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PSA: You can absolutely chop down a Christmas tree with a shotgun
Are you in search of a fresh Christmas tree but for some reason consider axes to be girly and ineffective when it comes to chopping it down? If these extremely specific circumstances apply to you, then fear not: you can absolutely blast your holiday decor free from the chains of Mother Earth
The Navy could deploy a second carrier to the Middle East if Trump orders an Iran surge, top admiral says
"If there is a requirement to surge, we will be ready to surge."
Discover values military leadership experience, trainability and commitment to service
Carl Chandler was on the fast track to leadership in the Army, but in 2003, while deployed in Iraq as an Airborne Rifle Team Leader, he passed up a pay raise so he could stay with his soldiers
‘1917’ is the absolute best war movie in years
I didn't think a movie about World War I would, or even could, remind me of Afghanistan. Somehow, "1917" did, and that's probably the highest praise I can give it.
The Navy wants lasers to shoot down drones and missiles, but its ships lack the power to fire them
'We are out of Schlitz with regard to power ... we don't have as much' extra for additional functions"
US reportedly could surge another 14,000 troops to the Middle East to prevent Iranian attacks
"We have sent very clear and blunt signals to the Iranian government about the potential consequences of aggression because all of this is intended to produce stability and deter potential attacks."
An internal investigation spurred by a nude photo scandal shows just how deep sexism runs in the Marine Corps
The scandal, researchers found, was merely a symptom of a much larger problem.
This new military true crime podcast will make you pull your woobie over your head
"It's the stories of the 'heroes' that commit heinous crimes — that brought me to create Military Murder."
You can now score your very own version of the US military’s compact new M18 pistol
Sig Sauer has launched a commercial version of the lightweight M18 pistol currently in use by the U.S. military
‘If he was on the battlefield, he probably would’ve been shot in the back’— Inside the toxic command of Air Force Lt. Gen. Lee Levy
Working for Levy, "was harder than a deployment, because there was no job satisfaction," said one airman.
The US reportedly took out an alleged terrorist with a Hellfire missile full of swords
The Pentagon's secretive R9X Hellfire missile may be more akin to a flying anvil full of switchblades than a traditional munition, but that doesn't mean it's any less effective
Soldiers get to wear this brown fleece cap now so congrats on that I guess
Just in time for Christmas.
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
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
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
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
"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.