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Every once in awhile you come across a Pentagon contract announcement, like this one Thursday, that reminds you that while the wars may be all but over, we’ll be paying for them for a long time:

Medical Center Orthotics and …

Anyone can make a mistake. But this could be a big one – and, if it happened, it may not have been a mistake.

Retired Marine general James “Hoss” Cartwright is under investigation for leaking word to the New York Times …

That’s the key point in the top commando’s message to his troops when it comes to adding women to the ranks of the nation’s SEALs, Rangers, Delta Force soldiers and other special operators.

Admiral William McRaven told …

The welter of special rules and exemptions making one’s company eligible for government contracts has always been ripe for abuse.

Fascinating to watch Rep. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill. – a one-time UH-60 Black Hawk pilot who …

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the All-Volunteer Force. As someone who was a U.S. Navy minority-officer recruiter in El Paso, Texas (1985-88) and Los Angeles (1988-91), as well as a contracted civilian U.S. Army enlisted …

Army Captain Gates Brown saw it all during his 2006-2007 deployment to Iraq, most spent just north of Baghdad. He spoke of the good (trying to make a better life for young Iraqis), the bad (the apartness from Iraqis inherent in

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MOORE, Okla. — William Gauntner quickly walks around a home hit by one of the tornados that recently devastated central Oklahoma. A Navy-vet-turned-firefighter with training in structural assessment, Gauntner records the …

TOKYO – It’s unlikely that Japan’s land, sea and air forces will sweep all before them anytime soon – and perhaps that’s best. But if they are required to defend or re-take any of Japan’s thousands of remote islands …

Official Air Force caption accompanying official Air Force photograph:

“6/24/2013 — An Airman uses a forklift to move a pallet during training June 21, 2013, on RAF Mildenhall, England. To comply with a U.S. Air Forces in …