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Mandatory Fun

Urban Outfitters has a knockoff set of Navy coveralls for $120 for those who wanted to enlist, but…

That's right, Urban Outfitters, the premiere retailer for overpriced of mil-swag is at it again, this time with the Vintage US Navy Coverall for $120.

Entertainment

AFN duped into giving Super Bowl shoutout to a porn star

LOL

Navy

Three years after a deadly collision, the USS Fitzgerald is heading back out to sea

"We are excited to take the next step to get Fitzgerald back out to sea where the ship belongs."

Entertainment

The new trailer for ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ will make you feel the need for speed

A new promo for Top Gun: Maverick dropped during the Super Bowl, and it's becoming abundantly clear that the much-anticipated (and fretted about) sequel to the 1986 aviation classic feels the need ... the need for speed

Afghanistan

Afghan security forces averaged one insider attack every 4 days in the closing months of 2019, new data shows

Afghan National Defense and Security Forces personnel carried out 33 insider attacks during the fourth quarter of 2019, resulting in 90 casualties, according to a new report from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction

Air Force

The Air Force recorded a 33% increase in suicide deaths last year

'Whether it's a relationship problem, work issues or anything else, if we know our teammates and care enough to learn about their lives, we can recognize when they may need a little extra help. We should be there, right next to them, to see them through the tough times.'

United States

The deputy secretary of the VA was just fired ‘due to a loss of confidence’

The Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Robert Wilkie, just fired his deputy, James Byrne.

United States

Texas man accused of hanging veteran’s support dog for barking

A Texas man is accused of using an electrical cord to hang a veteran's emotional support dog after he was annoyed by her barking at the home he was boarding in rural Florida

Army

No, a US soldier deployed to Lithuania hasn’t come down with the Wuhan coronavirus

Has a U.S. Army soldier deployed to Lithuanian come down with the deadly coronavirus? That's fake news, according to both the website that posted the claim in the first place and the Lithuanian armed forces

Mandatory Fun

How the US military’s love of boot-shaming gave America the gift of ‘IDK’

Boot-shaming is a time-honored U.S. military tradition that goes back to at least World War I. It's also, apparently, the original source of some of a well-worn piece of digital slang

Afghanistan

Taliban attacks in Afghanistan are at their highest level in a decade

The Taliban launched more attacks across Afghanistan in during the last three months of 2019 than during the same period each year since the U.S. first started collecting data back in 2010, according to a new report from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction

Air Force

US troops in South Korea are facing quarantine over the Wuhan coronavirus

The U.S. military has ordered a mandatory quarantine for any service members based in Korea how have visited China in the last two weeks as Wuhan coronavirus continues to spread across the globe

United States

1,000 US citizens to be quarantined at four stateside military bases due to the Wuhan coronavirus

These latest evacuees are in addition to the 200 U.S. citizens who have already been evacuated from Wuhan, China, to March Air Reserve Base, California.

Army

Death of 82nd Airborne Division paratrooper at Fort Bragg under investigation

'Private Second Class Smither was an invaluable member of the Falcon Brigade and the 82nd Airborne Division.'

Air Force

The F-35 is an overpriced lemon that doesn’t work

It is clear that defense industry is totally incompetent or deliberately slow rolling fixes to gouge taxpayers. Perhaps it's both.

United States

The US military can officially sow the Earth with land mines again

''We always look at collateral damage and decisions are based on that. We want zero. Mines are part of that equation"

China

The 195 Americans who fled coronavirus in China will be quarantined at March ARB for 14 days, CDC says

"We would rather be remembered for overreacting than under-reacting."

Mandatory Fun

A ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ version of ‘1917’ exists and it is glorious

Someone painstakingly cut scenes from SpongeBob SquarePants ​and set it to Sam Mendes' World War I drama '​1917'

Iran

64 US troops now being treated for Traumatic Brain Injury as toll of Iranian attack continues to increase

So far, all of troops have been diagnosed with mild Traumatic Brain Injury, but that could change because brain injury symptoms develop over time, said Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Iran

House passes bills to repeal 2002 AUMF and require Congress approve any war with Iran

"It is past time for Congress to finally do our Constitutional duty and vote on matters of war and peace"