A CH-47F Chinook ferries base-camp supplies Apr. 26 to the Kahiltna Glacier for climbers on Mount McKinley this summer.
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Why the Rebels Aren’t Winning
The short message screeched over a walkie-talkie, prompting the half a dozen rebels in the room who had been lounging on flat mattresses and drinking tea to jump to their feet, grab their guns and run out of the door.
It was …
Overheard on the Flight Deck of the USS George H.W. Bush
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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“People are always surprised that the reason I don’t like lobster is that I got tired of it on deployment in Kosovo.”
— Former Army medic Corrie Blackshear, in Parade magazine's Sunday cover story, here, on military cooks.
Biowelfare?
Ex-Navy secretary Richard Danzig, also an expert on bio weapons and adviser to Senator Barack Obama when the Illinois Democrat was running for President, has urged the U.S. government to spend millions stockpiling a drug to …
“Who would want to steal a Purple Heart?”
— Joseph M. Ford Sr., of New Bedford, Mass., lamenting, here, the theft of the decoration commemorating the death of his son, Marine Lance Cpl. Michael L. Ford, in a 2006 IED blast in Iraq.
Tracking CINCellulite
The Pentagon has been complaining for years that the impending budget cuts – slated to return it to 2007 levels of spending – will cripple national security.
Kind of hard to believe there aren’t smart reductions yet to …
Pictures of the Week: May 10 – May 17
From tornadoes in Texas and the demolition of Hurricane Sandy’s iconic rollercoaster to President Obama’s rain check and a dancing lion, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.
How to End Sexual Abuse in the Military
Reassuring comments from President Obama and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel aside, the Department of Defense’s approach to preventing sexual assault is doomed.
It’s nice that President Obama “has your back” if you’re …
Why the U.S., Russia, and Iran Can All Agree To Wrestle
Logan Stieber, a 22-year-old from Monroeville, Ohio, mauled Russian Opan Sat and drove his head into a padded mat on the floor of New York’s Grand Central Terminal.
Why Warming Oceans Could Mean Dwindling Fish
It’s easy to forget that global warming doesn’t just refer to the rising temperature of the air. Climate change is having an enormous, if less understood, impact on the oceans
Swapping Silk for Khaki: America’s First Female Soldiers
Amid the bumper crop of tales of sexual assault in the ranks of the U.S. military, it’s refreshing to go back in time — 71 years ago this month, to be precise — when Army created the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps amid World …
The Shadow of Your Wile
Army Specialist Tyler Brewer inspects an RQ-7B Shadow drone pre-flight at Forward Operating Base Fenty, May 2.