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There Are Already Casualties In NATO’s Largest Military Exercise Since The Cold War

Christopher Woody, Business Insider
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US Service Member Killed In Special Operations Helicopter Crash In Iraq
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Watch A Russian Naval Parade Go Horribly Wrong Before Putin’s Eyes

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One-Third Of US Casualties In Afghanistan And Iraq Were Non-Combat Accidents

Jared Keller

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More US Service Members Die Training Than At War. Can The Pentagon Change That?

Erika I. Ritchie, The Orange County Register

A U.S. Army AH-64 Apache provides security during the combined arms demonstration hosted by the South Carolina Guard Air & Ground Expo at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina, May 6, 2017.

The Biggest Problems Facing Military Aviation, According To An Army Aviator

Crispin Burke

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Navy Admits It’s Hit A Breaking Point, Searches For A Way Forward

Dave Majumdar, the national interest

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) returns to Fleet Activities (FLEACT) Yokosuka following a collision with a merchant vessel while operating southwest of Yokosuka, Japan.

Contrary To Rhetoric, Military Mishaps Have Been Declining

John M. Donnelly, CQ-Roll Call

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US Troops Keep Dying Far From Combat. Mattis And McCain Think They Have A Solution

Jared Keller

An Amphibious Assault Vehicle assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit departs the well deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown Oct. 4, 2014.

AAV Fire Injures 15 Marines In Camp Pendleton Training Exercise

Adam Weinstein

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Navy To Remove 7th Fleet Commander Following Fitzgerald, McCain Collisions

Jared Keller

Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Howard, and Sailors assigned to the ”Battle Cats” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 73, remove sonobuoys from an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter on the ship’s flight deck.

The Military Has A Flight-Readiness Problem That’s Not Going Away

Pilots, maintenance crews, and aircraft are suffering the effects of budget cuts.

Sarah Sicard