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Bowe Bergdahl is getting another chance to argue Trump’s comments screwed with his trial
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Bowe Bergdahl is getting another chance to argue Trump’s comments screwed with his trial

Pvt. Bowe Berghdal has been granted a review of his case to determine if tweets and comments made by President Donald Trump irrevocably tainted his original trial and therefore constitute grounds for his sentence to be dismissed

Esper won’t say how he advised Trump on the Gallagher, Golsteyn, and Lorance war crimes cases
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Esper won’t say how he advised Trump on the Gallagher, Golsteyn, and Lorance war crimes cases

"I had a robust discussion with the president yesterday and I offered – as I do in all matters – the facts, the options, my advice, the recommendations and we'll see how things play out."

The Army is sending out another housing survey and y’all better freakin’ take it
Military Life

The Army is sending out another housing survey and y’all better freakin’ take it

""The Army will improve homes, communities, and customer service...through the candid feedback we receive from our soldiers and their families."

The lost lesson of Millennium Challenge 2002, the Pentagon’s embarrassing post-9/11 war game
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The lost lesson of Millennium Challenge 2002, the Pentagon’s embarrassing post-9/11 war game

Called Millennium Challenge 2002, the idea was simple: to develop and implement training and doctrine that could be changed quickly to utilize developing technology and adapt to varying enemy tactics. The Cold War tactics the U.S. military trained on for decades were out the window and a new war was on the horizon.

Celebrate Veterans Day by accessing all your VA health records straight from your iPhone
Military Life

Celebrate Veterans Day by accessing all your VA health records straight from your iPhone

Apple began working with the VA this summer to allow access to VA health records on iPhones and other Apple mobile devices

Marine Corps has no record that suspect in Milwaukee acid attack was ever a Marine
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Marine Corps has no record that suspect in Milwaukee acid attack was ever a Marine

The Marine Corps says it has no record of service for Clifton A. Blackwell, the 61-year-old Milwaukee man arrested on Saturday night for allegedly throwing battery acid on a Hispanic man while asking him, "Why did you come here and invade my country?"

The Marine Corps made an 8 minute birthday video with only 6 seconds of female Marines. So we fixed it for them
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The Marine Corps made an 8 minute birthday video with only 6 seconds of female Marines. So we fixed it for them

As it does every year, the Marine Corps published its birthday message video highlighting Marines past and present, but as Newsweek's Jim Laporta noted on Monday, it has just six seconds of footage of women in an eight minute-long video.

Florida airman missing after falling from C-130 into Gulf of Mexico
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Florida airman missing after falling from C-130 into Gulf of Mexico

The airman, assigned to the 24th Special Operations Wing, "exited his aircraft during a jump training scenario over the Gulf of Mexico approximately 4 miles south" of Hurlburt Field in Florida, according to an Air Force statement

‘A huge morale hit’ — Army EOD techs are stuck between plummeting recruitment levels and skyrocketing workloads
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‘A huge morale hit’ — Army EOD techs are stuck between plummeting recruitment levels and skyrocketing workloads

"Something needs to change, because I don't think we have enough manpower for the workload."

Texas veteran drank 3 Bud Light Limes before accidentally shooting his brother to death, police say
Military Life

Texas veteran drank 3 Bud Light Limes before accidentally shooting his brother to death, police say

A 28-year-old west Fort Worth man accidentally shot his brother to death early Sunday as he showed him and other relatives a handgun and lined its sights at a bedroom shelf, police said

Operation Whitecoat: How conscientious objectors served their country as human guinea pigs
Military Life

Operation Whitecoat: How conscientious objectors served their country as human guinea pigs

"We didn't want to bear arms and kill people, but we wanted to serve our country."

Democratic contender Elizabeth Warren vows to halve veterans’ suicide rate in four years
Military Life

Democratic contender Elizabeth Warren vows to halve veterans’ suicide rate in four years

Warren, who has 3 brothers who served in the military, also says she'll guarantee better pay and health benefits for current and former military members

We give the Popeye’s chicken sandwich at the Pentagon two knife hands up
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We give the Popeye’s chicken sandwich at the Pentagon two knife hands up

Oh my sweet Jesus this sandwich is good.

Vietnam veterans need photos of about 400 more fallen service members to complete their virtual memorial
Military Life

Vietnam veterans need photos of about 400 more fallen service members to complete their virtual memorial

"Knowing and seeing the face behind the name...really helps give you a better picture of the person."

Mexico rejects Trump’s offer to help destroy the drug cartels that massacred a Mormon family
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Mexico rejects Trump’s offer to help destroy the drug cartels that massacred a Mormon family

You boys ever been to Mex-E-Co?

DoD IG: Military sexual assault more likely than combat to result in PTSD
Military Life

DoD IG: Military sexual assault more likely than combat to result in PTSD

While senior leaders continue to say this is a priority, safeguards continue to fail.

‘Why did you come here and invade my country?’ — Marine vet arrested in alleged acid attack on Hispanic man
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‘Why did you come here and invade my country?’ — Marine vet arrested in alleged acid attack on Hispanic man

A Marine Corps veteran has been arrested in connection to an attack on a Hispanic man in Wisconsin during which the suspect allegedly threw battery acid in the victim's face and subjected him to an anti-immigrant tirade, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports

This officer candidate just maxed the new ACFT, so step up your game
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This officer candidate just maxed the new ACFT, so step up your game

A senior drill sergeant said the "special sauce" is "hard work and motivation."

Marine veteran reflects on 444 days of hell after Iran’s seizure of the US embassy in Tehran
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Marine veteran reflects on 444 days of hell after Iran’s seizure of the US embassy in Tehran

Paul Lewis hoped the Iranians would release the hostages around Christmas. When that didn't happen, he wondered if he might be held for several years, like American service members during the Vietnam War.

Trial delayed for Fort Riley soldier who allegedly helped others build explosives in order to cause ‘chaos’
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Trial delayed for Fort Riley soldier who allegedly helped others build explosives in order to cause ‘chaos’

"He told me that if chaos results in the death of people, even through information he provided, it doesn't affect him."