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Air Force fires commander who separated an airman recovering from a suicide attempt
Dec 8, 2021 8:49 AM
Florida National Guard troops are somehow caught up in Russia’s showdown with Ukraine
Dec 7, 2021 4:22 PM
Video captures ‘oh sh-t’ moment of Army paratrooper’s reserve parachute opening at last possible second
Dec 7, 2021 11:47 AM
No, an Army specialist did not purposefully mis-translate a public affairs post to say ‘Eat my ass’
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Dec 09, 2019
More US contractors have died in Afghanistan than US troops, but the Pentagon doesn’t keep track
The Department of Labor's report indicates that 1,774 civilian contractors have died in Afghanistan since the beginning of the war. Brown University's Costs of War project estimates that the real number is about 3,814 deaths
Nov 11, 2019
A former British paratrooper explains how he prepared ‘1917’ actors to fight WWI’s most devastating battles
Paul Biddiss, the military technical adviser on the upcoming World War I movie 1917, taught the actors everything they needed to know, from proper foot care to how to hold a weapon, "which allows the actor to concentrate on his primary task. Acting!"
