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The Coast Guard is officially outta luck for a paycheck thanks to the government shutdown, which means that zero coasties have been paid to create some of the amazing memes being shared as a way to vent their frustration.

Vice President Mike Pence repeated President Donald Trump's claim that "ISIS has been defeated" in Syria on Wednesday just hours after reported indicated several U.S. service members were killed by an ISIS suicide bomber in Manbij, Syria

Comedian Steve Carell will be starring in an upcoming show on Netflix about the new Space Force that's being described as a "workplace comedy."

Sen. Lindsey Graham essentially laid the deaths of the unknown number of U.S. soldiers killed in a suicide bombing in Manbij, Syria, on Wednesday at the feet of President Donald Trump during a hearing on Capitol Hill, Bloomberg News reports

The Pentagon believes that the CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopter, which at $144 million apiece costs more than the notoriously expensive F-35A Lightning II joint strike fighter, is "the most powerful helicopter the United States has ever fielded"

An ISIS suicide bomber killed and wounded American soldiers in Manbij, Syria, on Wednesday.

The American-born ISIS member recently captured by a Kurdish militia has bizarrely claimed that the brutal executions carried out by the terrorist group were basically the same thing as what they do back in his home state of Texas.

"I don't see anything against providing women the opportunity to be able to serve in combat," Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer told Task & Purpose.

After years of frequent mechanical failures ad embarrassing cost overruns, the Navy finally plans on deploying three hulls from its much-derided Littoral Combat Ship fleet by this fall after a protracted absence from the high seas

The Coast Guard's top officer is telling his subordinates to "stay the course" as they miss their regularly scheduled paycheck amid the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.

Friends and enemies were made and I've enjoyed meeting Tom Ricks and other TBD/TLM regulars. I regret not knowing some better and resolve to befriend others before the venue closes

Graft and lying to investigators, yep. He had retired and gone to work for awhile on the staff of the Senate Armed Services Committee and was up for a job in USAID, which isn't going to happen now

The Pentagon will be providing assistance at the southern U.S. border through most of 2019, according to an official statement released late Monday.

Robert Wilkie fired back at a union representative who claimed the government shutdown would lead to veteran suicide.

The standard-issue Army reflective belt, formally known as "Belt, High Visibility," is one of the most enduring symbols of the Global War on Terror. It is also the most indisputably reviled piece of gear in any U.S. service member's kit

Brian Kolfage, who was severely wounded while serving in the Iraq, began accepting donations in December, but on Jan. 11 he announced that he would use the money raised to create an organization that would build the wall itself rather than giving it to the government.

Nearly four years after the Army settled on Oshkosh to produce a next-generation replacement for the troubled Humvee, a few lucky soldiers from the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division are finally going to get their paws on the much-hyped Joint Light Tactical Vehicle

A previously-undisclosed internal investigation into the 2017 collision between the USS Fitzgerald and a Philippine-flagged container ship off the coast of Japan, paints an disturbing portrait of operations aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer

Despite being resilient, the Islamic Republic has been fraught with vital weaknesses, contradictions, and vulnerabilities on both domestic and foreign policy fronts

The Pentagon says it has been hurting for money, but it may have some extra $100 bills tucked in its thong.