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Troop pay raise, border wall, and wartime funding: Here’s your 2020 Pentagon budget
News

Troop pay raise, border wall, and wartime funding: Here’s your 2020 Pentagon budget

U.S. troops could get up to $1,000 extra per year under the pay raise included in the Pentagon's proposed fiscal 2020 budget.

Marine officer: Let troops drop acid before they analyze intel
Marine Corps

Marine officer: Let troops drop acid before they analyze intel

LSD is already a staple of the U.S. military's nuclear enterprise; now it's time to bring mind-expanding substances to the wide world of intelligence, a Marine Corps officer argues

Does Captain Marvel rate backpay? We called the Air Force to find out
Entertainment

Does Captain Marvel rate backpay? We called the Air Force to find out

We really wanted to know if Captain Marvel rated back pay after returning to earth, so we called up the Air Force and harassed them to find out.

Here’s what it looks like when an F-16 makes a highway patrol officer’s radar go apesh*t
Mandatory Fun

Here’s what it looks like when an F-16 makes a highway patrol officer’s radar go apesh*t

This is what feeling the need for speed feels looks like to those who are tasked by law to slow you down

That ‘mysterious fire’ at 1st Battalion, 6th Marines HQ resulted in $100,000 of damages, and is officially ‘suspicious’
Marine Corps

That ‘mysterious fire’ at 1st Battalion, 6th Marines HQ resulted in $100,000 of damages, and is officially ‘suspicious’

Last month the rumor mill was abuzz with stories of disgruntled Marines setting fire to 1st Battalion, 6th Marines' HQ. Now we know how big the fire really was.

Troops could get their biggest pay raise since 2010 under DoD’s proposed fiscal 2020 budget
United States

Troops could get their biggest pay raise since 2010 under DoD’s proposed fiscal 2020 budget

Show me the money.

African paratroopers can’t jump good
Mandatory Fun

African paratroopers can’t jump good

There's a video going around purportedly of soldiers in an unnamed African country jumping out the back of an aircraft, and unfortunately they can't jump good.

The fallen Thunderbird pilot who helped ‘Captain Marvel’ soar
Entertainment

The fallen Thunderbird pilot who helped ‘Captain Marvel’ soar

'Captain Marvel' ​blasted across movie screens around the world with a blockbuster opening weekend, and the film's directors say they owe a debt of gratitude not just to the Air Force, but to a fallen Thunderbird pilot

Leaving Afghanistan: How the first ‘Forever War’ might finally end.
Military Life

Leaving Afghanistan: How the first ‘Forever War’ might finally end.

"This 'plan,' like the Trump administration's negotiations with the Taliban, is fanciful. Victory will not be had just because you declare it."

Search continues for Marine lieutenant missing in the California mountains for over a week
Marine Corps

Search continues for Marine lieutenant missing in the California mountains for over a week

A massive search effort is still underway in central California for a Marine lieutenant who went missing while on a backcountry skiing trip sometime on or around March 4.

The Army is eyeing the Stryker’s new 30mm autocannon for a combat vehicle near you
Army

The Army is eyeing the Stryker’s new 30mm autocannon for a combat vehicle near you

After rolling out a batch of Stryker armored infantry fighting vehicles upgunned with 30mm autocannons to the 2nd Cavalry Regiment in Europe, the Army is eyeing the unmanned turrets for several other ground combat vehicle

‘Triple Frontier’ is a solid and entertaining heist movie with a pessimistic post-9/11 feel
Entertainment

‘Triple Frontier’ is a solid and entertaining heist movie with a pessimistic post-9/11 feel

​In Netflix's newest military-themed drama, ​​Triple Frontier, a group of elite ex-operators hatch a daring, and batshit insane plan to kill a notorious drug lord and steal millions in the process. What could possibly go wrong?

Amid multiple murder investigations, Pentagon finds no issues with special ops ethics training
United States

Amid multiple murder investigations, Pentagon finds no issues with special ops ethics training

The seven-page report  did not find any, "Gaps in the administration, oversight, or management of ethics programs or professionalism programs."

Former Army sniper turned mercenary known as ‘Rambo’ gets life in prison for contract killing
Army

Former Army sniper turned mercenary known as ‘Rambo’ gets life in prison for contract killing

A former Army sergeant who worked as a sniper instructor and carved out a post-military career as a mercenary under the moniker 'Rambo' was sentenced to life in prison for his role in the contract killing of a woman in the Philippines

Sailor from Navy carrier’s nuclear department admits to ‘wrongfully’ bringing LSD aboard
Navy

Sailor from Navy carrier’s nuclear department admits to ‘wrongfully’ bringing LSD aboard

A sailor assigned to the nuclear reactor department aboard the USS Ronald Reagan admitted to bringing LSD aboard the aircraft carrier, Navy Times reports

Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson is stepping down
News

Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson is stepping down

"It has been a privilege to serve alongside our airmen over the past two years and I am proud of the progress that we have made restoring our nation's defense."

Chelsea Manning is headed back to jail
Army

Chelsea Manning is headed back to jail

Former Army intelligence analyst turned whistleblower Chelsea Manning has been ordered imprisoned until she testifies before a grand jury as part of an investigation into Wikileaks, a federal judge ruled on Friday.

Trump reportedly wants US allies to pay extra for the privilege of hosting American troops
News

Trump reportedly wants US allies to pay extra for the privilege of hosting American troops

The White House is drafting a proposal that would demand allied countries not just foot the bill for U.S. service members deployed within their borders, but an additional 50% "for the privilege of hosting them," Bloomberg News reports.

The Army National Guard is shelling out for some sweet fitness gear to help your lazy ass get in shape
Army

The Army National Guard is shelling out for some sweet fitness gear to help your lazy ass get in shape

Perhaps have a salad tonight?

‘Captain Marvel’ is here to punch you in the face and energy blast your ass right into the nearest Air Force recruiting office
Entertainment

‘Captain Marvel’ is here to punch you in the face and energy blast your ass right into the nearest Air Force recruiting office

'Captain Marvel' may be the story of a space-faring super hero, but it's also the Air Force's greatest recruitment ad in years.