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The real reason Maverick is still a captain 30 years after ‘Top Gun,’ according to this hilariously accurate alternate trailer
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The real reason Maverick is still a captain 30 years after ‘Top Gun,’ according to this hilariously accurate alternate trailer

Maverick just feels the need for speed — and the need to express it as inappropriately as possible

After Navy SEAL Chief Eddie Gallagher was found not guilty of murder, the prosecutors who lost the case received awards for ‘superb results’
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After Navy SEAL Chief Eddie Gallagher was found not guilty of murder, the prosecutors who lost the case received awards for ‘superb results’

The Navy's Region Legal Service Office in San Diego hosted an award ceremony on July 10 in one of its courtrooms for four attorneys and four legal support staffers involved in the Gallagher case.

Senators back vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff nominee, who is accused of sexual assault
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Senators back vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff nominee, who is accused of sexual assault

"The truth is Gen. Hyten is innocent of these charges," Sen. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.) said at Hyten's confirmation hearing on Tuesday. "Sexual assault happens in the military. It just didn't happen in this case."

The F-35 ‘is kind of like the iPhone,’ according to the Air Force’s operational testing wing commander
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The F-35 ‘is kind of like the iPhone,’ according to the Air Force’s operational testing wing commander

If it's an expensive next-generation weapon system, chances are a U.S. military official will at some point compare it to the iPhone

US troops are interacting with migrants every day at a Texas detention facility
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US troops are interacting with migrants every day at a Texas detention facility

"The work conducted by our military personnel reduces the number of CBP agents required to perform a variety of tasks so that those agents may instead focus primarily on their law enforcement functions."

Navy declares missing USS Abraham Lincoln sailor dead
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Navy declares missing USS Abraham Lincoln sailor dead

Aviation Electronics Technician 2nd Class Slayton Saldana was reported overboard on July 17. Search and rescue efforts ended on July 19.

What your truck says about your service
Military Life

What your truck says about your service

One Man’s Trash is Another Veteran’s Franchise Treasure
Military Life

One Man’s Trash is Another Veteran’s Franchise Treasure

The Delta Force soldier who died during a 2018 raid in Syria was actually killed by friendly fire
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The Delta Force soldier who died during a 2018 raid in Syria was actually killed by friendly fire

U.S. Army Master Sgt. Jonathan J. Dunbar was killed alongside British Army Sgt. Matt Tonroe, a member of Britain's elite Special Air Service Regiment, during a March 2018 capture-or-kill operation that targeted a senior ISIS leader near Manbij, Syria

Two US troops killed in Afghanistan in apparent insider attack
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Two US troops killed in Afghanistan in apparent insider attack

Our nation owes these two service members a debt that can never be repaid.

British SAS soldier who died in Syria was killed by friendly ‘accidental detonation,’ not IED like Pentagon initially claimed
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British SAS soldier who died in Syria was killed by friendly ‘accidental detonation,’ not IED like Pentagon initially claimed

A member of the British Army's elite Special Air Service who died alongside a U.S. special operator during a counter-ISIS operation in Syria last year was killed by "the accidental detonation of explosives carried by coalition forces" rather than an enemy IED as the Pentagon initially claimed

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

"Deterioration of good order and discipline" is an understatement

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

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