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In a first, Trump will travel aboard Qatari-donated Air Force OneTrump will travel to North Dakota on Wednesday for the aircraft's inaugural presidential use over a week after its commissioning flights began.

Inside the Marine Corps’ Call of Duty training experimentMarine Corps University began using the popular video game to improve cognitive performance and decision making under pressure.

Bipartisan bill would let service members sue US military for sexual assaultThe bill is modeled after similar legislation that allows service members to file civil claims for medical malpractice at U.S. military hospitals.

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DC resident who played Darth Vader’s ‘Imperial March’ at troops receives settlementSam O'Hara's Star Wars-inspired protest set off a monthslong lawsuit between O’Hara, the distrist, several D.C. police officers and an National Guardsman.

20-year trove of shipboard assault cases now public after data requestLaunched earlier this month, the archive, which covers all relevant cases between 2000 and 2022, shows a broad range of alleged misconduct.

US strikes Iranian missile, drone, radar sitesThe U.S. struck Iranian missile, drone and radar sites on Friday, U.S. Central Command said.

Feds pay out $17M to families sickened by Navy’s fuel-contaminated water in HawaiiEach of the 629 people received about $27,000. Affected service members have received nothing.

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Your MilitaryFormer leader who served during transformative time for Coast Guard dies at 65Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard Frank Welch spearheaded a number of reforms for senior enlisted personnel.

The US Army goes into the breach — without soldiersThe phrase “into the breach,” invokes one of the Army’s most deadly missions. Now, instead of sending soldiers, the Army is experimenting with drones.

SOCOM is seeking a long-range kamikaze droneArmed with loitering munitions, SOCOM MC-130J gunships and other aircraft would be able to hunt targets deep inside enemy lines.

Select Navy reserve aviators eligible for up to $40,000 in annual bonusesThe service is offering annual financial incentives in an effort to retain its aviation leaders.

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Anthony Tata assumes oversight of Defense POW/MIA Accounting AgencyFamilies of missing service members from the Vietnam war are pushing for answers on budget cuts that have canceled MIA searches in Vietnam and Laos.

Sailor reportedly finds dead rat in finished energy drinkThe sailor said medical personnel informed him, “with the chemicals that are in Monster, that it should be OK.”

That time the Air Force proposed making a ‘gay bomb’The Air Force once explored the idea of a chemical weapon that would make enemy soldiers sexually irresistible to one another — striking a blow to morale.

Master Chief actor condemns use of character in White House’s Iran war hype video“I demand that the producers of this disgusting and juvenile war porn remove my voice immediately,” Steve Downes wrote in a post on X.

‘War Machine’ review: Finally, a training scenario with aliensThe sci-fi flick raises the premise: What if the final phase of U.S. Army Ranger selection suddenly involved fighting a giant alien robot?

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