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Cue the "silent but deadly" jokes

"They did a warrantless search of a defense attorney's email less than three weeks before trial is supposed to start."

"There's a difference between killing somebody with the discipline that is inculcated through military training and throwing all that training away and just becoming a commonplace murderer. When we act no better than ISIS, we should not be surprised that we have trouble finding allies or cooperation from local people."

"The Cold Blue" chronicles the heroism of those B-17 bomber crews of WWII who took to the sky to face the horrors of enemy fighters and clouds of flak, day after day.

Ruben Valencia embarked on a 12-year journey, determined to bring home the remains of his best friend who was killed in Vietnam.

"On Thursday, SOC Adam Matthews will take full responsibility for his role in the tragic death of Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar."

"We recognize that military operations are inherently dangerous and we take extreme precautions to ensure the safety and welfare of our Marines. This is a tragic accident and we are heartbroken at the loss of a member of our Marine Corps family. We will do all we can to comfort the family, friends and colleagues of Lt McDowell."

Both deployments were part of the CENTCOM commander's original request for reinforcements in response to intelligence that Iranian Revolutionary Guards were loading missiles onto dhows, the defense official told reporters.

Sure, why not.

"[Mattis] was like: 'Oh my God, that moron is going to get us all killed. He is an unstable asshole.' McMaster was standing there over his desk. ... He was turning bright red."

"Everything we're seeing right now is basically a cover-up that's occurring at the Pentagon and among general officers."

Three corpsmen were killed on Saturday and a fourth sailor killed the following day. The suspect in the fourth death is a fellow sailor

"Based upon his outstanding service to the Country and his demonstrated ability to lead."

Breathe easy, red-blooded Americans: that's no bald eagle.

"I'll continue to serve until the Army tells me I can't serve."

The Marine Corps is investigating the death of Lt. Col. Brett A. Hart, the executive officer of Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron One, who was found dead at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma on April 19.

Navy Capt. John L. Bub, Jr., director of operations and training for Tactical Training Group Atlantic (TTGL), argued that the "highly distracting" chatrooms utilized by sailors aboard Navy vessels are a sinister threat to surface operations that desperately require out attention

An Army civilian living in Germany has been cleared of any wrongdoing after killing a home intruder in Landstuhl in February.

In a joint effort to reduce the potential for civilian casualties resulting from U.S. air strikes, the Defense Department and Central Intelligence Agency have reportedly developed a specialized variant of the ubiquitous Hellfire missile that can best be described a 100-pound flying switchblade

The World War II-era deception plot known as Operation Mincemeat is getting a movie starring Oscar winner Colin Firth, directed by John Madden, and written by Emmy-nominated Michell Ashford, whose credits include ​​The Pacific ​and ​​Masters Of Sex.