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Airman Who Received Air Force Cross May Be Upgraded To Medal Of Honor
Air Force Special Operations Command intends to recommend that one of the seven airmen who was awarded the Air Force...
How To Fix The Army’s Officer Promotion System
In an article for the Small Wars Journal, David J. Tier writes about the Army’s promotion system and why it...
The President Orders 1.3% Pay Increase Next Year
President Barack Obama informed Congress on Aug. 28 that he intends to cap military pay raises at 1.3% next year....
The Army’s Number One Priority Is Ground Combat, Says New Chief Of Staff
In his first message to the Army since being sworn in as its new chief of staff on Aug. 14,...
Marines Let Down As Towns In Helmand Province Fall Into Taliban Hands
For Marines like Jeremy Parker, the loss of key towns like Musa Qala to the Taliban in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province...
The F-35 And A-10 Warthog Will Go Head To Head In 2018
The gauntlet has been thrown down between the military’s long-standing close-air support platform, the much loved A-10 Warthog, and the...
The Obituary For America’s First Black Marine General Will Give You Chills
Frank E. Petersen Jr., the first black Marine aviator and the first black general in the Marine Corps, died Aug....
Air Force Pararescue Units Save Lives At Home And Abroad
In an article for The San Diego Union Tribune, Gidget Fuentes writes about the unique skills, high risk missions and...
High Costs Loom Amid Calls For A Larger Navy
The Navy has been shrinking for decades and the number of active-duty ships is now 14% less than what it...
200 Retired Generals, Admirals Urge Congress To Reject Iran Deal
In a letter sent to Congress on Aug. 26, a group of nearly 200 retired generals and admirals urged lawmakers...
The Army’s Humvee Replacement Marks The End Of An Era
The era of the Humvee is over. On Aug. 25, the Army announced the winner of the production contract for...
Troops Discharged For Misconduct 5 Times As Likely To Face Homelessness
According to a study released on Aug. 25, troops who leave the military due to misconduct are five times more...
What Today’s Porn Industry Can Teach Us About Open Source Intelligence
The intelligence community is starting to realize what millions of lonely guys on porn sites figured out years ago: Why...
The Military Wants To Send More Officers To Graduate School
The Department of Defense plans to send more of its officers to civilian graduate schools as part of its soon-to-be...
The Undeclared War Against The Islamic State
Two years ago President Barack Obama declared that he would seek congressional approval for military intervention in Syria to thwart...
The VA’s Backlog Drops Below 100,000
The number of backlogged veterans disability claims fell below 100,000 cases, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced on Aug. 24....
Years After Troubling Report, Osprey Readiness Remains A Challenge
Nearly two years since a report found evidence that the Marine Corps’ MV-22B Osprey was not mission ready due to...
Winning Modern Wars Requires Humanity And Asymmetry
When weak governments destabilize and fall, it can create an opening for state and non-state actors to exploit. In an...
Sgt Stubby Was The Original War Dog
Before military working dogs became a staple of both deployed life and military and veterans culture, there was Sgt. Stubby....
A 93-Year-Old Tuskegee Airman Was Robbed Twice In One Day
A 93-year-old man in St. Louis, Missouri, had a bad day Aug. 16 when he got lost trying to find...
Why Military Leaders Should Be Embracing Social Media
Writing for War on the Rocks, Joe Byerly says by using social media, leaders in the U.S. armed forces can...
The Women Graduating Ranger School Had It Harder Than I Did
In a historic first, two women have passed Ranger School and are set to graduate this Friday. There’s a lot...
2 Women Complete Ranger School, Defying Expectations
Four months after 19 women entered the Army’s elite Ranger School as part of a one-time, integrated assessment, two have...
How World War II Almost Didn’t End
Seventy years ago, World War II almost didn’t end. After Japanese Emperor Hirohito accepted the Allies’ conditions for Japan’s surrender...
VA Pilot Program In Maine Could Be A ‘Model For The Nation’
A Department of Veterans Affairs program that allows qualified veterans to receive care at designated non-VA health care providers is...
