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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.

Mark Esper will revert back to Army Secretary. Then Navy Secretary Richard Spencer will serve as acting defense secretary until Esper is confirmed.

Freedom isn't free — you'll have to settle your bar tab eventually.

Two Marine infantrymen were pulled over and arrested by U.S. Border Patrol on July 3.

When the A-Team is gone, you call in the B-Team.

Brutal.

"There's a variety of options and things that can be done because there's really not much that isn't asked of us."

Adm. Bill Moran acknowledged he maintained a "professional relationship" with a former officer who was "held accountable over allegations of inappropriate behavior."

"Micah was a tremendous young man with a bright future and we all feel his loss.”

Base personnel who are evacuating can receive more information by calling a Family Information Call Center at 1-844-523-2025.

"If the witnesses testify the same as they did in Gallagher, the evidence doesn't support any convictions for Lt. Portier."

Rep. Steve King definitely cannot handle the truth.

"I would have been damned had I been a slut, but I was just as damned for not having been one."

Information regarding the state of Afghan security forces has been mostly restricted.

Pvt. Readus Moore, 23, had just enlisted in the Army last November.

Hail to the chief.