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History

J.D. Vance is first veteran on Presidential ticket since John McCain

In his autobiography, Vance recalled a sub-par fitness test as a Marine recruit that led a Drill Instructor to tell him: 'If you’re not puking, you’re lazy!'

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News

Evan Wright, journalist and ‘Generation Kill’ author, dead at 59

The reporter wrote first-hand accounts of the invasion of Iraq while embedded with the Marine Corps’ 1st Reconnaissance Battalion.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is rushed offstage during a rally on July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania. Butler County district attorney Richard Goldinger said the shooter is dead after injuring former U.S. President Donald Trump, killing one audience member and injuring another in the shooting. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Analysis

‘Why?’ Presidential assassins rarely have ‘political’ motives

Thomas Matthew Crooks’ attempt on Donald Trump is the latest suspect in a nearly 200-year history of mostly-incoherent crimes.

Secret service agents cover former president Donald Trump during a campaign rally for former President Donald Trump at Butler Farm Show Inc. on Saturday, July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pa. Trump ducked and was taken offstage after loud noises were heard after he began speaking. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Analysis

Trump shooter had no military ties, was not a veteran

Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, was killed after firing at the former president. A Pennsylvania fire chief was killed in the shooting.

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History

World War I veteran’s remains identified in Tulsa Massacre mass grave

C.L. Daniel served in the Army during the war. Two years after he left the service, he was killed in one of the most infamous racist massacres in the country.

BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA - JULY 13: Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is rushed offstage during a rally on July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
News

Shooter killed, Trump injured but safe after assassination attempt

Two people, including the shooter, were killed at the outdoor rally in Pennsylvania. Two others were critically injured.

USS Theodore Roosevelt and its carrier strike group arrive in the Middle East
Around the World

USS Theodore Roosevelt and its carrier strike group arrive in the Middle East

The Navy force replaces the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, which left last month, in the fight against Yemen's Houthi militants.

‘Captain America: Brave New World’ teases military intrigue, mayhem and even Red Hulk
Culture

‘Captain America: Brave New World’ teases military intrigue, mayhem and even Red Hulk

“I want to make another run at making Captain America an official military position.”

The first Space Force ‘retirement beard’ is here and it’s out of this world
Humor

The first Space Force ‘retirement beard’ is here and it’s out of this world

Roger A. Towberman was the first Chief Master Sgt. of the Space Force. Now he's retired and showed off the beard to prove it.

IRR Marines
Veterans

Do I have to go to my IRR muster duty event?

Reporting for Individual Readiness Reserve musters are required by your initial enlistment contract, but there are several exceptions to those rules.

US Chinese Military Talks
News

US and Chinese senior military leaders are talking again, Biden says

Top U.S. and Chinese military leaders met in January and April to discuss defense relations and how both countries’ naval and air forces can safely operate around each other.

Michael Gould adding 17 sets of dog tags total 150,000 — representing the veteran suicides since 9/11.
Air Force

Memorial made from dog tags comes to Capitol to urge Congress on MDMA therapies

150,000 dog tags represent veteran suicides since 9/11. It was created to bring awareness to MDMA therapy.

Pfc. Katia Duenas-Aguilar
Army

Autopsy confirms 101st airborne soldier was murdered, stabbed 68 times

The autopsy found gamma-hydroxybutyric acid, or GHB, in her system - a substance used as a date rape drug.

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Air Force

Air Force engineer charged with cover up in Marine KC-130 crash that killed 16

James Michael Fisher is accused of covering up his role in stopping an inspection that could have prevented a deadly Marine KC-130T crash in 2017.

U.S. Army Talent Acquisition Specialist (420T) candidates completed the first phase of their initial training program at the Adjutant General School on Fort Jackson, South Carolina May 10, 2024. The first two weeks of the course features fundamental data analytics training followed by eight weeks of technical training at the Recruiting and Retention College at Fort Know, Kentucky. (Courtesy U.S. Army photo)
Air Force

Army graduates first class of recruiting warrant officers

The service plans to eventually add 150 warrant officers to its recruiting ranks. The CWOs will shape strategy, marketing and data analysis for recruiters.

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Audrey Griffith, left, points to an area of interest while standing guard with Spc. Heidi Gerke during a force protection exercise at Forward Operating Base Hadrian in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, March 18, 2013. Both women are members of the 92nd Engineer Battalion. (U.S. Army courtesy photo/Released)
Air Force

Female veterans of heavier combat face more chronic pain, as do spouses back home

The research suggests there's a stronger link between the mental health tolls of combat and chronic pain, even for those not directly exposed to combat, like military spouses.

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Navy

USS John Basilone, warship named for legendary Marine, delivered to the Navy

General Dynamics Bath Iron Works delivered the USS John Bassilone to the US Navy on July 8. The ship is a Flight IIA variant of Arleigh Burke-class destroyers.

MRE Creatine
United States

Could creatine be coming to MREs?

Would you trade a pack of MRE jalapeno cheese for creatine? Congress is considering whether to ask the military to add the fitness supplement to the rations.

SINKEX
News

Here are the ships the U.S. plans to sink in the Pacific this summer

The US military is practicing using air- and land-based anti-ship missiles in ship sinking exercises as it prepares for a war against China.

Sabin Howard, the sculptor and artist behind the WW I memorial,
Army

World War I Memorial wall, ‘A Soldier’s Journey,’ will soon arrive in Washington

To capture facial expressions of horror, determination and experience on the bronze figures, the artist used modern combat veterans as models.