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Rafael's Iron Beam defense system in action.
Military Life

Israel’s Iron Beam: Everything you need to know

Picture the Iron Dome, but with lasers.

Navy Cmdr. Steven J. Green
News

Navy fires commanding officer following investigation

Navy Cmdr. Steven J. Green was relieved on Oct. 30 after an investigation.

Recruits in training
Military Life

Air Force and Space Force raise top age for new recruits to 42

Amid a shortage of recruits, the Air Force and Space Force will now accept applicants up to 42 years old.

Marine corps commandant
News

Marine Corps Commandant hospitalized with ‘medical emergency’

Gen. Eric Smith was just confirmed to lead the Marine Corps in late September after protests from a Republican Senator

Father and son, both Rangers, pose for a photo in Grenada.
Culture

Father and son — both Army Ranger veterans — return to battlefield’s past

I’m not the killer man, I’m the killer man’s son. I’ll do the killing until the killer man comes.

David Lee Cote In Ukraine
News

US Army veteran killed in Ukraine ‘fought for good over evil’

Like many American military veterans who have died fighting in Ukraine, David Lee Cote felt drawn there after the Russian invasion

Seven military horror films to binge on Halloween
Culture

Seven military horror films to binge on Halloween

From Nazi zombies to werewolf scares, it turns out there are plenty of war movies that are perfect for the holiday.

Israel sends some ground troops into Gaza, calls it a “new stage” of the war
News

Israel sends some ground troops into Gaza, calls it a “new stage” of the war

Tanks and infantry have pressed into the northern part of Gaza following massive airstrikes in the territory.

A painting showing a space plane, cargo bay open, flying to capture a satellite.
News

Space Force’s first official portrait is aspirational sci-fi

"High Ground Intercept" depicts Space Force carrying out an action it currently cannot do.

Army Reservist wanted for Lewiston shooting found dead
News

Army Reservist wanted for Lewiston shooting found dead

Robert Card's body was found two days after he killed 18 people in a mass shooting.

fort eisenhower renamed
News

Fort Gordon renamed Eisenhower, last of 9 bases scrubbed of Civil War names

The home of the Army's Cyber Command and Signal Corps changed its name from that of a Confederate general to the former president and World War II supreme commander.

F-16s
News

US conducts airstrikes in Syria in response to drone and rocket attacks

The strikes were prompted by recent drone attacks that killed 1 U.S. contractor was killed and left 19 US servicemembers with traumatic brain injuries.

Al Asad Air Base
News

19 US troops have Traumatic Brain Injury after drone attacks in Iraq and Syria

Fifteen of the troops diagnosed with Traumatic Brain Injury were based in Syria. The other four were in Iraq.

Military suicides up among active duty, down for reserves in 2022
Analysis

Military suicides up among active duty, down for reserves in 2022

The Pentagon is hiring 2,000 behavioral health personnel and encouraging safe storage of private firearms.

Robert Card
News

Army Reserve petroleum supply specialist wanted by police for Maine shootings

Robert Card, 40, enlisted in the Army in December 2002. His behavior at a recent training event prompted his unit to call police.

C-RAM in Erbil
News

More than 20 US troops in Syria and Iraq have been injured in drone attacks

US troops have faced 13 attacks by drones and rockets in the last two weeks.

green berets army
News

Fort Liberty special operations soldiers arrested for drug possession

The arrests follow an Army investigation that kicked off in January 2023.

Army Ranger grenada operation urgent fury
News

Army Rangers return to Grenada for 40th anniversary of Operation Urgent Fury

"I was determined to make sure as many Rangers went home as possible."

FBI raid russia spy
News

Army vet wanted $85,000 to send secret docs to Russia

"My friends!" the man wrote in a letter attached to four top secret documents, moments before the FBI raided his home.

Marty Skovlund Jr Army MRE
Culture

The best MRE of the War on Terror, according to combat veterans

A little Tabasco goes a long way.