Watch the moment a US soldier is reunited with a dog she fell in love with in...
Sgt. Tracy McKithern found a small stray dog wandering around her army base and began caring for her.A crowdfunding campaign through Puppy Rescue Mission raised enough money to bring the dog, named...
View ArticleThe cause of all war boils down to sex and social status, according to a...
Business Insider spoke with 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...
View ArticleI 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,...
View ArticleThe Army and Marine Corps are checking their M4s and M16s for a dangerous glitch
Both the Army and Marine Corps are checking their M4 carbines and M16 rifles for a malfunction with the selector switch that causes the weapons to fire without soldiers or Marines pulling the...
View ArticleMarine Corps rifles are passing safety checks after a potentially deadly...
Marine Corps M16 rifles and M4 carbines are passing a new safety check designed to catch a potentially dangerous glitch in the selector switch that has surfaced in Army weapons.The Army's weapons to...
View ArticleThe Army's newest non-lethal weapon basically lets soldiers shoot enemies in...
The Army has a new non-lethal weapon to help soldiers in Afghanistan "irritate and deter" potential adversaries, Army Times reports. The weapon fires paintball-like projectiles filled with a hot pepper...
View ArticleThis soldier was finally able to adopt the dog he served with in Afghanistan...
A bomb-sniffing military dog named Mally was finally reunited with her former handler in Afghanistan after seven years apart.After US Marine Nick Montez was honorably discharged in 2013, he stayed in...
View ArticleThese are the worst weapons an army could buy
People like to talk about the best tanks, rifles, and tactical gear. It's a great discussion — there are many sophisticated pieces of tech in the military world, each with various strengths and...
View ArticleThe Army has been quietly pounding ISIS in Syria from a new fire base
A U.S. Army artillery unit is pounding Islamic State fighters inside Syria from a remote desert camp just inside Iraq.About 150 Marines and soldiers appear to be stationed at the base, in addition to...
View ArticleINSIDE WEST POINT: What it’s really like for new Army cadets on their first day
We got an inside look at what it's like on the first day for new cadets at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Over 1,200 cadet candidates arrived on campus on a sweltering July morning...
View Article'Dunkirk spirit': UK banks are preparing billions in emergency lending to...
Big banks are ready to lend money to UK businesses in order to prop up the economy in the event of a no-deal Brexit.The bank lobbying body, UK Finance, said it was ready to help coordinate lending as...
View ArticleThese Bell V-280 videos provide interesting details about the Army's...
On Jul. 31, the first prototype of the V-280 Valor, registration N280BH, performed a flight demo for invited media and dignitariest at Bell Helicopter Amarillo Assembly Center.The V-280 Valor is Bell’s...
View ArticleHere's what you would need to do in order to pass the new US Army Fitness test
The US Army combat fitness test has been leaked online. The US Army requires all soldiers to take a 50-minute test that involves strength deadlift; a medicine ball power throw; pushups; a "sprint,...
View ArticleThe Army is sending 200 soldiers to combat the wildfires raging across the...
The US Army is preparing to send hundreds of active-duty soldiers to combat raging wildfires in the Western US.The soldiers will come from the 7th Infantry Division's 14th Brigade Engineer Battalion,...
View ArticleWatch the Army test its new 105mm 'Hawkeye' Humvee-mounted howitzer
The US Army is testing a new 105mm 'Hawkeye" Humvee-mounted howitzer designed to lighten a tried-and-true artillery solution enough to allow such a large cannon on a small platform. It can fire up to...
View Article7 things you didn't know about one of the toughest Pacific battles of WWII
The Guadalcanal campaign of the Second World War was one of the more savage battles in the Pacific theaterBetween August 7, 1942 and February 9, 1943, tens of thousands of US Marines and soldiers gave...
View Article'Peace behind me, war in front of me': China's new Army propaganda video is...
China's People's Liberation Army released a chilling video last week called "I am a Chinese Soldier."The video emotionally underscores the sacrifices made by service members of the PLA while showing...
View ArticleThe Army's XM25 'Punisher' airburst weapon is officially dead
After years of delays and cost increases, the Army has officially pulled the plug on the XM25 Counter-Defilade Target Engagement System.The 25mm shoulder-fired airburst weapon was lovingly nicknamed...
View ArticleUS Air Force fighters and Army helicopter gunships killed more than 220...
US Air Force and Army helicopters engaged and killed more than 220 Taliban fighters in Ghazni, Afghanistan over the past few days.The militants launched a massive offensive on the city, which is...
View ArticleThousands of children on US Army bases may have been poisoned by lead — and...
The US military began privatizing housing more than a decade ago because it was supposed to protect service members’ families. Instead, some of their children are being poisoned by lead, and...
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