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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

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

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.

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."

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

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.

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.

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."

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

United States

Man who ran from Pentagon police taken in for questioning

Law & Order: Special Pentagon Unit.

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.

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.

Air Force

Air Force board recommends kicking out airman who raised money for white supremacist group

Investigators found that Tech Sgt. Corey Reeves raised money for the white supremacist group Identity Evropa.