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The inside story of the deadliest attack on a U.S. military base during the Iraq War
Army general says scammer impersonated him on Facebook but didn’t ‘violate their community standards’
A British soldier reportedly tried to get high off shoe polish. He started a barracks fire instead
The Marine Corps will stop punishing Marines who can’t shave due to painful razor bumps
Army investigating Fort Hood soldier for mocking sexual harassment in TikTok video
What the daily schedule of a National Guard substitute teacher probably looks like
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These soldiers cleared a path through 145 unexploded artillery rounds so senior officials could visit a building
That's a lot of ordnance to reach Fort Sill's well known Blockhouse.
This photo of Marine artillery in action looks like hell itself
"Whoever took it timed it so perfectly."
Marines investigating after missing 155mm artillery rounds turn up at Camp Pendleton
Three artillery rounds miraculously sprouted legs.
The Army accidentally released the wrong name for its brand new supergun
Meet 'Iron Thunder' ... or not!
The Army is working on a ramjet artillery round for its next-generation super cannon
Here comes the boom ...
The Marine Corps plans to ditch tanks and get much smaller to fight China
Over the next 10 years, the Marine Corps would shrink from 186,000 to about 170,000 active-duty Marines.
Watch the Army’s new supergun nail a target from 40 miles away
The Army is putting its Extended Range Cannon Artillery system through its paces
How Forward Observers Operate in the Military to Coordinate Artillery
Bringing the rain and pain in the military is the forward observer. They are the eyes of death dropping 1000...
The Marine Corps is eyeing a new artillery round that can successfully hit moving targets
Raytheon Co. just announced that its new laser-guided Excalibur S 155mm artillery round scored direct hits on a moving target in a secret, live-fire test for the Marine Corps last spring
More than 600 female Marines and sailors now serving in previously-restricted units
"Females are now represented in every previously-restricted occupational field"
A soldier stole a 155mm artillery round during training and nobody noticed for 6 years
A soldier stole a 155mm artillery round and concealed it among his possessions before admitting to the theft six years later according to the Army Crime Report for Fiscal Year 2018, which was obtained by Task & Purpose
Rep. Duncan Hunter accused of using campaign money to finance affairs with 5 women
In a recent court filing, federal prosecutors accused Hunter of using campaign money to pay for a variety of expenses involved with his affairs, ranging from a $1,008 hotel bill to $7 for a Sam Adams beer
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
The Marines’ next warfighting experiment: slapping targets with rockets from the sea
Marines will test new ways to take out far-flung targets from Navy ships and ashore during the next phase of a years-long experiment meant to prep leathernecks for the future fight
The Army’s New Supergun Could Put China On Blast
The Army is working on a supergun with a 1,000-mile range that could potentially hit targets in the South China Sea from a gun pit on land, Army Secretary Mark Esper told reporters on Wednesday.
A 100-Year-Old World War II Artilleryman Revisits His Service At Fort Bragg
As the ground rattled and earth erupted with a spray of damp sand, Hubert Edwards watched with a familiar gleam...
The Army Just Purchased This ‘Smart’ Artillery Shell. Here’s What It Can Do
The U.S. Army has ordered a European smart artillery shell with sensor-guided sub-munitions. The BONUS is a 155-millimeter shell by BAE Systems...
The Army Thinks It Can Eventually Fire Artillery At Enemies 1,000 Miles Away
The Army seems confident it will one day have the ability to fire artillery out to a range of 1,000...
Watch the Army test the new ‘Hawkeye’ Humvee-mounted howitzer
The Hawkeye 105 mm Howitzer mobile artillery system developed by Mandus Group looks like something straight out of Command & Conquer
North Korea Reportedly Offered To Abandon A Critical Weapon — And It Isn’t Nukes
North Korean diplomats talking to South Korean officials in the demilitarized border zone between the two countries reportedly offered to remove...
The Army Plans On Stockpiling Thousands Of Artillery Shells Ahead Of The Next Big War
The Army plans to buy nearly 150,000 artillery shells next fiscal year as soldiers train to fight conventional wars again....
The Pentagon Is Shifting US Combat Power From Iraq to Afghanistan — Again
The U.S. military has begun shifting troops and equipment from Iraq, where ISIS is trying to establish an insurgency, to...
