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US Navy recovers helicopter, jet that crashed in South China Sea
The service on Friday salvaged an F/A-18F Super Hornet and MH-60R Seahawk helicopter that crashed in the South China Sea on Oct. 26.
By Riley Ceder
Does your combat experience even matter against Chinese and Russian troops?
To boost American morale in the face of a rising China and resurgent Russia, some pundits point to the U.S. military’s surplus of combat experience and large-scale logistical expertise in massing forces.
By Kyle Rempfer
Lawsuit filed over Bible display at New Hampshire VA hospital; uproar ensues
A dispute over a Bible display at the Manchester Veterans Affairs hospital in New Hampshire is erupting into a full-fledged war, to include close-air support and vows from both sides to trample the enemy underfoot.
By Kent Miller
B-52 bombers are off to rebuff Iran after threats to US troops; DoD won’t say what those were
The mission comes as Iran is expected to announce plans to withdraw from parts of the 2015 nuclear deal this week, one year after the U.S. abandoned the agreement.
By Kyle Rempfer
Is DoD running up a tab? Coast Guard told to counter China, but cash flow checks ambition
The U.S. Coast Guard is in a pinch. Pentagon leaders need them to exercise a unique mission in the Pacific Ocean, but those same officials can’t foot the growing bill, according to Coast Guard commanders.
By Kyle Rempfer
NORTHCOM: Arctic now America’s ‘first line of defense’
New business opportunities in the Arctic also invite new strategic competition, U.S. defense officials say.
By Kyle Rempfer
Climate change threatens to block Marines’ access to the sea
Two of the Corps' large amphibious training bases are threatened by rising waters and future storm damage.
By Shawn Snow
Meet the Fort Meade trans women fighting the military’s ban
Anyone with a diagnosis of gender dysphoria or a contract to join and diagnosis prior to April 12 was grandfathered into the military.
By Selene San Felice, (Annapolis, Md.) Capital Gazette
Incoming commandant open to another gender-integrated boot camp class in 2020
The first partially gender-integrated Marine recruit training company graduated March 29, but Corps officials have been skeptical about whether it would ever happen again.
By Shawn Snow
Marine Corps plan to relocate from Okinawa to Guam needs a review, commandant says
The redistribution of Marines from Okinawa across the Pacific will ultimately include 5,000 Marines in Guam.
By Todd South
These vets got their kicks by starting their own shoe-related businesses
Natasha Norie Standard and Eddy Mejia are Army veterans who both took very different paths to launch their own shoe-related businesses.
By Joshua Axelrod