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Nearly two dozen Marines injured during a training exercise in southern...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Twenty-two U.S. Marines were injured on Thursday in a training exercise at Twentynine Palms military base in Southern California, when a fire extinguisher system accidentally...
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The Pentagon's massive $534 billion budget request could force deep cuts...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon decision to seek a 2016 budget that far exceeds federal spending caps poses the risk of a big across-the-board funding cut like the one that forced the department to...
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Here’s what an Army medic does in the critical minutes after a soldier is...
When a soldier is wounded on the battlefield, medics get the call.Medics are sort of like paramedics or emergency medical technicians in the civilian world, except paramedics and EMTs are less likely...
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The US Army is testing new combat boots for use in a Pacific jungle environment
The US Army has said it wants to expand its reach into the Pacific and soldiers hope that includes a new boot designed for tropical environments versus the arid and mountainous climates soldiers faced...
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Here are the US Army's most wanted fugitives
The US military tries to maintain high standards of behavior among its personnel. But like any large enough organization, the US Army has its share of suspected criminals in its ranks.In order to raise...
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Here are all the estimates of how many fighters are in ISIS
Nobody knows how big ISIS is—especially not Jeb Bush.Bush said on Wednesday that ISIS has around 200,000 fighters, a drastic jump from the CIA’s latest figures.After people began to call out Jeb on his...
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Meet the US generals ramping up the mission in Iraq and Syria
The US Army generals charged with strengthening Iraqi and Syrian forces to dislodge Islamic militants from vast stretches of both countries are poised to ramp up the effort in coming months.As the top...
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DARPA is working on tiny satellites that could provide on-demand terrain...
In late December, DARPA awarded a $1.5 million contract to Raytheon to develop small satellites capable of quickly providing US ground troops with imagery of their surroundings.The SeeMe satellite —...
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These incredible photos show a week in the life of the US military
Military photographers in all the branches of the armed forces are constantly taking awesome shots of training, combat, and stateside events.We looked among the military’s official channels, Flickr,...
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Desertions and casualties have crippled Afghan security forces as the US...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Afghan security forces fell sharply during 2014, thanks partly to desertions and casualties, according to newly declassified U.S. military data released on Tuesday...
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Veterans on Reddit shared their favorite experiences from the US military
People have a range of different reasons for joining the military, and each US veteran has their own unique experiences and memories while in the service.Redditer user airmonk asked the veterans at the...
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11 US military members missing in helicopter crash in Florida presumed dead
Seven Marines and four soldiers were missing early Wednesday after an Army helicopter crashed during a night training exercise at Eglin Air Force Base in the Florida Panhandle.The area where the crash...
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Wreckage of the US Army helicopter that crashed off Florida has been found
(Reuters) - Search teams found the wreckage of an Army Black Hawk helicopter that crashed off Florida's Gulf Coast and have recovered the bodies of most of the seven Marines and four soldiers on board,...
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A US Army sergeant in an anti-sexual-assault program pimped female soldiers...
A sergeant in the US Army who had been charged with helping to prevent sexual assaults in his battalion recently pleaded guilty to hatching a plot to run a prostitution ring from the Fort Hood military...
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The wreckage of that US Army chopper that crashed off Florida is being pulled...
(Reuters) - A salvage crew including divers worked on Friday to extract the wreckage of a U.S. Army helicopter from the waters off the Florida Panhandle at a depth of about 25 feet (7.6 meters) three...
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A Marine killed in that Florida helicopter crash earned a Silver Star 4 days...
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) — Just four days before he was killed in a helicopter crash, Staff Sgt. Andrew Seif was awarded one of the military's highest honors for heroism, a commendation he earned for...
View ArticleThis air base in Qatar carries out American airstrikes in Iraq and Syria
The Al-Udeid Air Base acts as the headquarters for US Central Command in its efforts for "Operation Inherent Resolve" in Iraq and Syria. The base, located around 30 miles from Qatari capital Doha, is a...
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The US military has an integrity problem
Recently, a paper from the Strategic Studies Institute of the Army War College entered the military zeitgeist. Its title was provocative: “Lying to Ourselves: Dishonesty in the Army Profession.” Those...
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US officials: Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl will be charged with desertion
Bowe Bergdahl spent nearly 5 years in Taliban captivity. But his ordeal isn't ove ryet.An anonymous US official told the AP that the Army sergeant, who abandoned his post in Afghanistan and was held by...
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Bergdahl gave harrowing details of his Taliban captivity for the first time
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl says he was tortured in the five years he was held captive by the Taliban, beaten with a copper cable as he spent months blindfolded and chained...
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