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December 20, 2019

Space Force will start small but let Trump claim a big win

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is celebrating the launch of Space Force, the first new military service in more than 70 years.

December 15, 2019

The Battle of the Bulge: German deception and advanced weapons couldn't turn the tide of the war

The last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front has become known as the "Battle of the Bulge" for the thrust into the Allied lines. For the Americans, this was to be the largest and bloodiest single engagement of the Second World War, and also the third deadliest campaign in American history. It began 75 years ago on Dec. 16, 1944, and while it caught the Allied forces off guard, in the end, the German Army failed to meet its objectives and the battle essentially exhausted the Germans of their resources.        

December 12, 2019

Army ex-employee charged with bribery in scheme to steer contracts to Kuwait base

A former U.S. Army employee was charged Thursday in a bribery scheme to steer contracts to a U.S. Army base in Kuwait, the Department of Justice announced.

December 3, 2019

How new Army-developed AI technology can save infantry in a firefight

Envision a scenario wherein dismounted infantry soldiers are taking heavy enemy fire while clearing buildings amid intense urban combat -- when an overhead drone detects small groups of enemy fighters hidden nearby, between walls, preparing to ambush. As the armed soldiers clear rooms and transition from house to house in a firefight, how quickly would they need to know that groups of enemies awaited them around the next corner? 

November 25, 2019

Military working dogs get innovative hearing protection

The key role played by U.S. military working dogs has been thrust into the spotlight following the audacious raid that killed Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

November 25, 2019

NATO, US Army to conduct air assault 'forcible entry' exercise in Lithuania

NATO and U.S. Army Europe forces will conduct “forcible entry” combat exercises in Lithuania, Georgia and Poland to prepare rapid response attack units for the possibility of war on the European continent.

November 21, 2019

Pentagon identifies 2 soldiers killed in chopper crash in Afghanistan

The Pentagon has identified two soldiers who died in a helicopter crash Wednesday while supporting American forces in Afghanistan. 

November 19, 2019

Pardoned Green Beret Matt Golsteyn seeks military awards, decorations

Former Green Beret Maj. Matt Golsteyn intends to fight to get back his military awards and decorations that were stripped from him in 2015, his attorney said.

November 16, 2019

Don Brown: Trump’s pardon of Army Lt. Clint Lorance on wrongful war crime conviction serves justice

Army Lt. Clint Lorance, who has spent the past six years in the military prison at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas, is a free man today. He was released late Friday after getting life-changing phone call from President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence and receiving a full pardon for his wrongful second-second degree murder conviction.

November 15, 2019

Soldier-controlled autonomous robots call for fire in test, attack targets

Armed Army robot vehicles conducted reconnaissance, called for indirect fire and then, when directed by human decision-makers, attacked and destroyed enemy targets in a recent experiment designed to assess the technical maturity and readiness of autonomous ground drones.