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U.S. Air Force Basic Military Training trainees carry weapons at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland on August 2, 2024. Beginning on July 29, 2024, Col. Billy Wilson Jr., 737th Training Group commander, launched a weapons handling initiative. From now on, BMT trainees will carry weapons throughout their 7.5 weeks of training to instill a profession of arms and a warrior mindset into the future Airmen. JBSA-Lackland is home to USAF BMT where enlisted civilians are transformed into capable Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ava Leone)
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Seeking ‘warfighter mindset,’ Air Force basic trainees now carrying rifles through boot camp

Potential airmen and guardians will be issued the non-functioning rifles after a weapon familiarization course and carry them through the end of basic training.

Burger King Trailer Arrives In Afghanistan For Troops
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Ditch fast food on base to reduce obesity, says Pentagon’s top senior enlisted leader

Removing fast-food restaurants from bases would cut obesity within the military, said Marine Sergeant Maj. Troy E. Black, Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

10th Mountain soldier charged with murder of fellow soldier at Fort Drum
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10th Mountain soldier charged with murder of fellow soldier at Fort Drum

Both soldiers were assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team.

Between Two T-Walls
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Commanding general in Iraq and Syria goes ‘Between Two T-Walls’ with Task & Purpose

Army Maj. Gen. Joel “JB” Vowell spent a year as the commanding general of Operation Inherent Resolve, the US-led mission to defeat ISIS in Iraq and Syria.

Command Sgt. Maj. Veronica E. Knapp relieved of duty
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Army fires Command Sergeant Major for Military District of Washington

Command Sgt. Major Veronica E. Knapp was relieved on Aug. 8 as a result of an Army 15-6 investigation.

Riley Tejcek
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Marine training for winter Olympics bobsled team while in Iraq

Marine Capt. Riley Tejcek is training to be on the US 2026 winter Olympics Bobsled team while deployed to Iraq.

Combat engineers from the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division blast through a concrete wall during demolition training at Curry Demo July 17.
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Military to start cognitive tests for troops exposed to artillery, gunfire and explosions

The Pentagon also released new rules for safe distances troops should be from mortars, howitzers, rifles and breaching explosives.

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a significant or extreme emotional or psychological response to a shocking or dangerous or traumatic event.
Military Life

FDA denies MDMA assisted therapy for PTSD treatment

Veterans, members of Congress, and many others advocated for the groundbreaking PTSD treatment, but the FDA declined it saying more research is needed.

Static line and freefall parachute operations require different approaches and skillsets.
Military Life

A guide to all the parachutes that American paratroopers ‘ride to work’

Whether on a special ops jump from 25,000 feet or with hundreds of paratroopers filling the sky, U.S. troops use a wide range of parachutes.

The USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group sails through the Pacific Ocean with the Italian Navy's Cavour Carrier Strike Group on Aug. 8, 2024. (photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Daniel Kimmelman/U.S. Navy)
Around the World

USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group ordered to ‘accelerate’ to Middle East

The Pentagon ordered the carrier strike group and its fighter squadrons to hurry to the region as the United States prepares for a possible Iranian attack on Israel.

Astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore (left) and Sunita "Suni" Williams stand next to a T-38 plane as part of testing for the NASA mission. (photo courtesy NASA)
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Two NASA astronauts, both Navy veterans, could be stuck in space until 2025

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are currently on the International Space Station waiting for NASA to resolve issues with the Boeing Starliner.

An Army soldier sleeps while in transport at Hohenfels Training Area, Germany in February 2021. (photo by Sgt. John W. Todd/U.S. Army)
Active Duty

11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade tells soldiers on staff duty to get more sleep

The Fort Bliss-based unit is the latest Army command to issue guidance on the needs of some rest.

Crews dismantle a homeless veterans encampment on San Vincente Boulevard in Los Angeles on Nov. 1, 2021. The encampment was set up outside of the 388-acre West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs campus. (photo by Al Seib / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images).
Military Life

VA changes rules, expands housing assistance for disabled veterans

Previously disability compensation pushed unhoused veterans above the income limit to receive federal housing subsidies. Updated rules end that Catch-22.

mv-22 marine died reaching pilots
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Marine Osprey crewman died trying to reach pilots on doomed plane

A new report outlines how several failures, including a near-air collision, led to the deaths of three Marines in Australia in August 2023.

cybertruck b-24 world war II tribute
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This Cybertruck’s B-24 Liberator wrap honors a WWII bomber pilot

The cybertruck's wrap is a tribute to a B-24 Liberator known as Silver Babe which the owner's grandfather flew in WWII.

U.S. Army Drill Sergeant Sgt 1st Class. Aleman assigned to Foxtrot 1st Battalion 34th Infantry Regiment participates in the “Shark Attack” or fear stage of the discipline process, as trainees arrive to the First day of Basic Combat Training on 12 June 2017 at Fort Jackson, SC. Among those assigned to the 1st Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment are Reserve Drill Sergeants from the 3rd Battalion, 518th Infantry Regiment who are required to serve two weeks for annual training (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Darius Davis/Released).
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Army adds new boot camp companies in Oklahoma and Missouri

Daniel Munger
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Army identifies contract instructor pilot killed in Apache crash

Daniel Munger, a contract instructor pilot, was killed on Wednesday when an AH-64 Apache crashed at Fort Novosel, Alabama.

We salute this sailor rockin’ out during underway refueling at RIMPAC
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We salute this sailor rockin’ out during underway refueling at RIMPAC

It's either a junior enlisted sailor giving a free show or Eddie from Stranger Things.

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 320nd Field Artillery Battery, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, react to a drone swarm attack during Exercise Combined Resolve 24-2 at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center near Hohenfels, Germany, May 29, 2024. Combined Resolve 24-2 is a key U.S. Army multi-domain interoperability exercise in Europe and a major investment in the cohesion of the NATO alliance and the overall readiness of allies and partners to work together in a dynamic security environment. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Brandon Nelson)
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Soldiers created their own drone attack simulator ahead of Middle East deployment

The computer program 'REACT' simulates drone and rocket attacks like the ones troops face in Iraq and Syria.

Command Sgt. Maj. Matthew Carlson
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Command sergeant major for Army’s 173rd Airborne Brigade fired

Command Sgt. Maj. Matthew Carlson was fired on July 16. He had been the senior enlisted leader for the 173rd Airborne Brigade.