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Fort Knox cadets taste Army life: walkouts, expired MREs, bad water

Tales of shoddy provisions and contracting woes have flooded social media platforms in recent weeks. Army Times separated fact from fiction.

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Oath Keeper Army vet Rhodes’ jail term too short, says Justice Dept

While Rhodes received a long sentence for seditious conspiracy and other convictions, the 18-year term was below federal guidelines' recommendations.

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Military Culture

Gore meets Hallmark: ‘The Channel’ is a disastrous Marine heist movie

“The Channel” premieres on limited release July 14, 2023.

Biden nominates Mingus as next US Army vice chief of staff

The Army's next vice chief comes from Pentagon's Joint Staff.

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Army vet accused of stealing and crashing Humvee at Fort Stewart

A Humvee crashed on Monday into the front of the 3rd Infantry Division’s headquarters at Fort Stewart, Georgia.

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NATO deepens Ukraine ties but doesn’t set clear path for membership

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the results of the summit are good but an invitation for membership would be ideal.

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Republican effort to cut DoD watchdog alarms anti-extremism advocates

A Republican congressman wants to eliminate a federal watchdog that investigates how the Pentagon handles diversity, equity and extremism.

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Gen. Randy George, once admonished, is now Army chief in waiting

George is set to appear Wednesday at a confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee.

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Marine vet who avoided spotlight found purpose before death in Ukraine

“I’ll come home when it’s over," Ian Frank Tortorici would tell his father.

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Draft defense bills disagree on Army Combat Fitness Test’s future

It's impossible to predict which proposed reform — if any — will prevail.

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Is Barbie a Chinese communist sympathizer? GOP lawmakers weigh in

A movie on plastic dolls, not nuclear weapons, has caused political uproar among some conservatives.

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1864 letter recounts Confederate soldier’s masturbation addiction

To this day, desperate cries of “It’s Johnny Reb, not Johnny Rub!” echo throughout the South.

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Sweden’s rocky road from neutrality toward NATO membership

New entries must be approved by all NATO members. Sweden was missing a yes from Turkey and Hungary. One down, one to go.

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As Russia’s war on Ukraine drags on, what is NATO doing to help?

NATO doesn’t send weapons. It sends non-lethal support: fuel, food, medical supplies, body armor, gear to counter mines, chemical and biological threats.

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Zelenskyy says NATO’s ‘absurd’ plans for Ukraine fall short

The broadside from Zelenskyy could renew tensions at the summit shortly after a burst of goodwill after Turkey agreed to advance Sweden’s bid to join NATO.

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82nd Airborne chorus to compete in America’s Got Talent, honor soldier

The soldiers will also honor a fellow chorus member, Spc. Elijah Crawford, who died a week before the ensemble auditioned for the show.

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Ridley Scott’s ‘Napoleon’ epic looks poised to conquer

"Napoleon" is coming to theaters in November.

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Former Army financial adviser accused of defrauding Gold Star families

Officials charged former Army financial counselor Caz Craffy of swindling grieving military families out of survivor and insurance payments.

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In this image from video released by the U.S. Air Force, Russian military SU-34 and SU-35 aircraft release flares in the flight path of a U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone, lower left, on Thursday, July 6, 2023, over Syria.

Russian fighter jets harass American drones over Syria — again

Russian fighter jets have “harassed” American drones over Syria for the third day in a row this week, the U.S. military said.

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