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At least 4 American veterans among group arrested in Haiti with weapons and tactical gear
Veterans

At least 4 American veterans among group arrested in Haiti with weapons and tactical gear

At least four American veterans were among a group of eight men arrested by police in Haiti earlier this week for driving without license plates and possessing an arsenal of weaponry and tactical gear.

H&K to Marines: Please don’t try to break your new rifle, you crayon-eating simpletons
Marine Corps

H&K to Marines: Please don’t try to break your new rifle, you crayon-eating simpletons

"If any of you crayon eaters are reading this, please treat them nice, even though we built them to be Marine proof."

Sen. Graham tells Shanahan that leaving Syria is ‘the dumbest f*****g idea I’ve ever heard’
Middle East

Sen. Graham tells Shanahan that leaving Syria is ‘the dumbest f*****g idea I’ve ever heard’

"I am now your adversary, not your friend."

The White House will keep challenging the Pentagon on the threat of climate change until it gets an answer it likes
United States

The White House will keep challenging the Pentagon on the threat of climate change until it gets an answer it likes

The White House is preparing to assemble a panel of experts to evaluate whether climate change poses an imminent threat to the national security of the Unites States despite the fact that multiple defense and intelligence agencies have affirmed the role of extreme climate shifts as a threat multiplier to the U.S. military

The Air Force is eyeing an F-15 variant nobody wants while still struggling with the F-35
Air Force

The Air Force is eyeing an F-15 variant nobody wants while still struggling with the F-35

After more than a decade and billions spent developing the consistently troubled F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the Air Force is eyeing a new variant of the F-15 — much to lawmakers' dismay

Netflix’s new military action flick looks like ‘Narcos’ meets ‘Zero Dark Thirty’
Entertainment

Netflix’s new military action flick looks like ‘Narcos’ meets ‘Zero Dark Thirty’

A new trailer for Netflix's ​Triple Frontier ​recently dropped, and it looks like a gritty mash-up of post-9/11 war dramas ​and crime thrillers.

Soldier who tackled a man in a suicide vest to have award upgraded to Distinguished Service Cross
Army

Soldier who tackled a man in a suicide vest to have award upgraded to Distinguished Service Cross

Not everyone would engage "in hand to hand combat" with someone wearing a bomb

‘Amoeba warfare’ — Looking at drone swarms under a microscope
News

‘Amoeba warfare’ — Looking at drone swarms under a microscope

Drones have been used in conflicts across the globe and will play an even more important role in the future of warfare. But, the future of drones in combat will be different than what we have seen before.

The Army’s replacement for its Vietnam-era armored personnel carrier is officially on the horizon
Army

The Army’s replacement for its Vietnam-era armored personnel carrier is officially on the horizon

The Army has awarded a $575 million contract to BAE Systems for the initial production of its replacement for the M113 armored personnel carriers the service has been rocking downrange since the Vietnam War

Marine who served on Iwo Jima recalls the time a Japanese soldier asked for some of his hot chocolate
Marine Corps

Marine who served on Iwo Jima recalls the time a Japanese soldier asked for some of his hot chocolate

Corporal Don Graves was in a fox hole on Iwo Jima, close to Japanese lines, when he heard a Japanese soldier inviting him over.

Trump just signed a prime directive on the Space Force. Now it’s up to Congress to make it so
News

Trump just signed a prime directive on the Space Force. Now it’s up to Congress to make it so

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‘There’s no law against it’ — Florida vet wants his remains placed in a body bag on his beloved boat after he dies
United States

‘There’s no law against it’ — Florida vet wants his remains placed in a body bag on his beloved boat after he dies

He's already ordered the concrete vault he plans to be buried in.

The Marines are looking for new missiles to blast holes in enemy ships ‘as fast as possible’
Marine Corps

The Marines are looking for new missiles to blast holes in enemy ships ‘as fast as possible’

The Marine Corps is looking for a new long-range anti-ship missile amid a major transformation of the service's naval warfare concepts in response to neer-pear adversaries like China

The Marines are training to fight big wars again
Marine Corps

The Marines are training to fight big wars again

The Marine Corps is already training to fight a war against a "near peer" adversary such as China or Russia.

7 scenes from ‘Office Space’ that apply perfectly to the US military
News

7 scenes from ‘Office Space’ that apply perfectly to the US military

A movie meant to mock the daily drudgery of office drones also captured the lives of everyone from admin clerks to grunts to pilots.

6 things the military does that are way better in moderation
Humor

6 things the military does that are way better in moderation

Here are 6 things you see in the military where less really is more.

‘The Punisher’ is dead
Entertainment

‘The Punisher’ is dead

Frank Castle is hanging up his Punisher garb — for now.

The Navy just bought a fleet of robot submarines to prowl the oceans and mess with adversaries
Navy

The Navy just bought a fleet of robot submarines to prowl the oceans and mess with adversaries

The Navy is bulking up its fleet of autonomous robot vessels with the purchase of a cadre of four of Boeing's extremely large and incredibly grandiose unmanned Orca submarines

After Valentine’s Day, it’s clear the Pentagon is in love with great power competition
United States

After Valentine’s Day, it’s clear the Pentagon is in love with great power competition

Russia and China just have the je ne sais quoi to completely upend the entire world that terrorists can't seem to match.

Trump calls for ‘retribution’ against NBC because Saturday Night Live was mean to him again
United States

Trump calls for ‘retribution’ against NBC because Saturday Night Live was mean to him again

President Donald Trump said that "retribution" should be "looked into" after this week's opening skit of Saturday Night Live featured Alec Baldwin being mean to him again.