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Following the downfall of dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, Libya plummeted into a state of turmoil. Southern Libya, specifically, has come to be known as a particularly violent region full of bandits, radical militants, and terrorist groups, many of which emerged in the power vacuum. These various groups have fought among themselves in an ongoing attempt […]

How does a man who is not a Navy SEAL manage to tag along with a SEAL team for a week of submarine operations? Mostly dumb luck, is my sterling response. I was a combat diver assigned to a Green Beret A-Team when my boss caught me in his crosshairs with an invitation from West […]

Editor’s Note: This article by Patricia Kime originally appeared on Military.com, a leading source of news for the military and veteran community. The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the Defense Department’s authority to prosecute retired service members for crimes they commit, even after retirement. The court on Tuesday chose not to hear the case of […]

Soldiers and their spouses told Fort Hood brass and housing officials Thursday night about horrific conditions inside on-post housing, ranging from blooms of mold and lead paint to infestations of snakes and cockroaches and dangerously faulty window screens. The town hall-style meeting on Fort Hood comes as Army leaders blasted “unacceptable and deficient housing conditions” […]

Space Force, the proposed new branch of the U.S. military, may be establishing its new headquarters in Florida. At least that’s the idea of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Earlier this week, DeSantis said it would make “strategic sense” to base the new force at Cape Canaveral and Kennedy Space Center. Located on Florida’s east coast […]

When President Trump spoke of Islamic State last week, he described the group as all but defeated, even in the digital realm. “For a period of time, they used the internet better than we did. They used the internet brilliantly, but now it’s not so brilliant,” the president said. “And now the people on the […]

India recently announced that they’re on the market for 110 new fighter jets, and they’re willing to fork over more than $15 billion to get them. Naturally this has prompted a great deal of interest from aircraft manufacturers throughout the world. One such manufacturer, America’s Lockheed Martin, has approached the table with a “brand new” […]

Thousands of protesters gather at Avenida Francisco de Miranda during a demonstration organized by Juan Guaidó, president of the Venezuelan National Assembly, on February 12, 2019 in Caracas, Venezuela. Venezuelans are demanding the military forces let humanitarian aid into the country. (Photo by Edilzon Gamez/Getty Images)   Watch President Trump discuss the situation in Venezuela […]

Editor’s Note: This article by Matthew Cox originally appeared onMilitary.com, a leading source of news for the military and veteran community. The U.S. Army has announced it will upgrade a former 3rd Infantry Division soldier’s Silver Star to a Distinguished Service Cross for his bravery during the unit’s “Thunder Run” attack on Baghdad, Iraq, in […]