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The Army is testing a mechanical 'third arm' straight out of 'Aliens'
The US Army is testing a mechanical third arm designed to help soldiers wield oversized weaponry and hump heavy loads downrange without sacrificing their performance.The 3.5-pound prototype can support...
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I watched a M109 Paladin fire and the shock wave hurt my body — here's the video
FORT BLISS, Texas — I stepped into the rear hull of one of the two M109 Paladin self-propelled howitzers parked on a section of the desert training grounds at Fort Bliss. As the six-person Paladin...
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US Army bomb-sniffing dogs believed to have been mistreated, left in kennels...
The US Army mistreated a corps of bomb-sniffing dogs when they were discharged from the military, according to the Defense Department's Inspector General’s Office.Army personnel who handled them said...
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We got up-close with the US Army's M109 Paladin — armed with a machine gun, a...
FORT BLISS, Texas — Two self-propelled M109 Paladin howitzers sat idly by on the 1st Armored Division's desert training grounds, waiting to hurl 155mm shells about 10 miles away. Partaking in a large...
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We got inside the massive CH-47 Chinook helicopter — the US Army's transport...
FORT BLISS, Texas — Spread across Biggs Army Airfield, and tucked in between the mountains surrounding it, were Blackhawks, Apaches— and yes, Chinook helicopters. The Boeing CH-47 Chinook has been the...
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Soldiers don't believe this rare antelope-like animal is roaming around a...
FORT BLISS, Texas — During my first couple days at Fort Bliss, I had heard smatterings from soldiers about a non-indigenous species of African antelope population that somehow inhabited the training...
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We got up-close to a Bradley fighting vehicle — and saw how the small crews...
FORT BLISS, Texas — Three public affairs officers and I found the command center shown above about a mile from one of many dirt roads along the training grounds at Fort Bliss.Commanded by a colonel,...
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13 incredible stories of American servicemen who won the Medal of Honor — the...
The Medal of Honor is the highest and most prestigious award that can be given to American servicemen for distinguished service in the field of battle.Since it was first given in 1863, the medal has...
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Trump reportedly wants to get out of Syria — here's how many troops the US...
President Donald Trump reportedly said that he would be open to staying in Syria for the time being, but favors an exit soon.US troop levels in Syria currently sit at around 2,000.Several branches of...
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2 US Army soldiers killed in Apache helicopter crash at Fort Campbell
Two US Army soldiers were killed in an Apache helicopter crash late Friday during routine training at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, the Army announced Saturday morning.The two soldiers were members of the...
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This surreal 1956 magazine story predicted the soldier of the future — here's...
An Army Magazine article from 1956 that made the rounds on Twitter predicted what the soldier of the future would look like.In many ways, it was surprisingly accurate.The author, Lt. Col. Robert R....
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Trump reportedly wants to build an Arab army so he can pull US troops out of...
The Trump administration is reportedly lobbying for an Arab army to replace US troops in Syria.Officials are said to have spoken to Egypt, Qatar, the UAE and Saudi Arabia about it.President Trump has...
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Striking images of the US military training at night reveal the surreal...
Fighting in the dark has always been a difficult task in warfare, but soldiers, sailors, and airmen today can conduct their operations at night almost as well as they can during the day thanks to the...
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I took portraits of combat-tested soldiers at Fort Bliss — and they told me...
FORT BLISS, Texas — I wanted to ask the soldiers about their stories.I wanted to ask them why they joined the service, if and where they had been deployed, what their experiences were like overseas,...
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This crazy photo shows a snake slithering over a hidden Army sniper's rifle...
The Alabama National Guard recently posted a picture of a snake slithering over a sniper's rifle as he remains perfectly still. The Alabama National Guard is even using the photo, which has gone viral,...
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Why Green Berets are the smartest, most lethal fighters in the world
They're one of the most elite fighting groups in the world. They silently slip into hostile countries to train and lead guerilla forces. The US Army's Special Forces are known to the public as Green...
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America's oldest living WWII veteran just turned 112 — and he smokes 12...
America's oldest World War II veteran, and the oldest man in America, turned 112 years old on Friday.Richard Overton is an Army veteran who served in the South Pacific, including Guam and Iwo Jima....
View ArticleThis is how humans could live in a world without war, according to a conflict...
Business Insider spoke to Mike Martin, a former British Army Officer and conflict expert.Martin's new book Why We Fight is about the evolutionary psychology of warfare. He told us about the two reasons...
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The Air Force is officially switching to the Army's camouflage pattern uniform
The US Air Force is adopting the Army's Operational Camouflage Pattern as its new combat uniform.It will begin incrementally phasing it in beginning October 1, and expects all airmen will wear it by...
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The Army is inspecting its entire Apache helicopter fleet for a critical defect
The Army has ordered aviation techs to widen their search for a broken part that can send Apache helicopter rotors catastrophically ripping loose mid-flight.The Pentagon stopped accepting deliveries of...
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