

An airman assigned to Dyess Air Force Base in Texas was shot and killed during an incident involving a police officer on Saturday morning, the Abilene Police Department said

We salute the Finnish sailors who earned a challenge coin for going viral as hell on TikTok
Mandatory Fun

We salute the Finnish sailors who earned a challenge coin for going viral as hell on TikTok

The U.S. military may not be too keen on TikTok, but that hasn't stopped certain members of the Finnish Defense Forces from embracing it with gusto

Florida man loses more than 180 pounds to join the Army
Mandatory Fun

Florida man loses more than 180 pounds to join the Army

Hooah, Montijo.

Two A-10 pilots receive the Distinguished Flying Cross for rescuing troops under heavy fire in Afghanistan
Afghanistan War

Two A-10 pilots receive the Distinguished Flying Cross for rescuing troops under heavy fire in Afghanistan

The Distinguished Flying Cross is rarely awarded, let alone awarded twice on the same day to two members of the same fighter squadron, but that's exactly what happened for two A-10 pilots who saved troops under fire in Afghanistan during missions in 2008 and 2010

US Marine wanted for murder captured days after being placed on FBI’s Most Wanted list
Marine Corps

US Marine wanted for murder captured days after being placed on FBI’s Most Wanted list

He was captured "without incident."

The Army wants to stick cyborg implants into soldiers by 2050 and it’s absolutely insane
Army

The Army wants to stick cyborg implants into soldiers by 2050 and it’s absolutely insane

The DoD wants to connect your brain to machines

Former Green Beret pardoned by Trump for alleged murder wants his Distinguished Service Cross back
Army

Former Green Beret pardoned by Trump for alleged murder wants his Distinguished Service Cross back

"We have filed the paperwork to restore Major Golsteyn's Special Forces Tab to him that was unjustly taken in 2014 and to issue is previously approved and signed Distinguished Service Cross," his attorney told Task & Purpose.

A new Vietnam War film tells a story of battlefield heroism, and the desperate fight to see it recognized
Entertainment

A new Vietnam War film tells a story of battlefield heroism, and the desperate fight to see it recognized

The upcoming Vietnam War drama "The Last Full Measure" tells the story of Airman 1st Class William Pitsenbarger's heroic courage in the jungles of Vietnam in 1966, and the decades-long fight by his fellow soldiers to see him awarded the Medal of Honor.

Marine Raider was not killed by friendly fire in Iraq, military officials say
Marine Corps

Marine Raider was not killed by friendly fire in Iraq, military officials say

There is 'no evidence' that Marine Gunnery Sgt. Scott Koppenhafer or a U.S. military contractor were killed by U.S. or Iraqi troops, according to Operation Inherent Resolve

Leaked document outlines all the ways the Army would suffer if Congress doesn’t pass a budget
Army

Leaked document outlines all the ways the Army would suffer if Congress doesn’t pass a budget

Not great, folks!

A Florida student tried to enlist ISIS to knock off a pair of college deans who did him wrong
United States

A Florida student tried to enlist ISIS to knock off a pair of college deans who did him wrong

Over the past five years, we've been swamped with stories of Americans being recruited by ISIS, but leave it to Florida Man to flip the script by attempting to recruit ISIS fighters himself to assassinate two local college deans who'd suspended or expelled him

The White House and Pentagon can’t seem to figure out if hero dog Conan is a boy or a girl
News

The White House and Pentagon can’t seem to figure out if hero dog Conan is a boy or a girl

Given the Pentagon's access to spy satellites and reconnaissance aircraft, it is difficult to imagine why it has proven so hard for the military to locate a dog's junk.

It looks like we’re getting ‘M*A*S*H’ in Afghanistan with ’68 Whiskey’
Afghanistan War

It looks like we’re getting ‘M*A*S*H’ in Afghanistan with ’68 Whiskey’

An upcoming television show about Army medics in Afghanistan is being billed as a comedic drama with an action flick's budget, but to me it just looks a lot like a post-9/11 version of ​M*A*S*H.

Why we really eat turkey on Thanksgiving
News

Why we really eat turkey on Thanksgiving

Pilgrims and natives probably stuffed themselves silly with venison, not turkey. So why do we really eat it on Thanksgiving?