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The scooter-riding youths of Austin are proving to be key to Army modernization
News

The scooter-riding youths of Austin are proving to be key to Army modernization

"These are kids that ride scooters to the Capital Factory. Really interesting group of people."

Woman arrested at CIA headquarters after asking to speak with ‘Agent Penis’
News

Woman arrested at CIA headquarters after asking to speak with ‘Agent Penis’

A woman showed up to the CIA headquarters and demanded to speak with "Agent Penis" earlier this week, and perhaps most shocking of all, she is not from Florida.

‘Game of Thrones’ has an air power problem
Culture

‘Game of Thrones’ has an air power problem

Following the epic siege of Winterfell, the Game of Thrones episode "The Last of the Starks" confronts its protagonist Daenerys Targaryen with wrenching military dilemmas that might have been ripped from today's headlines—and issues on the ethical issue of force that remain highly controversial today

Helmet camera footage clears Navy SEAL accused of killing ISIS fighter, lawyer claims
News

Helmet camera footage clears Navy SEAL accused of killing ISIS fighter, lawyer claims

"It shows that Chief Gallagher's immediate reaction was not to murder him but rather to help him. After all that, why would we he take out his knife and stab him?"

No, the Pentagon’s ‘new’ aircraft carrier and bomber deployment is not a sign of imminent war with Iran
News

No, the Pentagon’s ‘new’ aircraft carrier and bomber deployment is not a sign of imminent war with Iran

Everyone just needs to calm down.

This WWII-era flying wing crashed in a California prison yard after doing a ‘barrel roll,’ according to the NTSB
History

This WWII-era flying wing crashed in a California prison yard after doing a ‘barrel roll,’ according to the NTSB

The historic Northrop N-9M flying wing that crashed in a Norco, California prison yard in late April apparently conducted a "barrel roll" before plummeting to the ground, according to the National Transportation Safety Board's preliminary report

No signs of an imminent US invasion of Venezuela as Maduro stays in power, for now
News

No signs of an imminent US invasion of Venezuela as Maduro stays in power, for now

At the moment, it does not appear that the Pentagon is prepared to go full Leroy Jenkins and deploy the 82nd Airborne Division over downtown Caracas.

Medal of Honor recipient Kyle Carpenter is coming out with a book he says ‘will truly help people’
Military Life

Medal of Honor recipient Kyle Carpenter is coming out with a book he says ‘will truly help people’

Medal of Honor recipient Kyle Carpenter announced a new book on Thursday that he believes "will truly help people" when it comes out in October.

‘A miracle’ — All 143 survive after jet skids off runway into a river at NAS Jacksonville
News

‘A miracle’ — All 143 survive after jet skids off runway into a river at NAS Jacksonville

Some might say Friday night's aircraft crash scene at Naval Air Station Jacksonville is "The Miracle on the St. Johns."

This Army surgeon can break every bone in your body while naming them. Now he’s headed into space
News

This Army surgeon can break every bone in your body while naming them. Now he’s headed into space

"The greatest honor of my life was to serve alongside them in a combat zone when our country asked us to. And nine months in space isn't going to change that."

2 soldiers were dropped a rank for ‘bullying’ after they catfished another soldier and shared their nude photos with their unit
News

2 soldiers were dropped a rank for ‘bullying’ after they catfished another soldier and shared their nude photos with their unit

The unit's newsletter said they were punished for "bullying."

The Army is practicing firing artillery from boats for the first time since the Vietnam War
News

The Army is practicing firing artillery from boats for the first time since the Vietnam War

A Virginia Army National Guard unit travelled to the Marine Corps' Camp Lejeune in North Carolina in late April for a relatively unusual training exercise: firing a howitzer from a landing craft in the Army's first waterborne artillery mission since the Vietnam War and this particular unit's first waterborne artillery mission since the D-Day landings nearly 75 years ago

From infantry to banking: How 2 veterans found opportunities for growth at Fifth Third Bank
Military Life

From infantry to banking: How 2 veterans found opportunities for growth at Fifth Third Bank

Army veterans Steven Escobar and Jerry Peavey never imagined their years as infantrymen would lead to work in the banking industry

Soldier survives 70-foot fall into one of the world’s ‘most active’ volcanoes
News

Soldier survives 70-foot fall into one of the world’s ‘most active’ volcanoes

The local fire chief said he's doing "remarkably well" for what happened.

Military sexual assaults have reached a four-year high as the Pentagon downplays its failures
News

Military sexual assaults have reached a four-year high as the Pentagon downplays its failures

The Pentagon's estimate of the number of U.S. service members who were sexually assaulted rose 37.5 percent from 14,900 in fiscal 2016 to 20,500 in fiscal 2018

VA comes out against bills on medical marijuana for veterans
Military Life

VA comes out against bills on medical marijuana for veterans

The Department of Veterans Affairs opposes three legislative proposals that would expand research on medical marijuana at the VA and give veterans access to the drug in states where it is legal.

An Army ROTC cadet sacrificed his life to save his fellow classmates during the UNC Charlotte shooting
News

An Army ROTC cadet sacrificed his life to save his fellow classmates during the UNC Charlotte shooting

When a gunman opened fire on the campus of University of North Carolina at Charlotte on Tuesday, Army ROTC cadet Riley Howell sprang into action

15 years after her Blackhawk was shot down, Tammy Duckworth finds an Iraq ‘on the precipice’
News

15 years after her Blackhawk was shot down, Tammy Duckworth finds an Iraq ‘on the precipice’

Duckworth — a former Army Lt. Col. and Blackhawk pilot, and current Democratic senator from Illinois — was shot down in Iraq in 2004. When she woke up, she'd lost both of her legs.

The US military doesn’t follow its own rules when investigating domestic violence on bases
Military Life

The US military doesn’t follow its own rules when investigating domestic violence on bases

An analysis of more than 200 cases of domestic violence at eight military installations has determined that commanders and law enforcement personnel are not following their own rules when investigating and handling these cases and their victims.

Bring your military professionalism to the job interview
Military Life

Bring your military professionalism to the job interview

Veterans can all reach their full potential by networking, using the GI Bill and bringing their military professionalism to every job interview.