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Rep. Duncan Hunter will ask Trump to pardon Navy SEAL accused of murder if he is convicted
News

Rep. Duncan Hunter will ask Trump to pardon Navy SEAL accused of murder if he is convicted

When Task & Purpose asked Hunter if he would ask the president to pardon Gallagher in the event that the SEAL is convicted, the congressman replied: "Absolutely."

The Pentagon says it can track every weapon given to partner forces. It can’t even track how many websites it has
United States

The Pentagon says it can track every weapon given to partner forces. It can’t even track how many websites it has

Pentagon officials could be responsible for up to 50,000 publicly accessible websites, according to Stars & Stripes, which is both hilarious and extremely disturbing when you consider that this is the same Pentagon that once claimed it could keep track of every rifle fielded to partner forces in Syria

Young military hopefuls are willing to go to war for their country. Instead, many are losing their lives in school shootings
Joining the Military

Young military hopefuls are willing to go to war for their country. Instead, many are losing their lives in school shootings

We should be both grateful honored that heroes like these aspired to serve in our nation's armed forces overseas — and deeply ashamed that so many of their lives were taken here on U.S. soil before they ever got the chance

A soldier who died in Afghanistan is the US military’s fifth non-combat fatality in 3 weeks
Army

A soldier who died in Afghanistan is the US military’s fifth non-combat fatality in 3 weeks

Five US troops have died in non-combat incidents since April 19

New legislation would allow the Pentagon to rescind contracts with companies who provide terrible military housing
United States

New legislation would allow the Pentagon to rescind contracts with companies who provide terrible military housing

"This bill will eliminate the kind of corner-cutting and neglect the Defense Department should never have let these private housing providers get away with in the first place"

Lt. Col. in charge of Corps’ 1st Recon relieved of command
Marine Corps

Lt. Col. in charge of Corps’ 1st Recon relieved of command

A senior Marine commander has been removed from command of the California-based 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, Marine officials said in a news release late Tuesday evening.

Why Do Some People Steal Valor?
Army

Army investigator who led Green Beret murder case pleads guilty to stolen valor charges

Army Sgt. 1st Class Mark Delacruz  is "in the fnal stages of being eliminated from the CID program."

The scooter-riding youths of Austin are proving to be key to Army modernization
Army

The scooter-riding youths of Austin are proving to be key to Army modernization

"These are kids that ride scooters to the Capital Factory. Really interesting group of people."

Woman arrested at CIA headquarters after asking to speak with ‘Agent Penis’
United States

Woman arrested at CIA headquarters after asking to speak with ‘Agent Penis’

A woman showed up to the CIA headquarters and demanded to speak with "Agent Penis" earlier this week, and perhaps most shocking of all, she is not from Florida.

Helmet camera footage clears Navy SEAL accused of killing ISIS fighter, lawyer claims
Navy

Helmet camera footage clears Navy SEAL accused of killing ISIS fighter, lawyer claims

"It shows that Chief Gallagher's immediate reaction was not to murder him but rather to help him. After all that, why would we he take out his knife and stab him?"

No, the Pentagon’s ‘new’ aircraft carrier and bomber deployment is not a sign of imminent war with Iran
Iran

No, the Pentagon’s ‘new’ aircraft carrier and bomber deployment is not a sign of imminent war with Iran

Everyone just needs to calm down.

This WWII-era flying wing crashed in a California prison yard after doing a ‘barrel roll,’ according to the NTSB
World War II

This WWII-era flying wing crashed in a California prison yard after doing a ‘barrel roll,’ according to the NTSB

The historic Northrop N-9M flying wing that crashed in a Norco, California prison yard in late April apparently conducted a "barrel roll" before plummeting to the ground, according to the National Transportation Safety Board's preliminary report

No signs of an imminent US invasion of Venezuela as Maduro stays in power, for now
News

No signs of an imminent US invasion of Venezuela as Maduro stays in power, for now

At the moment, it does not appear that the Pentagon is prepared to go full Leroy Jenkins and deploy the 82nd Airborne Division over downtown Caracas.

Medal of Honor recipient Kyle Carpenter is coming out with a book he says ‘will truly help people’
Veterans

Medal of Honor recipient Kyle Carpenter is coming out with a book he says ‘will truly help people’

Medal of Honor recipient Kyle Carpenter announced a new book on Thursday that he believes "will truly help people" when it comes out in October.

‘A miracle’ — All 143 survive after jet skids off runway into a river at NAS Jacksonville
Navy

‘A miracle’ — All 143 survive after jet skids off runway into a river at NAS Jacksonville

Some might say Friday night's aircraft crash scene at Naval Air Station Jacksonville is "The Miracle on the St. Johns."

This Army surgeon can break every bone in your body while naming them. Now he’s headed into space
Army

This Army surgeon can break every bone in your body while naming them. Now he’s headed into space

"The greatest honor of my life was to serve alongside them in a combat zone when our country asked us to. And nine months in space isn't going to change that."

2 soldiers were dropped a rank for ‘bullying’ after they catfished another soldier and shared their nude photos with their unit
Army

2 soldiers were dropped a rank for ‘bullying’ after they catfished another soldier and shared their nude photos with their unit

The unit's newsletter said they were punished for "bullying."

The Army is practicing firing artillery from boats for the first time since the Vietnam War
Army

The Army is practicing firing artillery from boats for the first time since the Vietnam War

A Virginia Army National Guard unit travelled to the Marine Corps' Camp Lejeune in North Carolina in late April for a relatively unusual training exercise: firing a howitzer from a landing craft in the Army's first waterborne artillery mission since the Vietnam War and this particular unit's first waterborne artillery mission since the D-Day landings nearly 75 years ago

Soldier survives 70-foot fall into one of the world’s ‘most active’ volcanoes
Army

Soldier survives 70-foot fall into one of the world’s ‘most active’ volcanoes

The local fire chief said he's doing "remarkably well" for what happened.

Military sexual assaults have reached a four-year high as the Pentagon downplays its failures
News

Military sexual assaults have reached a four-year high as the Pentagon downplays its failures

The Pentagon's estimate of the number of U.S. service members who were sexually assaulted rose 37.5 percent from 14,900 in fiscal 2016 to 20,500 in fiscal 2018