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Waving Confederate Flag
Marine Corps

Marine commandant banishes Confederate symbols from all Corps installations

Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger has ordered all Confederate paraphernalia to be removed from Marine Corps installations, his spokesman confirmed on Wednesday

7 things you need to know about gun ownership
Guns

7 things you need to know about gun ownership

A gun owner or enthusiast owes it to themselves to stay up to date on laws, training, and legal protection

INDOPACOM bans non-essential travel to South Korea after US service member diagnosed with coronavirus
Korea

INDOPACOM bans non-essential travel to South Korea after US service member diagnosed with coronavirus

US. Indo-Pacific Command has restricted all non-essential travel to South Korea a day after a U.S. service member there tested positive for the coronavirus in the military’s first confirmed case, officials said

The Pentagon’s new Tenant Bill of Rights doesn’t include three ‘most critical’ measures
United States

The Pentagon’s new Tenant Bill of Rights doesn’t include three ‘most critical’ measures

"What I don’t want to do is promise a right that I can’t deliver on," Secretary Esper said on Wednesday.

Top Pentagon leaders can’t say if any secret side deals are part of the Afghanistan peace agreement
Afghanistan

Top Pentagon leaders can’t say if any secret side deals are part of the Afghanistan peace agreement

“I know there’s the base agreement and some annexes," said Defense Secretary Mark Esper. "I don’t know if those have been agreed upon as secret or something."

An Army astronaut just swore in 1,000 new recruits from outer space
Army

An Army astronaut just swore in 1,000 new recruits from outer space

For almost 1,000 Army recruits, their enlistment on Wednesday was out of this world— literally

Marines are officially getting a brand new rifle optic
Marine Corps

Marines are officially getting a brand new rifle optic

Marines can officially kiss their existing rifle optics goodbye: the service just issued a $64 million contract to furnish grunts with a brand new Squad Common Optic.

‘He was risking his own life’ — Marine awarded for rescuing pregnant woman who was swept out to sea
Marine Corps

‘He was risking his own life’ — Marine awarded for rescuing pregnant woman who was swept out to sea

After a pregnant woman was caught in a dangerous rip current and pulled out to sea, a Marine officer put his own life on the line when he swam out to rescue her — and remained in the water to keep her afloat for an hour until rescue swimmers arrived.

Here are the 5 biggest problems military families faced in 2019
Military Life

Here are the 5 biggest problems military families faced in 2019

“Military families are American families, and as such, want similar life expectations and family dynamics as their civilian counterparts."

The VA has some serious problems with how it handles claims of military sexual trauma
Opinion

The VA has some serious problems with how it handles claims of military sexual trauma

Too often, military sexual trauma survivors report being re-traumatized by the very system that's meant to help them

US service member tests positive for coronavirus in South Korea in first for military
Korea

US service member tests positive for coronavirus in South Korea in first for military

A U.S. service member in South Korea has tested positive for COVID-19, otherwise known as coronavirus, in a first for the U.S. military.

A woman is about to finish Green Beret training for the first time in history
Army

A woman is about to finish Green Beret training for the first time in history

A female National Guard soldier is set to become the first to join the Green Berets

Man allegedly tried to blow up service member’s vehicle in Pentagon parking lot, police say
United States

Man allegedly tried to blow up service member’s vehicle in Pentagon parking lot, police say

Matthew Dmitri Richardson faces between 5 and 20 years in prison if convicted.

Afghanistan truce still in effect despite Taliban attacks
Afghanistan

Afghanistan truce still in effect despite Taliban attacks

Overall, violence in Afghanistan is on a downward trend, the top U.S. military commander there says

AFRICOM claims it killed leader of deadly raid on US forces in Kenya
Africa

AFRICOM claims it killed leader of deadly raid on US forces in Kenya

The U.S. military in Africa claims it killed a senior leader of al-Shabaab in an airstrike on Saturday, nearly two months after an attack in Manda Bay, Kenya that left one U.S. soldier and two American contractors dead

The US military is preparing to battle the coronavirus in the Pacific
Indo-Pacific

The US military is preparing to battle the coronavirus in the Pacific

The U.S. military is preparing to face a new enemy in the Asia-Pacific region: the burgeoning coronavirus epidemic

The Air Force wants to make its dream of a ‘flying car’ a reality
Air Force

The Air Force wants to make its dream of a ‘flying car’ a reality

Buckle up, everyone: the Air Force is forging ahead with its push to develop a "flying car" straight out of your science-fiction dreams.

Man who ran from Pentagon police taken in for questioning
United States

Man who ran from Pentagon police taken in for questioning

Law & Order: Special Pentagon Unit.

82nd Airborne paratrooper killed in motorcycle crash in North Carolina
Army

82nd Airborne paratrooper killed in motorcycle crash in North Carolina

Pfc. Joseph Del Hierro, 26, joined the Army in September 2018 and arrived at Fort Bragg last March.

Cops arrest suspected burglars after soldier deployed to Iraq sees them on his Nest cam
Iraq

Cops arrest suspected burglars after soldier deployed to Iraq sees them on his Nest cam

A soldier deployed to Iraq spotted a pair of would-be burglars on his Nest doorbell camera leaving his garage with his power tools, so he called the cops... from thousands of miles away.