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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
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’
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
"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’
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
A battlefield full of remote-controlled robot battlewagons is closer to reality than you think
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
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
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
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
Veterans groups are hailing a move by the House of Representatives that would require President Donald Trump to get Congress' permission before attacking Iran.
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
There are bad ideas, and then there are bad ideas
An officer is prepared to testify to Congress that Trump’s Joint Chiefs of Staff vice chairman nominee sexually assaulted her
The officer told the Washington Post that Hyten made unwanted sexual contact with her multiple times, including allegedly sexually assaulting her in December 2017.
50 sailors on USS John S. McCain honored for their bravery during 2017 collision
The Navy has awarded fifty sailors for "their bravery and contributions to damage control efforts" after a 2017 collision between the USS John McCain and a merchant ship.
‘If it’s not easy, make it easy:’ US Army leadership in Korea is sick of the bureaucratic BS
These dudes are not abiding.
Most Americans don’t think the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were worth it — including the vets who fought in them
American veterans may be proud of their service, but they sure as hell aren't proud of the conflicts in which they served
Gen. Mark Milley, Trump’s nominee to become chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, defends Pentagon transgender ban
The Pentagon's transgender ban prevents potential recruits with a diagnosis of gender dysphoria from joining the military unless they have been medically stable for 36 months and if they have not yet had medical treatment to transition to a new gender.