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Watch a West Point cadet recite the Soldier’s Creed from inside a tear-gas...
Basic Training can be incredibly challenging for new recruits, and nothing tests a future soldier’s resolve like the tear gas chamber.The US Army recently released a video of one cadet’s valiant...
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This Mexican cartel 'super-tunnel' proves how far drug traffickers will go to...
The July 11 escape of Sinaloa cartel kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera depended on a magnificent feat of engineering.Guzman used a mile-long escape tunnel to flee from his prison cell to an...
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Senator: The US is committing a 'strategic blunder' by removing troops from...
The US is committing a "strategic blunder" by removing nearly 3,000 Army personnel from the Arctic as Russia continues its push to militarize the region, Senator Dan Sullivan (R—Alaska) told...
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Here's the incredible way some warships are launched into water for the first...
Until the middle of the 19th century, ships were almost always launched into stern-first, the way they had been for thousands of years. But as technology improved, ships grew in size and the space...
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The battle over eastern Ukraine is coming to a head
Just one sentence, inserted into a complex piece of legislation, caused some to wonder whether Kiev has been sold out by its Western allies.One sentence that was too much for many Ukrainians. One...
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A US airstrike has killed a key al Qaeda operative in Syria
A longtime al Qaeda operative and key figure in the so-called Khorasan Group, Muhsin al-Fadhli, was killed in a U.S. air strike while traveling in a vehicle in northwestern Syria two weeks ago, the...
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Al Qaeda's former top operative in Iran was just killed in a US strike
The Defense Department announced today that Muhsin al Fadhli, a longtime al Qaeda operative from Kuwait, was killed on July 8 “in a kinetic strike” while “traveling in a vehicle near Sarmada, Syria.”Al...
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Here's how the US military's uniforms have changed over the past 250 years
The Army has made substantial changes to its uniforms over the years, with more on tap for this year.In 1775, soldiers put together makeshift hunting shirts to distinguish themselves from the British...
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This will be 'El Chapo's' biggest challenge now that he's escaped from prison
The July 11 escape of cartel kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera from a maximum-security prison could heighten Mexico's drug violence, especially if one of the world's most notorious criminals...
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How it feels to get attacked by a military working dog
It is one thing to admire a 125 pound Belgian Malinois Military Working Dog from a distance. It is quite another to let it attack you for an Air Force training exercise.Freelance writer Justin W....
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The world's nuclear energy regulator reached 2 'secret side-deals' with Iran
The Iran nuclear agreement includes two secret side deals covering a key Iranian military site and other past arms activities, according to two lawmakers who are demanding that Congress be granted...
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17 wild facts about the Vietnam War
The American experience in Vietnam was a long and painful one for the nation.For those against the war, it appeared to be a meat grinder for draftees, unfairly targeting the poor, the uneducated, and...
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Russia may have to scrap its plans to build a fifth-generation stealth bomber
Russia's new fifth-generation bomber project has been put on the back burner and the plane won't enter production for nearly a decade, Zachary Keck reports for the National Interest citing Russian...
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These are 4 of the weirdest military failures in recent memory
1. That one time the Australian Army fought a bunch of emus … and lostAustralia’s known for being a pretty badass country — a worthy reputation when your nation is populated by a bunch of outlaws on...
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Turkey and ISIS just engaged in a cross-border firefight
Turkish forces returned fire on Islamic State militants in Syria with tank shells on Thursday after a Turkish soldier was killed and two others were wounded in a cross-border firefight, the military...
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Watch the F-35 test its onboard cannon for the first time
The F-35 successfully tested its onboard cannon for the first time.On June 9, an F-35A shot its first salvos from its onboard four-barrel GAU-22/A Gatling gun. The gun fires 25-millimeter rounds that...
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Here's what the soldier of the future may look like
IntelligenceAugmented reality combat goggles—such as those being developed by Israeli Defense Forces and for the U.S. Special Operations Command’s Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit (TALOS)—will...
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Iran has anchored its mock-up of a US aircraft carrier at a military base in...
Prior to signing the historic nuclear deal between the EU3+3 and Iran earlier this month, Iran’s propaganda piece, a mock-up of a US Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, was moved outside the harbor of...
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15 awesome photos of what mountain warfare looks like
Fighting at sea level is tough, but it doesn’t get any easier thousands of feet up a mountain.The military prepares for fights at altitude by training extensively in challenging weather and...
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A notorious Mexican drug cartel forced a US Border Patrol helicopter to make...
A shooting incident last month that forced a US border patrol helicopter to make an emergency landing near Laredo, Texas, was the work of Mexican drug traffickers, and analysts say the attack...
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