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The M60 ‘Pig’ caught plenty of hate, but the love was real

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IVF expansion was stripped from the NDAA. Here’s your 2026 survival guide.

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US soldiers stand near a Russian military vehicle in the northeastern Syrian town of al-Malikiyah (Derik) at the border with Turkey, on June 3, 2020. (Photo by DELIL SOULEIMAN / AFP) (Photo by DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images)

How US troops quietly crushed Russian mercenaries in Syria

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New techniques in extremity repair are centered on restoring blood flow to trauma wounds as close as possible to the point of injury. DOD investment in golden hour trauma-specific injuries and medical procedures is important because trauma sends far fewer civilians to the hospital than other injuries, so the medical industry conducts less research in this area. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod)

How the US military’s ‘Golden Hour’ obsession changed civilian medicine

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Why the M240B earned cult status with GWOT veterans

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U.S. Army Soldiers with the 289th Composite Supply Company, Ft. Hood, Texas, deep fry a turkey for Thanksgiving at Donna, Texas, Nov. 22, 2018. Soldiers will provide a range of support including planning assistance, engineering support, equipment and resources to assist the Department of Homeland Security along the southwest border. (U.S. Air Force photo by SrA Alexandra Minor)

How to deep fry a turkey (with no casualties): an Army NCO’s ORM guide

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An unarmed Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile launches during an operational test at 01:35 a.m Pacific Time Nov. 5, 2025, at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. ICBM systems require regular testing to verify system performance and identify any potential issues. Data gathered from Glory Trip 254 helps to identify and mitigate potential risks, ensuring the continued accuracy and reliability of the ICBM force.(U.S. Space Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Draeke Layman)

‘Today is not the day:’ Inside the 9,600-square-mile mission to guard America’s nuclear missiles

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"Yeah, that's my dad," little Michael Standfill (center) seems to say as he intently watches his father Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Standfill kiss his wife Terri during their reunion on the pier in Norfolk, Va., on Aug. 18, 2000. Michael's father, who is a Navy operations specialist, just returned from six-month deployment to the Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf aboard the USS Mahan (DDG 72). The Mahan was one of nine ships assigned to the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Battle Group which enforced no-fly zones over the former Yugoslavia and Southern Iraq. (DoD photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Martin Maddock, U.S. Navy. (Released)

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The Healing Warriors Of India CALICUT, KERALA, INDIA - JANUARY 01: If the existence of the flexible sword is mentioned in Nothern Ballads (popular songs of Kerala, composed on the XVIth centuary), its description is vague and they are no evidences that the weapon practised in today gymnasium looks like the original. Further more, no oral command has been found. Master Shathrughnan (on the right) asserts that the practise of this weapon is dangerous. Injuries to the head often occurs. Gymnasium is Hindustan Kalari of Calicut Kerala on January 01, 2010 in Calicut Kerala, India. (Photo by Herve BRUHAT/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

The 5 best exotic weapons in history

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Basiji militants march while holding AK-47 rifles during a parade of an alleged 110,000 paramilitary Basij and IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) forces in downtown Tehran, Iran, on January 10, 2025. (Photo by Hossein Beris / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by HOSSEIN BERIS/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

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Raising a Neurodivergent Child in Military Life: From PCS to EFMP

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6 military technologies that helped NASA ‘sniff’ for martians

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