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The inside story of the deadliest attack on a U.S. military base during the Iraq War
VA investigating employee accused of posting medical information about vet’s genital surgery online as a joke
How a few good ‘Bastards’ from the Army National Guard helped secure the Kabul airport
The Air Force tried to kill the A-10 by clipping its wings and starving it of parts
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‘Blue Angels’ Marine awarded highest non-combat heroism medal after saving 3 kids [Updated]
Review: Tactical Ops Brewing’s Recon Red is a competent red ale, but is that all?
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‘That little girl has an entire brotherhood behind her’ — America welcomes baby girl of Marine killed in Kabul
“[H]e would’ve been the best dad."
Review: the BDS Tactical Skelton Cummerbund is a one-stop fix to make your USMC flak fight with you
(Marines only)
The Pentagon’s filtered version of the Kabul rescue mission looks nothing like what really went down
"I haven't found a way to explain it with any words I know," one Marine said.
US troops gave the Taliban and ISIS the middle finger in messages left at Kabul airport
It's called art, ever heard of it?
Marine officer says he’s resigning his commission to ‘bring the system down’ over Afghanistan withdrawal
"All I ask for is accountability: for people to comment and to say ‘yes, mistakes were made.’"
US troops are bracing for more ISIS attacks at the Kabul airport
"We expect those attacks to continue."
This hero special ops Marine ran through gunfire to save wounded teammates in Iraq
"I just knew that they wouldn't have quit for me so I'm not going to quit."
Marine Corps to eliminate crunches from its physical fitness test in favor of planks
Ready, set, go and don't move for four minutes.
A Marine’s new book is a ‘deeply lyrical account’ of infantry life in the Post 9/11 age
If there is such a thing as literary justice, you will eventually find Tellessen’s truth shelved alongside Sledge and Leckie and O’Brien.
‘We are all suffering in silence’ — Inside the US military’s pervasive culture of eating disorders
“PTSD, military sexual trauma, and eating disorders go so, unfortunately well together."
This US Marine quick reaction force has deployed twice in the last 30 days to protect American embassies
They deploy on average every 8 days.
Marines ordered to take official photos for no logical reason whatsoever
"Makes perfect sense."
Friends don’t let friends drink and play with samurai swords — 9 amazingly dumb stories of military life
"Nobody had a mental breakdown, but it was apparently epic."
‘Diplomacy failed,’ ‘bye Felicia,’ and 27 other incredible tank names
Tanks for the laughs!
Everything right and wrong with the mortar trooper from ‘The Mandalorian,’ according to a Marine mortar platoon commander
A long time ago, in a mortar platoon far, far away.
‘I drew the line at lying to reporters’— A military spokesman calls for increased accountability and transparency
'Unshackled from the intolerant, old boys’ club culture found in the Marine Corps, I have started to feel like I can be myself and contribute in even more meaningful ways'
The heroic last stand of 2 Marines in Ramadi
Their final stand and sacrifice all took place in a matter of seconds.
A Marine looks back at the invasion of Iraq, 18 years later: ‘The war can’t go on unless all the poop’s burned’
18 years after the invasion of Iraq, a Marine looks back on his role in the whirlwind march to Baghdad.
A veteran’s 30-year journey to learn about a friend killed during the Vietnam War
"What a pointless waste of a remarkable young man’s life—and in a war with no light at the end of the tunnel."
The untold story of the dapper Marine who became the Greatest Generation’s ‘distracted boyfriend’ meme
The photo shows then-Staff Sgt. Louis A. Capozzoli, and he is not on his way to steal your girl.
