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US Navy destroyer’s crew caught in bizarre gambling and fireworks scandal
Navy

US Navy destroyer’s crew caught in bizarre gambling and fireworks scandal

Women in combat may cause Congress to end selective service process
Military Life

Women in combat may cause Congress to end selective service process

The House Armed Services Committee will reexamine the Selective Service System's viability and explore possible alternatives in this year's review of the National Defense Authorization Bill, the legislation that sets the spending guidelines and po…

The Air Force has created an F-35 Oculus Rift game
Air Force

The Air Force has created an F-35 Oculus Rift game

Want to get behind the stick of the world's most advanced aircraft? Well, the Air Force now has a traveling Oculus Rift experience that will let you do just that. …

The Coast Guard has awesome lasers the FDA won’t let them use
Coast Guard

The Coast Guard has awesome lasers the FDA won’t let them use

The U.S. Coast Guard, like other law enforcement and national defense agencies, has a great need for targeting optics.

This Q-n-A reveals the hard-fought wisdom of paratrooper who dropped into D-Day
Military Life

This Q-n-A reveals the hard-fought wisdom of paratrooper who dropped into D-Day

How to protect the most important six inches you have
Military Life

How to protect the most important six inches you have

Legendary U.S. Marine Corps Gen. James "Mad Dog" Mattis once said, "The most important six inches on the battlefield is between your ears." Service members who …

What happens in the pleasure squad, stays in the pleasure squad (with one exception)
Wars

What happens in the pleasure squad, stays in the pleasure squad (with one exception)

The young women of North Korea's "pleasure squad" are employees of the state whose work involves -- a'hem -- "entertainment" services. In 2010, Mi Hyang, a member Kim Jung Il's pleasure squad defected to South Korea after …

The nation’s only military film festival just announced this year’s lineup
Movies

The nation’s only military film festival just announced this year’s lineup

B-52s are blasting ISIS targets
History

B-52s are blasting ISIS targets

The Air Force has deployed the B-52 heavy bombers originally designed to carry nuclear weapons into the heart of the Soviet Union have begun using precision weapons against ISIS terrorists.

It looks like Syrian rebels are using Nazi-era artillery
Military News

It looks like Syrian rebels are using Nazi-era artillery

A new video uploaded on Facebook likely shows German Wehrmacht artillery being used by Syrian rebels in that nation's current civil war:

Here are the winners of the 2015 US military photographer awards
Military Life

Here are the winners of the 2015 US military photographer awards

Every year, the U.S. military's photographers, videographers, and graphic artists submit their work to a panel of seasoned photographers in the Visual Information Award Prog…

These glasses can turn any location into a simulated battlefield
Military Life

These glasses can turn any location into a simulated battlefield

Marines training on the use of indirect fires and air support can now practice their engagements nearly anywhere thanks to Augmented Immersive Team Training, an augmented reality tool that projects a digital battlefield onto any terrain. …

Hear the poignant and heartbreaking stories of those who bury the fallen
Entertainment

Hear the poignant and heartbreaking stories of those who bury the fallen

When service members overseas make the ultimate sacrifice, a team of people goes to work to get them home and to rest with dignity. While each service provides personnel to escort their own fallen warriors home, the mortuary affairs airmen at Dove…

This Russian helicopter is an eight-bladed, troop-hauling, heavy-lifting beast
Fixed Wing

This Russian helicopter is an eight-bladed, troop-hauling, heavy-lifting beast

Russia's Mil Mi-26 is one of the world's largest helicopters and an absolute beast, capable of carrying 44,000 pounds, including 90 soldiers or 60 stretchers, anywhere. The 8 rotor blades are powered by two engines to generate the necessary lift…

6 ridiculous things POGs do at the range
Entertainment

6 ridiculous things POGs do at the range

Yes, #notallPOGs and all that. But seriously Persons Other than Grunts, the range rules aren't that crazy. First, learn to safely handle your weapon. Second, learn to fire your weapon. And third, get off the range without embarrassing yourself.

These are the ten most powerful militaries in the world
Military Life

These are the ten most powerful militaries in the world

Each year, the website Global Firepower ranks countries in what they call the "global firepower index," a ranking of the world's 126 most powerful militaries. The index uses a…

This organization makes the dreams of terminally-ill veterans come true
Military Life

This organization makes the dreams of terminally-ill veterans come true

This Marine and his service dog have a hilarious comedy routine
Marine Corps

This Marine and his service dog have a hilarious comedy routine

[brid video="115738" player="7965" title="ASAP Michael Garvey 540"]Michael Garvey is a Marine veteran and alumnus of the Armed Services Arts Partnership (ASAP) Comedy Bootcamp program. ASAP is …

A Navy carrier just broke the record for dropping bombs on ISIS
History

A Navy carrier just broke the record for dropping bombs on ISIS

The USS Harry S. Truman is celebrating the work of its crew after setting the record for ordnance dropped on ISIS. The Truman launched over 1,118 ordinance pieces against terrorist targets over the past five months, surpassing t…

Here’s how DARPA’s Gremlins are going to change strike warfare forever
History

Here’s how DARPA’s Gremlins are going to change strike warfare forever

DARPA wants "gremlins" to fly out of the bellies of C-130s or other large planes, assist jets in bombing missions, and then return to their motherships for the flight home in order to be ready for another mission within 24 hours. …