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Pentagon watchdog launches ‘evaluation’ of what US troops are actually doing at the southern border
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Pentagon watchdog launches ‘evaluation’ of what US troops are actually doing at the southern border

"We're going to go wherever the evaluation takes us."

The US plans on holding its largest European military exercises in 25 years
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The US plans on holding its largest European military exercises in 25 years

The United States will send 20,000 troops to Europe next April and May in its biggest military exercises on European soil since the Cold War to underscore Washington's commitment to NATO, a senior allied commander said on Tuesday

The controversial ‘widows tax’ on Gold Star family benefits is closer to repeal than ever before
Military Life

The controversial ‘widows tax’ on Gold Star family benefits is closer to repeal than ever before

Gold Star family members might finally see an end to the so-called "Widows Tax" thanks to the National Defense Authorization Act of 2020

Pentagon watchdog to investigate deaths at recruit training
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Pentagon watchdog to investigate deaths at recruit training

The number of substantiated allegations of sexual misconduct against Army brass rose this year
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The number of substantiated allegations of sexual misconduct against Army brass rose this year

Of 707 complaints against senior officials in 2019, only 26 were substantiated.

It’s official: the Space Force is here to bring freedom and liberty to the stars
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It’s official: the Space Force is here to bring freedom and liberty to the stars

The defense budget for fiscal year 2020 officially agreed upon by key lawmakers in the House and Senate would officially establish the U.S. Space Force as the sixth branch of the U.S. armed forces

A new law could finally force DoD to compensate troops who suffered from military doctors’ mistakes
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A new law could finally force DoD to compensate troops who suffered from military doctors’ mistakes

It would mark the first time in nearly seven decades that U.S. military personnel have had legal recourse to seek payment from the military in cases of medical malpractice.

Army major with Cyber Command charged with distributing child pornography
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Army major with Cyber Command charged with distributing child pornography

Maj. Jason Michael Musgrove, who is based at Fort Gordon, Georgia, has been remanded to the U.S. Marshals service.

Secret documents show US officials lied for decades about victory in Afghanistan as troops continued to die
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Secret documents show US officials lied for decades about victory in Afghanistan as troops continued to die

The interviews show that U.S. military officials had no confidence in Afghan troops and police. One unnamed military official estimated that one-third of police recruits were "drug addicts or Taliban."

Russian forces enters former ISIS capital of Raqqa, Syria
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Russian forces enters former ISIS capital of Raqqa, Syria

The vacuum gets filled.

FBI: Shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola was ‘an act of terrorism’
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FBI: Shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola was ‘an act of terrorism’

"We work with the presumption that this was an act of terrorism," USA Today quoted FBI Agent Rachel Rojas as saying at a news conference.

Navy identifies three slain sailors who ‘showed exceptional heroism’ during the Pensacola shooting
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Navy identifies three slain sailors who ‘showed exceptional heroism’ during the Pensacola shooting

Ensign Joshua Kaleb Watson, Airman Mohammed Sameh Haitham, and Airman Apprentice Cameron Scott Walters were killed in the shooting, the Navy has announced.

The Pentagon’s troop deployment denials means nothing when the White House screams ‘fake news’ all the time
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The Pentagon’s troop deployment denials means nothing when the White House screams ‘fake news’ all the time

We live in the Bizarro universe where disinformation is the coin of the realm.

Pearl Harbor veteran to be interred on his sunken ship
Military Life

Pearl Harbor veteran to be interred on his sunken ship

Nearly eight decades after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Lauren Bruner's ashes will be delivered to the sea that cradled his fallen comrades, stored in an urn inside the battleship's wreckage

NAS Pensacola shooter railed against the US and quoted Osama bin Laden online hours before the attack
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NAS Pensacola shooter railed against the US and quoted Osama bin Laden online hours before the attack

The Saudi airman accused of killing three people at a U.S. Navy base in Florida appeared to have posted criticism of U.S. wars and quoted slain al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden on social media hours before the shooting spree, according to a group that monitors online extremism

‘We never would have won World War II if we had this kind of division’ — A Pearl Harbor vet calls on Americans to unite around today’s military
Military Life

‘We never would have won World War II if we had this kind of division’ — A Pearl Harbor vet calls on Americans to unite around today’s military

NAS Pensacola shooter reportedly hosted a ‘dinner party’ to watch mass shooting videos the week before the attack
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NAS Pensacola shooter reportedly hosted a ‘dinner party’ to watch mass shooting videos the week before the attack

The Saudi military officer who shot and killed 3 people at Naval Air Station Pensacola on Friday reportedly hosted a "dinner party" the week before the attack "to watch videos of mass shootings," the Associated Press reports, citing an unnamed U.S. official

The US claims Russian air defenses shot down a drone over Libya’s capital
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The US claims Russian air defenses shot down a drone over Libya’s capital

The U.S. military believes that an unarmed American drone reported lost near Libya's capital last month was in fact shot down by Russian air defenses and it is demanding the return of the aircraft's wreckage, U.S. Africa Command says

ISIS is nearing defeat in Afghanistan, officials say
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ISIS is nearing defeat in Afghanistan, officials say

U.S. and Afghan officials believe that ISIS is nearing defeat following a weeks-long assault on the terror group's main bastion in eastern Afghanistan, the New York Times reports

Navy and Coast Guard vessels collide in Alaska, injuring nine
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Navy and Coast Guard vessels collide in Alaska, injuring nine

The crash sent six Coasties and three sailors to the hospital