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United States

A Bin Laden-obsessed terrorist allegedly planned to attack the new World Trade Center and grenade Times Square tourists

A would-be Islamic terrorist, busted for a plot to hurl grenades into the multitudes of Times Square tourists, pondered blasting the new World Trade Center with a massive rocket launcher, according to a criminal complaint filed Friday

Opinion

Implementing new PT standards may hurt Army readiness. The service should learn from how US allies pulled it off

After nearly two decades of grinding low-intensity conflict, the U.S. military is shifting to focus on near-peer competition — and tailoring its physical fitness requirements accordingly.

News

‘A smile big enough to fill any room’ — West Point identifies cadet killed in vehicle rollover

"Cadet Morgan was a valued member of the Corps of Cadets and will be missed by all. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Morgan family"

Marine Corps

Marine Raider gets 4 years for Green Beret’s hazing death in Mali

Marine Staff Sgt. Kevin Maxwell Jr. plead guilty at general court-martial on Thursday to negligent homicide and related offenses as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors in connection with the June 2017 hazing death of Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar in Mali

Navy

Shirtless Russian sailors casually sunbathe while their ship almost collides with US missile cruiser

Nothing ruins a relaxing day in the sun like nearly colliding with another warship.

Opinion

4 military phrases civilians should start using

"As much as I'm adapting to corporate life, I wish the civilian world would take at least a few military terms onboard."

Mexico

US troops are going to make Trump’s wall look pretty with fresh paint on a month-long working party

In a scene torn straight from Mark Twain's ​The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer​, U.S. military personnel deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border will spend the next month painting a mile-long section of border fence to enhance its "aesthetic appearance"

Army

You can thank the Army for National Donut Day

National Doughnut Day began in 1938 when the Chicago Salvation Army set out to honor a group of women known as "doughnut lassies"

Entertainment

Tucker Carlson equates the metric system with ‘tyranny,’ so someone should probably tell the US military

Can the United States of America continue to stand alone against the looming threat of... the metric system?

Army

West Point cadet killed, 22 others injured in vehicle accident

Our thoughts and prayers are with this cadet's family.

Army

This Army truck driver apparently decided overpass height requirements simply don’t apply to them

"I'm genuinely impressed for once." ​

Army

Army War College under fire over historian’s upcoming lecture on ‘clash of civilizations’ between Islam and the West

The Philadelphia chapter of a leading Muslim civil rights group is urging the U.S. Army War College to reconsider an upcoming lecture by an Islamic history scholar over his "simplistic, inaccurate and often prejudicial view of the long history of Muslim-West relations"

Army

Each of the 4 heroes killed in a deadly 2017 ambush in Niger has received a valor award

Staff Sgt. Dustin M. Wright and Sgt. La David T. Johnson have both been awarded the Silver Star, a defense official said. Staff Sgt. Bryan C. Black and Sgt. 1st Class Jeremiah W. Johnson have both received the Bronze Star with "V" device.

Army

Two senior Army officers are reportedly still eligible for promotion after failings found during Niger attack

The special operators were told to continue to their objective even though commanders had not reassessed the risks they faced given that the team had no plan to evacuate wounded under fire; no quick reaction forces were assigned to them; the team had little rest in the past 24 hours; and they would be operating near the border with Mali.

Army

Judges overturn West Point cadet’s rape conviction, say they can’t prove it was not consensual

""[T]o be convinced of [his] guilt, we would have to conclude beyond a reasonable doubt that the sexual acts could plausibly occur...without active cooperation from both parties."