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Airmen caught boozing at launch alert facility for nuclear Minuteman ICBMs
Air Force

Airmen caught boozing at launch alert facility for nuclear Minuteman ICBMs

McConville, Moran confirmed as new Army and Navy chiefs
News

McConville, Moran confirmed as new Army and Navy chiefs

The U.S. Senate closed out the week before Memorial Day by confirming Gen. James McConville as the Army's new chief of staff and Adm. Bill Moran as the Navy's new chief of naval operations

Pentagon: We won’t reveal proof Iran is behind recent Middle East attacks, but have we ever been wrong before?
News

Pentagon: We won’t reveal proof Iran is behind recent Middle East attacks, but have we ever been wrong before?

"I'm not reverse engineering this. The Iranians have said publicly they were going to do things. We learned more through intelligence reporting. They have acted upon those threats and they've actually attacked."

Shanahan to Naval Academy graduates: learn to embrace failure like samurai and Silicon Valley
Navy

Shanahan to Naval Academy graduates: learn to embrace failure like samurai and Silicon Valley

Speaking at the Naval Academy's commencement ceremony in Annapolis, Maryland on Friday, the acting defense secretary and former Boeing executive encouraged members of the Class of 2019 to embrace the mantra of Japanese samurai in their service to the United States

Decorated Vietnam vet presents Purple Heart and Bronze Star to family of slain UNC Charlotte shooting hero
Veterans

Decorated Vietnam vet presents Purple Heart and Bronze Star to family of slain UNC Charlotte shooting hero

Hailed as a hero for knocking a shooter off his feet in a UNC Charlotte classroom, Riley Howell was posthumously awarded two of the military's highest honors in his hometown of Waynesville this week.

A sprawling new survey says a ‘culture of resilience’ helped US military families weather housing woes for years
Housing

A sprawling new survey says a ‘culture of resilience’ helped US military families weather housing woes for years

"The norm of managing through challenges, no matter their severity, is deeply established in military family life."

VA employee charged with planting cameras in women’s restroom
News

VA employee charged with planting cameras in women’s restroom

Five women were recorded by the two cameras, "one of them multiple times."

Army vet faces maximum sentence for plotting California terror attack in retaliation for New Zealand mosque shootings
Army

Army vet faces maximum sentence for plotting California terror attack in retaliation for New Zealand mosque shootings

He said Americans should have "a taste of the terror they gladly spread all over the world."

The F-35 of walls: $1.57 billion spent for just 1.7 miles of fence on the US-Mexico border
Mexico

The F-35 of walls: $1.57 billion spent for just 1.7 miles of fence on the US-Mexico border

The F-35 Joint Strike Program may be the most expensive weapons program in modern military history, but it looks as though the new border wall is giving the beleaguered aircraft a run for its money

TurboTax uses a ‘military discount’ to trick US service members into paying to file their taxes
Benefits & Pay

TurboTax uses a ‘military discount’ to trick US service members into paying to file their taxes

U.S. service members who've filed by going to the TurboTax Military landing page told ProPublica they were charged as much as $150 even though, under a deal with the government, service members making under $66,000 are supposed to be able to file on TurboTax for free

Eric Greitens with hand raised
Navy

Disgraced Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens is returning to the Navy, but he won’t be a SEAL again

Former Navy SEAL Eric Greitens, who resigned as governor of Missouri last year in disgrace, is putting his uniform back on — just not as a Navy SEAL

Navy SEAL Chief Edward "Eddie" Gallagher
Navy

3 members of Navy SEAL Chief Eddie Gallagher’s defense team have close ties to Trump

Three members of the defense team for Navy SEAL Chief Edward "Eddie" Gallagher were revealed on Wednesday to have close ties to the Trump administration amid reports the president is considering the veteran Navy SEAL for a pardon on Memorial Day

US troops will build tent ‘facilities’ to lodge at least 7,500 adult migrants
News

US troops will build tent ‘facilities’ to lodge at least 7,500 adult migrants

The Defense Department is loaning the Department of Homeland Security tents, which it will set up for the migrants

The Pentagon reportedly has a plan to send 5,000 more troops to the Middle East to counter Iran
News

The Pentagon reportedly has a plan to send 5,000 more troops to the Middle East to counter Iran

Are those war drums we hear?

The Navy warship forged from World Trade Center steel has returned to New York for the first time in years
Navy

The Navy warship forged from World Trade Center steel has returned to New York for the first time in years

The thousands of sailors, Coasties and Marines who descend on New York City every year for Fleet Week are an awesome sight to behold on their own, but this year's confab of U.S. service members includes a uniquely powerful homecoming as well

The Army is exchanging a general officer with France for the first time in history
Army

The Army is exchanging a general officer with France for the first time in history

The program is meant to "strengthen bonds of friendship, understanding, and interoperability."

Lawmakers are taking another stab at repealing the post-9/11 AUMF amid tensions with Iran
News

Lawmakers are taking another stab at repealing the post-9/11 AUMF amid tensions with Iran

Lawmakers are mounting yet another effort to repeal the post-9/11 legislation that could be used as a potential legal justification for a military conflict with Iran

Hundreds of Army Psyop specialists are being promoted this month in a record-breaking ceremony
Army

Hundreds of Army Psyop specialists are being promoted this month in a record-breaking ceremony

PSYOP Specialists are described as "influence experts."

Mattis cautions against war with Iran in first public remarks since leaving the Pentagon
Iran

Mattis cautions against war with Iran in first public remarks since leaving the Pentagon

In what appear to be his first public remarks on U.S. national security since his resignation as Secretary of Defense, retired Marine Gen. James Mattis offered a word of caution to President Donald Trump amid escalating tensions with Iran

How to do Fleet Week in NYC like a pro
Mandatory Fun

How to do Fleet Week in NYC like a pro

Ask any sailor or Marine who has experienced New York Fleet Week firsthand about their experience, and the first reaction is likely to be a knowing smirk