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How Bergdahl is defending himself against desertion charges
Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's defense against a desertion charge will rely in part on his claim that he walked off his post in Afghanistan in an attempt to reach another U.S. base to report on wrongdoing...
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Pentagon: The military needs to be 'more flexible' to recruit quality people
ABINGTON, Pa. (AP) — Saying the military needs to do more to compete with corporate America for quality recruits, Defense Secretary Ash Carter opened the door Monday to relaxing some enlistment...
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Prince Harry is going to embed with the Australian army for a month
Sydney (AFP) - Prince Harry will begin a month-long attachment with the Australian Army on Monday, officials said, spending time on bush patrols, working with an indigenous regiment and possibly flying...
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The US Army is investigating whether American soldiers and contractors...
The U.S. Army has pledged to investigate recently resurfaced allegations that American soldiers and contractors sexually abused more than 50 Colombian minors in the mid-2000s, weeks after the...
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A 20-year-old US man was arrested for plotting a suicide bombing at a Kansas...
A 20-year-old US man was arrested in Kansas on Friday for allegedly plotting a suicide bombing at the US Army base Fort Riley, the Justice Department said.John T. Booker, who goes by the name "Mohammed...
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When I started my own business after leaving the Army, it took me 9 months to...
I went to the West Point Military Academy out of high school, and after graduating in 2005, I became a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army.I spent six years in active duty, eventually becoming a captain...
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16 women just passed the first day of the Army's toughest course
In a historic step, 16 female soldiers made it through their first day of US Army Ranger School, a punishing infantry course that was previously closed to women.Nineteen women took part in the Airborne...
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11 things first sergeants say that make troops lose their minds
Army and Marine first sergeants have to talk a lot, considering their duties as company-level senior enlisted leaders. While they primarily act as advisors to company commanders and deal with...
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Hundreds of tanks just rolled through Moscow's Red Square in a show of...
Russia is building a supertank — if it can afford it.The new T-14 Armata ("Армата") main battle tank is a massive 55-ton beast of a weapon boasting multilayered armor and an independent crew capsule,...
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13 signs you grew up in a military family
Children who grow up with one or both parents in the military and spend time on or around bases — otherwise known as military brats — get used to things that seem weird to everyone else.Since I was...
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Whatsapp has become popular with the Israeli military and it's creating a big...
Israel's armed forces see a growing threat in instant messaging applications -- both to battlefield secrecy and to the privacy of women soldiers.According to official military journal Bamahane, the...
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10 common military phrases that make things way more complicated than they...
In the military, we tend to pride ourselves on our efficiency.We simply don’t have time to spell everything out, so we invent an acronym for just about everything. It’s a testament to how seriously we...
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The US military has a 'thorny' problem on its hands
WASHINGTON (AP) — It's not against the law or military regulations to choose not to sit with someone in the dining hall or to unfriend them on Facebook, but in the traumatic aftermath of a sexual...
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The largest military in the world says it still doesn't fully follow the law
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's armed forces, the largest in the world, have yet to become a military which fully follows the law, its official newspaper said on Tuesday, underscoring the problem of...
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New technology will combine US soldiers' gun scopes and night vision goggles
BAE Systems has won a contract worth up to $434m (£287m) to provide US soldiers with combined night-vision goggles and thermal sights.The defence company has developed a system that unites the picture...
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This 4-star general now spends his days as the face of failing penny-stock...
A four-star US Army general who served as NATO's Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during the war in Kosovo is promoting failing penny stocks, according to a new Bloomberg report.Since 2004, and after...
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China's army banned smartwatches
When a new recruit in China’s army received a smartwatch as a gift from his girlfriend and used it to snap a photo of his comrades, he was unknowingly sparking a ban on all such devices for all 1.6...
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Russia’s new tanks are a wake-up call for the US
During its annual May 9 Victory Day Parade commemorating the end of World War II, the Russian military brings out the most striking examples of their ground force vehicles. This year, they publicly...
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The Army still can't figure out if it needs these driverless vehicles
The Army’s effort to introduce unmanned vehicles into its inventory has slowed as the service’s budget tightens and questions remain on how the technology will be used.During the wars in Iraq and...
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Rolls-Royce just signed a deal with the British Army
Rolls-Royce just revealed that it will receive €80 million (£57 million, $87 million) to supply the British Army with engines that will power its new SCOUT Specialist Vehicle (SV).The London-listed...
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