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Navy keeps publicly scapegoating former USS Fitzgerald CO for deadly 2017 collision, his attorneys argue
Navy

Navy keeps publicly scapegoating former USS Fitzgerald CO for deadly 2017 collision, his attorneys argue

"Assigning this level of blame to the commanding officer does not let the chain of command and 'Big Navy' off the hook."

Bill Cosby: Navy life prepared me for my ‘amazing experience’ in prison
Navy

Bill Cosby: Navy life prepared me for my ‘amazing experience’ in prison

Bill Cosby is apparently having no trouble adjusting to his life in prison thanks to his brief service in the U.S. Navy

The Army’s upgunned Strykers have some serious firepower — and one critical weakness
Army

The Army’s upgunned Strykers have some serious firepower — and one critical weakness

The Army may have festooned its Stryker fighting vehicles with a slew of new armaments as part of the Pentagon's relentless pursuit of lethality, but the upgunned infantry carriers are apparently hobbled by a major deficiency that makes them especially vulnerable in a fight against Russia or China

Awesome video shows Apache helicopters flying mere feet above the ground
Mandatory Fun

Awesome video shows Apache helicopters flying mere feet above the ground

This is just too cool.

Witness seeks immunity to testify against SEAL accused of battlefield murder
Navy

Witness seeks immunity to testify against SEAL accused of battlefield murder

"Making sure the truth of what he personally witnessed comes out at trial is the right thing to do, and he will not be intimidated from doing that, despite the leaks that have happened in this case."

The right way to be a military innovator
News

The right way to be a military innovator

Too often, people who would be innovators either give up too early or never put the work in to see their ideas through. Then they get disillusioned and blame the system for their own failures.

Robert O’Neill, the Navy SEAL who shot Bin Laden, just landed a movie deal
Navy

Robert O’Neill, the Navy SEAL who shot Bin Laden, just landed a movie deal

Robert O'Neill, the Navy SEAL Team 6 operator who fired the shots that killed Osama Bin Laden during the May 2011 Abbottabad, Pakistan raid, recently signed a movie deal with Universal Studios to base a film on his best-selling biography.

This Marine veteran Congressman may enter the 2020 presidential race as a national security hawk
Marine Corps

This Marine veteran Congressman may enter the 2020 presidential race as a national security hawk

"With regards to 2020; yes, I am looking at a potential campaign."

Navy Admiral on ship collisions: Those were tragedies, but what about the other 280 ships that didn’t collide?
Navy

Navy Admiral on ship collisions: Those were tragedies, but what about the other 280 ships that didn’t collide?

Navy Adm. Philip Davidson thinks recent ship collisions that left more than a dozen sailors dead were tragedies, but as he told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, we should also remember that 280 other ships didn't collide and that's gotta be worth something.

Hulu’s ‘Catch-22’ remake looks like the sarcastic war story we’ve all been waiting for
Entertainment

Hulu’s ‘Catch-22’ remake looks like the sarcastic war story we’ve all been waiting for

Hulu is remaking Joseph Heller's beloved satirical World War II novel as a miniseries, and it looks amazing.

This is all that was left of Kyle Carpenter’s M4 after the attack that led to his Medal of Honor
Veterans

This is all that was left of Kyle Carpenter’s M4 after the attack that led to his Medal of Honor

This is how the military's youngest living Medal of Honor recipient does a Throwback Thursday post.

5 MREs we reviewed so you don’t have to
Tactics

5 MREs we reviewed so you don’t have to

The 1982 Pork Patty was good. Emphasis on "was."

Acting Defense Secretary Shanahan showed up to Afghanistan looking like a Bond villain
Afghanistan

Acting Defense Secretary Shanahan showed up to Afghanistan looking like a Bond villain

Acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan showed up to Afghanistan on Monday wearing an outfit befitting the most evil of Bond villains.

The Pentagon blew $65 million on fake scar cream nobody wanted
United States

The Pentagon blew $65 million on fake scar cream nobody wanted

A former Marine helped recruit service members for a scheme to bilk the Department of Defense out of more than $65 million by selling tubes of scar cream that did nothing to treat scars for insane prices, according to a remarkable investigation by the Nashville Tennessean

How to find a special connection with the Pentagon while staying in the friendship zone
Culture

How to find a special connection with the Pentagon while staying in the friendship zone

To cover the Pentagon, one must make it the center of one's universe.

Former Green Beret charged with murder says he killed suspected Taliban bomb-maker in an ambush
Army

Former Green Beret charged with murder says he killed suspected Taliban bomb-maker in an ambush

"The Taliban fighter/bomb-maker was a combatant at the time. He had been released, as required, sometime earlier, i.e., he was not a detainee, and was killed on the battlefield."

Soldier billed as ‘timeless example of heroism under fire’ to have award upgraded to Distinguished Service Cross
Army

Soldier billed as ‘timeless example of heroism under fire’ to have award upgraded to Distinguished Service Cross

His actions let his soldiers inflict "severe punishment on a numerically superior enemy force."

Arlington National Cemetery quietly changed its policy on ‘full military honors’ for Medal of Honor heroes
United States

Arlington National Cemetery quietly changed its policy on ‘full military honors’ for Medal of Honor heroes

Lawmakers are calling for Medal of Honor recipients and prisoners of war to receive "full military honors" at Arlington National Cemetery.  It turns out the cemetery has already made some of those changes.

Florida Army vet claims threats to kill Muslims, women and children were just ‘a cadence he learned in the military’
Army

Florida Army vet claims threats to kill Muslims, women and children were just ‘a cadence he learned in the military’

A Florida Army veteran totally understands how you might see his tweets as threatening

The Army wants to shoot missiles out of the sky just like Israel can
News

The Army wants to shoot missiles out of the sky just like Israel can

The Army is purchasing two Iron Dome batteries to test out if it would be a good fit. They're still assessing other options