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Navy

Navy identifies USS Theodore Roosevelt sailor who died from COVID-19

Fair winds and following seas

United States

Troops can now retain 120 days of unused leave so that COVID-19 doesn’t ruin their travel plans

Troops won't have to worry about losing extra leave they have racked up during the COVID-19 travel restrictions

Mandatory Fun

Night ops just got a lot more comfy thanks to all these plushy weapons of war

Why yes, this is an M18 Claymore Mine neck pillow, and yes, you can buy it, along with an arsenal of other plushy weapons of mass destruction thanks to the folks over at Evike.

United States

Jeff and Tina would be rolling in their graves over a new report on DoD’s cybersecurity efforts

The military hasn’t fully implemented those programs, GAO found, and DoD isn’t keeping good track of its efforts overall. That’s a problem, because cybersecurity is a group effort.

Mandatory Fun

Speaking of COVID-19, the Pentagon would like to remind you that it invented the Internet

What the fuck did I just read

Culture

Here are all the financial resources for troops and veterans hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic

C.R.E.A.M.

Army

The Army is picking up some fresh suppressors for its next-generation squad weapon

The Army is eyeing a pair of new suppressors as part of its much-anticipated Next Generation Squad Weapon program

China

Everything is normal despite Iranian, Russian, Chinese, and North Korean provocations amid COVID-19 pandemic, top US military officials say

As the U.S. military continues to battle the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) within the ranks, America's adversaries appear poised to take advantage of the tumult

Army

The first US service member to test positive for COVID-19 has recovered

The soldier spent 49 days in isolation

Navy

Iran is back to harassing US ships in the Persian Gulf

The Iranians are back at it again.

Mandatory Fun

Here’s a bunch of photos from World War II that prove regulation haircuts don’t win wars

I never imagined I'd have to write this out, but here it goes: "Winning World War II had nothing to do with haircut regulations."

Navy

Fired as acting Navy secretary, Modly is now stuck in COVID-19 quarantine

Former Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly is currently in quarantine, along with two of his staff, following his ill-fated April 5 visit to the USS Theodore Roosevelt in Guam, Task & Purpose has learned

Navy

Navy vet allegedly planned to bomb Kansas City hospital over the government’s COVID-19 response

A Navy veteran who was the subject of a months-long domestic terrorism investigation reportedly planned on bombing a hospital due to his fears over the government's response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, according to court documents

Analysis

The great haircut debate has stoked fears of the military undermining its civilian overseers

Some fear that civilian control over the military is dangling by a thread of very long hair.

Air Force

Hurlburt Field airman arrested for indecent exposure at Florida TJ Maxx

The victim told deputies that she saw A1C Michael Leary watching her while shopping and following her around the store

Analysis

‘Thank you for service’ now applies to far more people than our nation’s veterans

Hopefully we’ll come to recognize more forms of courage than just “going downrange,” and it turns out even your grocer has some.

Entertainment

This ultra-realistic military game makes you the micromanaging commander with the radio, and it’s a lot harder than you think

In "Radio Commander" you play as the commander of an infantry unit, bravely leading your men into battle... from inside a tent with a radio.

Army

The COVID-19 pandemic could actually result in more accessible behavioral health care for soldiers and families

So that's something

Marine Corps

Top general cites 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima as reason Marines need to get haircuts during a pandemic

Haircuts are part of the military discipline that allowed the Marines to defeat the Japanese at Iwo Jima, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

Fighter Aircraft

Watch the world’s most advanced F-15 make its maiden flight with a ‘Viking’ takeoff

If you're looking for a taste of what the Air Force's first new F-15 fighter jet in nearly 20 years might look like, look no further than the first flight of the F-15QA