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The Marine Corps is finally testing one rifle accessory to rule them all
Marine Corps

The Marine Corps is finally testing one rifle accessory to rule them all

The Corps is finally testing a new gadget designed to unify control over a Marine's many rifle-mounted accessories into a single, easy-to-use system so grunts don't have to take their hands off their rifle in the middle of an operation

Pentagon identifies two soldiers killed in apparent insider attack in Afghanistan
Army

Pentagon identifies two soldiers killed in apparent insider attack in Afghanistan

The Pentagon has identified the two soldiers who died in Afghanistan on Monday in an apparent insider attack.

A Navy SEAL and Marine Raider accused of murdering a Green Beret in Mali are due in court next week
Army

A Navy SEAL and Marine Raider accused of murdering a Green Beret in Mali are due in court next week

The two special operators are accused of assaulting Special Forces Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar, who died as a result.

The Army’s much-hyped advise-and-assist brigade couldn’t find enough soldiers to actually advise and assist, SIGAR chief says
Army

The Army’s much-hyped advise-and-assist brigade couldn’t find enough soldiers to actually advise and assist, SIGAR chief says

According to the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, the U.S. Army's 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade that had a major problem: it simply couldn't find enough soldiers to get the job done

14 celebrities you didn’t know were veterans
Entertainment

14 celebrities you didn’t know were veterans

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

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’
Navy

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
Air Force

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
Air Force

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
News

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
Navy

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.

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

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
Afghanistan

Two US troops killed in Afghanistan in apparent insider attack

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

The SEALs can learn a lot from the Marines about honesty
Marine Corps

The SEALs can learn a lot from the Marines about honesty

Unlike the SEALs, the Marines understand that hiding bad news does not make it go away.

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

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

President Donald Trump in the Oval Office
Mexico

Trump gets the green light to use $2.5 billion from the military’s budget for the border wall

We've come a long way from "Mexico will pay for the wall!"

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

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
Marine Corps

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
Army

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
Air Force

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.'