Mark Thompson

That’s one of the reasons the Navy has announced the creation of the first-ever Bob Feller Act of Valor award.

Feller, of course, was one of Major League Baseball’s greatest pitchers, who famously declined to let playing …

So the response to Tuesday’s Washington Post story that computer hackers had stolen secrets associated with U.S. weapons was Pavlovian. Within hours, it was all over the internet that China had hacked into the designs of U.S. …

Why not?

Former Time colleague Jamie Malanowski had an intriguing piece in the New York Times over the holiday weekend wondering why the U.S. military has at least 10 major bases named in honor – there is no other way to put …

Battleland has always appreciated print advertising…after all, it has put food on its table for nearly four decades.

But there is just something a little off when the only full-page advertisements in the front section of the …

We noted back in March that the SEALs were seeking outside trainers to mold the dogs that accompany them on their secret missions into lean, mean biting machines, and whatever else might be required.

Naval Special Warfare …

Just because a military capability can be bought doesn’t necessarily mean it should be bought.

That thought surfaced while reading a bid-protest ruling concerning the Air Force’s purchase of Guardian Angel Air-Deployable …

That’s how bad the mental wreckage of war apparently got for former Marine Sergeant Edward S. Passetto.

On May 12, authorities said the Pittsfield, Mass. man’s body they found halfway down Monument Mountain in western …

Last week, the Army removed Sergeant First Class Michael McClendon from his assignment at the U.S. Military Academy for allegedly videoing female cadets at West Point, sometimes while showering.

The Army apparently only owned …

Always interesting when the Army starts poking around the nation’s nuclear stockpile – seeing as the service is no longer a big player in the atomic realm – to see if atomic weapons still make sense.

Ward Wilson isn’t …

The Army announced late Tuesday afternoon that it has suspended the commanding general of the post that trains half its troops and all its drill sergeants due to allegations of “adultery and a physical altercation.”

The …

The shocking and bizarre death of Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle – at the hands of a fellow combat vet – in Texas last February was one of the saddest tales to come out of the post-9/11 wars on the homefront. Battleland was able …

The folks at Georgia’s Fort Stewart Army post think they do a good job. Fact is, they think their work is good enough that it qualifies for a 2013 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. Those are those annual …

SOMEWHERE IN THE ATLANTIC, Friday, May 17:

F-18 #1: You know, they say these things can really fly.

F-18 #2: Yea…you see ’em launch one a couple days ago?

#1: You bet…it was awesome!

[X-47B passes overhead with a

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