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Operation Market Garden at 75: The Guns of the Paratroopers

by Chris Eger

This week marks the 75th anniversary of Operation Market Garden, the largest combat airborne drop in history. These are the guns the paratroopers carried.

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Mattis deploys interim guidance on Trump’s transgender troop ban

by Brian Seay

Troops diagnosed with gender dysphoria are still eligible for reassignment surgery under the Pentagon's temporary answer to the president's transgender ban.

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Two new lawsuits filed challenging President Trump’s transgender military ban

by Brian Seay

The lawsuits come just days after the president issued a memo providing guidance to the Pentagon on how to implement the ban on transgender troops.

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U.S. startup builds gun-carrying drone that could reduce number of combat soldiers (VIDEO)

by Andrew Shepperson

A U.S. startup company has built a gun-carrying drone it says could reduce the number of combat troops required out on the field of battle.

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Active duty transgender troops sue President Trump over military ban

by Brian Seay

Two LGBTQ organizations filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender people in the U.S. military.

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Ohio ISIS supporter gets 20 years for soliciting murder of armed forces members

by Andrew Shepperson

An Ohio man and self-proclaimed supporter of ISIS was sentenced to 20 years in prison Wednesday for soliciting the murder of U.S. armed forces members.

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Vets, LGBT advocates slam Trump’s ban on transgender troops

by Brian Seay

Some criticized Trump's reasoning of “tremendous medical costs" by citing how little is spent while others focused on his "disruption" comment by pointing to their service.

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Spicer: U.S. dropped ‘large, powerful’ bomb on ISIS tunnels in Afghanistan (VIDEO)

by Andrew Shepperson

Press Secretary Sean Spicer confirmed Thursday that the U.S. had dropped a "large, powerful, accurately delivered" bomb on ISIS tunnels and caves in Afghanistan.

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Democrats file bill to restrict U.S. use, exports of cluster bombs

by Brian Seay

A trio of Democratic lawmakers are introducing a bill that would restrict how the U.S. uses and exports cluster munitions.

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North Korea fires ballistic missiles toward Sea of Japan

by Andrew Shepperson

The South Korean military indicated the missiles were fired from the Tongchang-ri region, near the northern border with China along North Korea's west coast.

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Pentagon develops plan to save humanity from zombie apocalypse

by Brent McCluskey

There’s nothing worse than a zombie apocalypse. Just ask Rick Grimes, or Max Brooks, or Brad Pitt. But should hoards of undead ever roam the streets in search of human flesh, the U.S. military has a detailed plan on how to stay alive. The Defense Department worked up a Max Brooks zombie survival guide called […]

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Metal band invoices U.S. military after discovering their music was used to torture prisoners (VIDEO)

by Brent McCluskey

Metal band Skinny Puppy invoiced the U.S. government after discovering their music was used to torture prisoners held in Guantanamo Bay, the Independent reports. “We heard through a reliable grapevine that our music was being used in Guantanamo Bay prison camps to musically stun or torture people,” says founder cEvin Key. “We heard that our […]

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