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Army rejects Bowe Bergdahl’s appeal accusing Trump of unlawful command influence
Army

Army rejects Bowe Bergdahl’s appeal accusing Trump of unlawful command influence

An Army appeals court has rejected Bowe Bergdahl's claim that President Trump's public description of him as "a no-good traitor who should have been executed" and other comments on the disgraced soldier's case constituted unlawful command influence (UCI)

Mark Esper wasn’t asked a single question about Afghanistan, where 12 US troops have died this year
News

Mark Esper wasn’t asked a single question about Afghanistan, where 12 US troops have died this year

None of the senators at Mark Esper's confirmation hearing asked him to explain how the war in Afghanistan is going.

The Corps has lost more than 25,000 Marines to misconduct over the past decade
Marine Corps

The Corps has lost more than 25,000 Marines to misconduct over the past decade

The Marine Corps has lost more than 25,000 Marines to misconduct over the past decade, according to Commandant Gen. David Berger.

Sleep important, Navy finds
Navy

Sleep important, Navy finds

It's been just about two years since the twin collisions of the USS Fitzgerald and USS John S. McCain with commercial vessels, and the Navy has made a wild discovery in its quest to improve watchstander performance: sleep matters!

Semper Fro: Just how much hair can you show up to Marine Corps boot camp with?
Marine Corps

Semper Fro: Just how much hair can you show up to Marine Corps boot camp with?

The barbers at boot camp don't so much cut your hair as they do shear you like sheep, rushing countless recruits through those chairs in a matter of minutes, leaving behind only quietly muttered curse words, a couple of scraped scalps, and the remnants of once magnificent hairdos.

United States

‘I went to war for this country’ — Mark Esper pushes back on Elizabeth Warren’s accusation of working for his ‘own financial interest’

The flamethrower drone conversion kit you never knew you needed is finally here
Drones

The flamethrower drone conversion kit you never knew you needed is finally here

The brand-new TF-19 Wasp "flamethrower drone" is all of those things. Designed to lightweight drones with a 5-pound payload capacity, the Wasp drone system can spit hot fire at targets up to 25 feet away for up to 100 seconds on a single gallon of fuel

Eddie Gallagher was found not guilty on the most serious charges, but he could still leave the Navy as an E1
Navy

Eddie Gallagher was found not guilty on the most serious charges, but he could still leave the Navy as an E1

Eddie Gallagher dodged the most serious charges the Navy threw at him during his court martial, but his final sentence could be far worse than what the jury originally handed down, according to Navy officials

The French just made a great case for outfitting soldiers with ‘flyboards’
Europe

The French just made a great case for outfitting soldiers with ‘flyboards’

On Sunday, French President Emmanuel Macron shared an unusual video showing a man on a flying platform — widely characterized as a "hoverboard" — maneuvering through the skies above the Bastille Day celebrations in Paris armed with what appears to be a dummy firearms

A lawmaker wants to know if the Pentagon ever exposed the American public to ticks infected with bioweapons
United States

A lawmaker wants to know if the Pentagon ever exposed the American public to ticks infected with bioweapons

"Have these experiments caused Lyme disease and other tick-borne disease to mutate and to spread?"

The Air Force is on guard against potential Area 51 intruders like this hero in custom Boba Fett armor and his love of ‘clapping alien asscheeks’
Air Force

The Air Force is on guard against potential Area 51 intruders like this hero in custom Boba Fett armor and his love of ‘clapping alien asscheeks’

More than half a million people say they plan on storming the gates of Area 51 in September — and the Air Force is not impressed

Buckle up: the Army is going to start testing robotic combat vehicles next year
News

Buckle up: the Army is going to start testing robotic combat vehicles next year

A battlefield full of remote-controlled robot battlewagons is closer to reality than you think

Geraldine Lovely
Air Force

Air Force NCO behind viral racist Facebook rant booted over ‘multitude of misconduct’

Tech Sgt. Geraldine Lovely was recommended for separation by the Air Force Personnel Board on May 7, 2019 following an investigation into a Facebook video in which Lovely blasted lower-ranking "black females" in a profanity-laced tirade

Special Forces sergeant major killed in Afghanistan
Army

Special Forces sergeant major killed in Afghanistan

The Pentagon has identified the soldier who died in Afghanistan on Saturday as Sgt. Maj. James G. "Ryan" Sartor, a member of 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne).

Gen. Mark Milley warns against prematurely withdrawing from Afghanistan after 18 years
Afghanistan

Gen. Mark Milley warns against prematurely withdrawing from Afghanistan after 18 years

Things in Afghanistan might finally turn around in year 19.

Artillery soldier awarded Bronze Star for raining mortars on ISIS fighters during a harrowing firefight
Army

Artillery soldier awarded Bronze Star for raining mortars on ISIS fighters during a harrowing firefight

The Army awarded a Bronze Star with a valor device to a fire support specialist for risking his own life to save wounded personnel amid heavy fire from ISIS fighters before obliterating enemy positions with a salvo of 60mm mortar rounds during an intense engagement in Afghanistan

Congress just took a major step towards preventing Iran from becoming another Forever War
News

Congress just took a major step towards preventing Iran from becoming another Forever War

Veterans groups are hailing a move by the House of Representatives that would require President Donald Trump to get Congress' permission before attacking Iran.

An Army dental clinic is contacting patients after using non-sterilized equipment for 3 days in the last week
Army

An Army dental clinic is contacting patients after using non-sterilized equipment for 3 days in the last week

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The Air Force’s newest gunship is officially here to f*ck up your day
Air Force

The Air Force’s newest gunship is officially here to f*ck up your day

Brace yourselves: the Air Force's newest gunship is officially on the prowl downrange

No, the US military shouldn’t lower the enlistment age to 16 so children can fight
News

No, the US military shouldn’t lower the enlistment age to 16 so children can fight

There are bad ideas, and then there are bad ideas