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Things in Afghanistan might finally turn around in year 19.

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

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

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

There are bad ideas, and then there are bad ideas

The officer told the Washington Post that Hyten made unwanted sexual contact with her multiple times, including allegedly sexually assaulting her in December 2017.

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.

These dudes are not abiding.

American veterans may be proud of their service, but they sure as hell aren't proud of the conflicts in which they served

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.

U.S. military veterans may not trust President Donald Trump as commander-in-chief, but that doesn't mean they don't love him anyway.

"If Congress believes that we should go to war with Iran then Congress had better have the courage to stand up here and demand a vote on whether or not to authorize it. The idea that we would send young American men and women – who swore that oath to the Constitution – into a war that is itself unconstitutional is unacceptable."

NATO and Russia seem to be at that stage of a doomed marriage where a couple is still talking but only in short statements that are solely about the kids.

The Military Sexual Trauma Movement, a non-for-profit group, reported Ennett's social media comments to his chain of command on July 6. The group allows service members to report sexist and other disparaging behavior by troops online without fear of retaliation, said Janelle Marina, the group's founder.

Perhaps people feel compelled to come up with these excuses because this country idolizes military service so much.

Chapman, an Air Force combat controller, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in August 2018 for his bravery during the 2002 Battle of Takur Ghar in Afghanistan, in which he charged enemy bunkers and exposed himself to blistering fire while trying to rescue a fallen comrade.

After years in the works, the Army has finally deemed its new Modular Handgun System is officially ready for action — and that includes a few hundred just for general officers

"The aviation populations targeted are Captains (O-3s) and Majors (O-4s) within the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, F/A-18 Hornet, AV-8 Harrier, MV-22 Osprey, C-130 Hercules, UH-1 Huey, AH-1 Cobra, and CH-53 Stallion communities."

Finally, you can listen to field manuals while you're driving, or working out.