Military/Defense News

Your next ­commandant: Can he push the Marine Corps past the era of counterinsurgency?

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Less door kicking, more partner building for special operations in ‘great power competition’

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F-35C Readiness Rises, Navy Fighter Shortfall Fades

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Air Force to Test-Fire Fighter Jet-Configured Laser Weapons Pod from the Ground

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China Tests Laser Weapon Similar to U.S. Navy Prototype

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Maritime race at crossroads of 21st century

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Dutch F-16 Hit By Own Bullet During Mission At The Firing Range.

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Aging Aircraft: USAF F-15 Fleet Sees Renewed Interest

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Capt. West: Living her aviation dream

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The Army Is Getting a Powerful New Hellfire Missile Upgrade

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US Army terminal missile defense system is headed to Eastern Europe

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April 12 :This Day in U.S. Military History

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April 11: This Day in U.S. Military History

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Mothball the Truman

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China’s Next Naval Target Is the Internet’s Underwater Cables

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Coast Guard Budget Proposal 'Dead on Arrival' in Congress, Lawmaker Says

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Army Acquires Virtual Trainer for Stryker Crews

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Schultz: Coast Guard Readiness at a ‘Tipping Point’

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U.S. Sends Warship Carrying Fighter Jets to Disputed Sea in Signal to China

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Umbrellas, silver earrings and new ponytail options ― the Corps is pondering these uniform changes

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With the US Navy’s top shipbuilding priority on deck, red flags fly

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Chinese threats necessitate new space structures, Shanahan warns

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European powers express growing concern about Iranian missiles

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Pentagon awards nearly $1 billion in contracts to build barriers in places the U.S.-Mexico border wa

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Israel Air Force in Greece as part of Iniohos 2019

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Japanese F-35 recovered before China and Russia got to it; search for pilot continues

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Top Marine softens readiness warning for troops deployed to US-Mexico border

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6th Marine Regiment battles the cold

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Reconsidering Division Cavalry Squadrons

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Navy SEAL family says Navy subverting Trump’s order on Eddie Gallagher

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Russia Claims It Will Build a Very Special Type of Aircraft Carrier

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US Progressives Threaten to Tank Massive $733B Pentagon Spending Bill

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Air Force F-16 Gets F-35 Sensors, Weapons & Radar

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Is military aviation getting any safer? New mishap data shows mixed results.

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U.S. Military Wary of China’s Foothold in Venezuela

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April 10 : This Day in U.S. Military History

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Japanese F-35 Lightning II Stealth Aircraft Reported Missing Over The Pacific Ocean

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This Video of Parents in the Armed Forces Surprising Their Little Children Will Leave You in Tears

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Is the US Army biting off more than it can chew? We ask its future vertical lift modernization boss

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U.S. Navy’s new “flying water vehicle” completely revealed in video leak

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BREAKING. Iran Designates US Military as Terrorists After IRGC Is Declared a Terrorist Organization

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Iran threatens U.S. troops in Mideast if IRGC designated as terror group

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America’s Next 5 Moves in the Indo-Pacific Region

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Can the U.S. Marine Corps Use F-35s to Wage Electronic Warfare?

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The 'Unflappable' Warrior-Scholar: Meet Your Next Marine Corps Commandant

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How the Army plans to use Microsoft’s high-tech HoloLens goggles on the battlefield

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The A-12 Avenger: The Navy's Plan to Launch Stealth Bombers from Aircraft Carriers

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Navy Fighter Readiness Nearing 80 Percent Mission Capable Target

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Airstrikes Against ISIS Dwindle as Caliphate Crumbles

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Missing in America Project buries 42 ‘unclaimed’ veterans in Texas and Florida

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VIDEO: Military shows no mercy on ISIS

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April 9 : This Day in U.S. Military History

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Russia's Only Aircraft Carrier Might Be Headed for the Scrapper

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FVL: Army, Marines, SOCOM Release Ambitious Specs For Future Aircraft

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Pentagon’s Focus On China and Russia Expected to Alter US Arms Sales

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Video: Meet the Army's new super gun

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Army looks to put ground-penetrating radar on drones

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Google's Work with China Eroding US Military Advantage, Dunford Says

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Marine Corps Searching for New Battlefield Communication System

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The F-35 "Killed All the Targets": Why the Marines Think This Fighter Is a "Velociraptor"

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US withdraws troops from Libya amid rival militias fighting near capital

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Head of California Air National Guard removed amid allegations of cover-up and retaliation

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Marine Corps Sees Cargo UAVs as the Future of Logistics in Distributed Operations

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This Is What The Boom Operator's Station On The New KC-46 Tanker Actually Looks Like

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Suspect in shooting of female U.S. sailor killed at Virginia base

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Hypersonic Weapons Are Coming. The Pentagon Needs To Spend More On Defending Against Them.

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Funeral set for soldier who died in North Korea in 1951

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Marine Corps Is Finally Fielding a New 40mm Grenade Launcher

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The military leads all other professions in the number of days spent drinking per year, study claims

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Army New Pocket-Sized Drones That Can Fly For 90 Minutes

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Marines Say CH-53K Deficiencies Are All ‘Fixable’

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Is the Air Force "Accelerating" B-21? - to Bring NextGen Stealth to War Faster

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Dropping sniper nests in four story buildings: A-10 Warthogs earn gallantry award in Syria

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Ill-fitting gear could put female pilots’ lives at risk — but a redesign is on the way

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McSally to Service Academies: Stop Putting 19-Year-Olds in Charge of 18-Year-Olds

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The Proliferation of Tunnel Warfare

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The Advent of the “Digital Mercenaries”

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April 7 : This Day in U.S. Military History

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Army Ammo Plant Readies for New 6.8 mm Round

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Twelve for Twelve: Congress Needs to Fund Another National Security Cutter

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The US Navy, seeking savings, shakes up its plans for more lethal attack submarines

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Russian Study Says Russia’s Navy is Falling Behind America's Navy

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Meet the Future Unmanned Force

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'The Night Is Ours:' Inside the Elite World of Coast Guard Ship-Boarding Teams

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The National Defense Strategy Is No Strategy

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US targets AQAP 8 times in past 3 months

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U.S. Special Operators Want New Armored Vehicles To Replace Their Obscure Austrian Ones

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4 New Weapons for Urban Combat: Part 2 of 2

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SEALs lawyered up during war crimes case, then prosecutors went after their lawyer

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Doomsday Jet: This Boring Looking Plane Has the Power to Kill Millions

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April 6 : This Day in U.S. Military History

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Here’s how F-35 technology would be compromised if Turkey also had the S-400 anti-aircraft system

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Declassified: Iran Responsible for the Deaths of 608 American Troops During Iraq War

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Reshaping the Fleet in the Pacific: F-35Bs, Distributed Lethality and Unmanned Systems, and Allied

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The ISIS Caliphate Is Destroyed, but Washington Won’t Accept Victory

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For Russia, war with the US never ended — and likely never will

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These US Troops Are Slowly Being Poisoned by Lead in Their Bones

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April 5 : This Day in U.S. Military History

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US General Troubled by Russian Mercenaries in Africa

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Commando Mission-Creep: Time for Change in U.S. Special Operations Command?

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