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The Navy reportedly booted SEAL Team 7 out of Iraq after a senior enlisted platoon member allegedly raped a female service member
Navy

The Navy reportedly booted SEAL Team 7 out of Iraq after a senior enlisted platoon member allegedly raped a female service member

"Deterioration of good order and discipline" is an understatement

Here’s how the arrest of those 16 Marines at Camp Pendleton actually went down
Marine Corps

Here’s how the arrest of those 16 Marines at Camp Pendleton actually went down

None of the Marines who were arrested have yet been charged.

An official survey shows Army families are even less happy with their privatized housing
Army

An official survey shows Army families are even less happy with their privatized housing

I, for one, am shocked.

Nomination of Joint Chiefs vice chairman back on track despite sexual assault allegations
Air Force

Nomination of Joint Chiefs vice chairman back on track despite sexual assault allegations

Sen. Tammy Duckowrth has said she finds Hyten's accuser 'very believable.'

Senate confirms Army Gen. Mark Milley as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Army

Senate confirms Army Gen. Mark Milley as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

"My dad at the beaches of Iwo Jima went 19 consecutive days without eating in some of the most brutal combat in military history," Milley said in 2018. "Combat is not for the faint of heart. It's not for the weak-kneed."

16 Marines arrested after being tied to smuggling of undocumented immigrants from Mexico
Marine Corps

16 Marines arrested after being tied to smuggling of undocumented immigrants from Mexico

Motz declined to comment on what specific unit was involved (Law and Salazar-Quintero were both assigned to 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment).

Army Reserve soldier killed in severe weather incident in Virginia
Army

Army Reserve soldier killed in severe weather incident in Virginia

Our thoughts are with this soldier's loved ones.

It’s 2019 and the Pentagon only now just got around to removing racist terms from its official government forms
United States

It’s 2019 and the Pentagon only now just got around to removing racist terms from its official government forms

More than 20 years after the federal government issued guidance on how race and ethnicity should be documented on government forms, the military still hasn't gotten the memo.

SEALs fly drone near dead ISIS fighter
Navy

Booze. Coke. Hazing. Forced redeployment. What’s wrong with the Navy SEALs?

The SEALS have faced a remarkable fall from grace, yet Special Operations Command claims the problems they face are not systemic.

Possible Space A Program Changes for “Gray Area” Military Retirees
Benefits & Pay

Possible Space A Program Changes for “Gray Area” Military Retirees

US forces in South Korea only made it a month without a curfew before a soldier got drunk and stole a taxi
Army

US forces in South Korea only made it a month without a curfew before a soldier got drunk and stole a taxi

Get it together, people

CBS has cancelled infuriatingly inaccurate military drama ‘The Code’
Entertainment

CBS has cancelled infuriatingly inaccurate military drama ‘The Code’

It looks like America broke The Code, and not in a good way

Veterans: It’s on you to bridge the civil-military divide
Opinion

Veterans: It’s on you to bridge the civil-military divide

In the real world the number of jobs where run time and pull-ups are part of your performance evaluation is vanishingly small.

Meet the M1299, the new Army howitzer with twice the range of the Paladin
Army

Meet the M1299, the new Army howitzer with twice the range of the Paladin

The future of Army long-range precision officially has a name

Defense Secretary says US military ‘will be available’ to escort commercial ships passing Iran
News

Defense Secretary says US military ‘will be available’ to escort commercial ships passing Iran

"We would want to prevent the Iranians seizing or stopping a ship, certainly for any arbitrary reason whatsoever."

The Marine Corps is getting ‘a web of all-seeing eyes’ to keep watch on bases around the world
Marine Corps

The Marine Corps is getting ‘a web of all-seeing eyes’ to keep watch on bases around the world

The Marine Corps has tapped a new Silicon Valley defense firm to develop a "digital fortress" of unified surveillance systems in order to enhance the situational awareness of security forces at installations around the world

Marines may have bagged a second Iranian drone over the Strait of Hormuz
Marine Corps

Marines may have bagged a second Iranian drone over the Strait of Hormuz

The head of U.S. Central Command revealed on Tuesday that a second Iranian drone was likely downed after it approached the USS Boxer.

Green Beret with terminal cancer meets Trump to rally support for military medical malpractice reform
News

Green Beret with terminal cancer meets Trump to rally support for military medical malpractice reform

The brief talk with President Donald Trump is the most recent victory for Sgt. 1st Class Richard Stayskal as he fights to overturn a decades-old legal rule that bars service members and their families from suing the government for military medical malpractice.

Why Maverick is still a captain 30 years after ‘Top Gun,’ according to the Navy
Entertainment

Why Maverick is still a captain 30 years after ‘Top Gun,’ according to the Navy

How is it that Pete "Maverick" Mitchell is still flying combat missions in an F/A-18 Super Hornet as a 57-year-old captain after more than 30 years of service?

The Army is running a classified mission with black helicopters over Washington, D.C.
Army

The Army is running a classified mission with black helicopters over Washington, D.C.

First, America had to grapple with the 'storm Area 51' raid. Now black helicopters are hovering ominously over Washington, D.C.