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The Marine Corps’s dream of ‘Lightning Carrier’ laden with F-35s is slowly becoming a reality
Marine Corps

The Marine Corps’s dream of ‘Lightning Carrier’ laden with F-35s is slowly becoming a reality

The amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA-6) is currently conducting "routing operations" with 13 F-35B Lightning II joint strike fighters in the eastern Pacific as part of a effort to "refine and strengthen the fundamental amphibious capabilities" of the Navy and Marine Corps

The greatest movie about Green Berets in Vietnam is coming to Disney’s new streaming service
Entertainment

The greatest movie about Green Berets in Vietnam is coming to Disney’s new streaming service

The Walt Disney Company just announced that its brand-new online streaming service, aptly titled Disney+, will launch an all-out assault on eyeballs around the world starting on November 12th

US officials reportedly considered pulling nuclear weapons out of Turkey, effectively ending the US-Turkey alliance
Missiles

US officials reportedly considered pulling nuclear weapons out of Turkey, effectively ending the US-Turkey alliance

"I think this is a first — a country with US nuclear weapons stationed in it literally firing artillery at US forces."​

Soldiers are smoking a whole lot more weed in states where it’s legalized
Army

Soldiers are smoking a whole lot more weed in states where it’s legalized

Soldiers are smoking a whole lot more weed if they happen to be stationed in or near a state where it's legal, and the Army has definitely noticed!

Retired Sergeant Major outs himself as admin for US Army WTF! Moments
Army

Retired Sergeant Major outs himself as admin for US Army WTF! Moments

"We've been told that we're oath-breakers ... Well, we're still providing assistance to veterans and their families."

Turkey’s invasion of Syria has allowed ‘many dangerous ISIS detainees’ to escape, Esper says
News

Turkey’s invasion of Syria has allowed ‘many dangerous ISIS detainees’ to escape, Esper says

Turkey's Islamic proxies are freeing ISIS fighters from unguarded prisons, Foreign Policy reporter Lara Seligman brought to light on Monday

Up to 5,500 US troops will keep deploying to the southwest border through September 2020
Mexico

Up to 5,500 US troops will keep deploying to the southwest border through September 2020

The Pentagon will continue to help civil authorities on the US/Mexico border through next September.

Glock’s next-generation pistol just picked up a tasty NATO contract
Guns

Glock’s next-generation pistol just picked up a tasty NATO contract

Glock may have walked away from the U.S. Army's turbulent Modular Handgun System competition licking its wounds, but that doesn't mean other core NATO partners are following the Pentagon's lead when it comes to new sidearms

An Army vet turned Florida congressman wished the Navy a happy birthday with a photo of a Russian battlecruiser
Army

An Army vet turned Florida congressman wished the Navy a happy birthday with a photo of a Russian battlecruiser

Mistakes happen, especially on the Internet, but a recent flub from the office of Florida congressman is especially heinous

VIDEO: The top 5 games where you get nuked
Entertainment

Calling all gamers: the Army’s Esports team is ready for its close-up

The Army wanted a slice of the multi-million dollar Esports pie

Master Sgt. Mark Allen dies 10 years after being shot in the head while looking for Bowe Bergdahl
Army

Master Sgt. Mark Allen dies 10 years after being shot in the head while looking for Bowe Bergdahl

Retired Master Sgt. Mark Allen had been unable to walk or speak since a sniper shot him in the head in July 2009.

US troops in anguish as the White House and Pentagon give their Kurdish allies the middle finger
Iraq

US troops in anguish as the White House and Pentagon give their Kurdish allies the middle finger

"We have not abandoned the Kurds, let me be clear about that," Defense Secretary Esper said on Friday. "We have not abandoned them. No one greenlighted this operation by Turkey – just the opposite. We pushed back very hard at all levels telling the Turks not to commence this operation."

Most US troops leaving Syria as Turkish invasion pushes further into Kurdish territory
Middle East

Most US troops leaving Syria as Turkish invasion pushes further into Kurdish territory

As of Sunday, President Trump had not ordered all US troops to withdraw from Syria.

Mattis warns of ISIS comeback in wake of Trump pullout in Syria
Middle East

Mattis warns of ISIS comeback in wake of Trump pullout in Syria

Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is warning that it's "absolutely a given" that ISIS will come back if the U.S. doesn't keep up pressure on the group, a week after President Trump announced the withdrawal of U.S. military forces from northern Syria.

Right makes might: How the US will lose its strategic advantage if it loses its ethics
Opinion

Right makes might: How the US will lose its strategic advantage if it loses its ethics

We see ourselves as upholding a higher standard. We aren't just some overgrown banana republic. We're a "shining city on a hill."

A new ‘Band of Brothers’ series will highlight the chaotic and deadly missions of Air Force bomber crews in WWII
Entertainment

A new ‘Band of Brothers’ series will highlight the chaotic and deadly missions of Air Force bomber crews in WWII

Tom Hanks and Stephen Spielberg are bringing the third series in its Band of Brothers franchise to Apple TV+, which will highlight the American bomber crews who fought the air war over Nazi Germany during World War II, according to Deadline.

Trump says White House is reviewing case of Green Beret accused of killing unarmed Afghan man in 2010
News

Trump says White House is reviewing case of Green Beret accused of killing unarmed Afghan man in 2010

Golsteyn, a decorated Special Forces officer, admitted during a CIA polygraph test in 2011 that he had killed an unarmed Afghan during a 2010 deployment, after a tribal leader said the man was a bomb-maker who had killed two Marines.

Pentagon says Turkey fired artillery within ‘few hundred meters’ of US troops in Syria
Middle East

Pentagon says Turkey fired artillery within ‘few hundred meters’ of US troops in Syria

U.S. troops came under artillery fire ​from the Turkish military that landed within "a few hundred meters" of their position in Kobani, Syria, a Pentagon spokeswoman said Friday.

He fled his home at the end of the war. Now he’s the first Vietnamese-American to be a US Navy admiral
Navy

He fled his home at the end of the war. Now he’s the first Vietnamese-American to be a US Navy admiral

Huan Nguyen became the first Vietnamese American promoted to the rank of rear admiral during a ceremony at the Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C., Oct. 10.

The heroism of Medal of Honor recipients Audie Murphy and Sal Giunta get the comic book treatment
Entertainment

The heroism of Medal of Honor recipients Audie Murphy and Sal Giunta get the comic book treatment

It's not a stretch to say that the acts of heroism, courage, and sacrifice laid out in these citations are super human. It seems only natural they get the super hero treatment.