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The new trailer for ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ puts Tom Cruise back in the danger zone
Culture

The new trailer for ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ puts Tom Cruise back in the danger zone

The second trailer for ​Top Gun: Maverick​ just dropped, and it's everything we hoped and dreamed for

2 Air Force special operations medics receive Silver Star for saving dozens in Afghanistan battles
News

2 Air Force special operations medics receive Silver Star for saving dozens in Afghanistan battles

Bad. Ass.

The US secretly kicked out 2 Chinese diplomats who breached security of a Norfolk military base
News

The US secretly kicked out 2 Chinese diplomats who breached security of a Norfolk military base

When they finally stopped driving, the Chinese officials told the military guards they had gotten lost.

There are lies, damn lies, and even more damn lies about Afghanistan
News

There are lies, damn lies, and even more damn lies about Afghanistan

As Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) pointed out during the June 2018 confirmation hearing for the current U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, "We've supposedly turned the corner so many times that it seems now we're going in circles."

Get ready for some gun-fu: Both ‘John Wick 4’ and ‘Matrix 4’ will be premiering on the same day in 2021
Culture

Get ready for some gun-fu: Both ‘John Wick 4’ and ‘Matrix 4’ will be premiering on the same day in 2021

John Wick will be back and so will Neo, on the same day, when "John Wick 4" and "Matrix 4" come out on May 21, 2021.

Decorated Navy EOD commander relieved due to loss of confidence
News

Decorated Navy EOD commander relieved due to loss of confidence

Cmdr. Sean Shigeru Kido, who headed the Imperial Beach, California-based EOD Mobile Unit 11, was not relieved due to any specific instance of misconduct, EOD Group One spokesperson Lt. Kara Handley told Task & Purpose

No limits: How stepping outside of his comfort zone helped one veteran achieve success at Xerox
Military Life

No limits: How stepping outside of his comfort zone helped one veteran achieve success at Xerox

Brad Lieurance was never one to settle. From his time in college through his 25 years in the Army to his career with Xerox, he has pushed the limits and achieved success in ways he never thought possible. Now Lieurance is using his experiences to encourage others to step outside the career comfort zone.

Mattis: No, the war in Afghanistan isn’t ‘just one undistinguished defeat after another’
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Mattis: No, the war in Afghanistan isn’t ‘just one undistinguished defeat after another’

"If you read this, you'd almost think it's a total disaster and it's not that at all."

Has justice actually been served for the USS Fitzgerald disaster?
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Has justice actually been served for the USS Fitzgerald disaster?

Shortly after seven sailors died aboard USS Fitzgerald when she collided with a merchant ship off Yokosuka in 2017, I wrote that the Fitzgerald's watch team could have been mine

The forgotten nurse who saved hundreds of American lives during the Battle of the Bulge
History

The forgotten nurse who saved hundreds of American lives during the Battle of the Bulge

Students of history know that adversity and dread can turn on a dime into freedom and change, and it's often the most humble and little-known individuals who are the drivers of it. During the very darkest days of the Battle of the Bulge in World War II, Augusta Chiwy was such a catalyst, and hundreds of Americans lived because of her

It’s official: the largest military pay raise in nearly a decade is coming your way
Military Life

It’s official: the largest military pay raise in nearly a decade is coming your way

Average pay, housing and subsistence allowances will increase for members of the military in 2020, the Pentagon announced Thursday

The Taliban may not have breached the walls of Bagram, but they damaged the hell out of its main passenger terminal
News

The Taliban may not have breached the walls of Bagram, but they damaged the hell out of its main passenger terminal

Airmen were busy on Thursday clearing debris from Bagram Airfield's passenger terminal following a Taliban attack that came uncomfortably close the previous day

‘The Hurt Locker’ will be coming out in ‘Digital 4K Ultra HD’ so you can watch every inaccuracy in excruciating detail
Culture

‘The Hurt Locker’ will be coming out in ‘Digital 4K Ultra HD’ so you can watch every inaccuracy in excruciating detail

The ​Hurt Locker​ will be getting the high-def treatment come Feb. 4, when Lionsgate releases it on demand in "Digital 4K Ultra HD." We can't wait...

Congress doesn’t plan on authorizing extra cash for the Army’s next-generation squad weapon after all
News

Congress doesn’t plan on authorizing extra cash for the Army’s next-generation squad weapon after all

It looks as though lawmakers aren't too keen on shelling out additional funding for the Army's much-hyped next-generation squad weapon after all

Pentagon insists the US government’s repeated lies about Afghanistan are no big deal
News

Pentagon insists the US government’s repeated lies about Afghanistan are no big deal

"Those statements appear for the most part to be people looking back retrospectively on things that they had seen previously and using hindsight to speak to comments they made."

An Army colonel’s alleged abuse saddled his wife with ongoing medical needs. Escaping him could bring that care to a screeching halt.
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An Army colonel’s alleged abuse saddled his wife with ongoing medical needs. Escaping him could bring that care to a screeching halt.

"The look in his eyes … I did not know that man."

Soldier charged in deadly West Point vehicle rollover will face court-martial
News

Soldier charged in deadly West Point vehicle rollover will face court-martial

The schedule will be set by a military judge.

One killed in fire aboard Russia’s only aircraft carrier
News

One killed in fire aboard Russia’s only aircraft carrier

Russia's only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, caught fire on Thursday during maintenance work in Russia's Arctic port in Murmansk

Mark Wahlberg and his family’s fast-casual chain Wahlburgers may be coming to a base near you
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Mark Wahlberg and his family’s fast-casual chain Wahlburgers may be coming to a base near you

Actor Mark Wahlberg will be visiting troops overseas to plug Wahlburgers, a fast-casual restaurant chain owned by the actor and his two brothers, Donnie Wahlberg, and chef Paul Wahlberg.

US troops will not burn and pillage like Genghis Khan’s hordes as a result of Trump intervening in war crimes cases, Milley says
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US troops will not burn and pillage like Genghis Khan’s hordes as a result of Trump intervening in war crimes cases, Milley says

"We will not turn into a gang of raping, burning, and pillaging throughout ... That is not going to happen."