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An Army hospital in Texas has caught the attention of lawmakers after they sent a man a bill for $1 million for treatment. Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC), at Fort Sam Houston, is the Department of Defense’s largest facility and its only Level 1 Trauma Center. While its mission is to serve military members, it…
A Marine Corps veteran just broke two world records while playing video games, landing him in the Guinness World Record book. According to the Guinness, he used his disabilities to his advantage. Justin O’Donnell suffers from insomnia which appears to have worked in his favor. He played World of Warcraft for 78 hours and 30…
After much scrutiny over Governor Tim Walz’s military record, since he was chosen to be Kamala Harris’ running mate on the Democratic ticket for the 2024 presidential race, the Harris’ presidential campaign has changed his official bio. On the campaign website, Walz was referred to as a “retired command sergeant major,” which is not true….
Note: This article has been updated to add media that was removed from the Department of Defense media distribution after this was originally published. It has been 6 years since a professor at West Point predicted artificial intelligence would be used in weaponry in the next 10 to 20 years, but it is already here…
An Army First Sergeant somehow managed to be demoted to a specialist after serving for 17 years. Specialist Miguel Garza, a food inspector assigned to the Public Health Command Europe, career began its decline on New Year’s Eve in 2021 and ended in under a year. After drinking alcohol with his family, he decided to…
A Kurdish source allegedly leaked movement information about the US-led international coalition against ISIS in Iraq. The source spoke to The New Arab (TNA), a London-based pan-Arab news outlet owned by a company in Qatar, and gave information about coalition forces arriving at a base in Kirkuk that was abandoned by US forces in 2020….
The Army has identified the soldier who was found dead at Fort Drum on Monday as a 21-year-old Specialist from Ohio. Jacob Allen Ashton’s death is currently under investigation by the Department of the Army Criminal Investigation Division, which declined to offer any other information. Army officials say Specialist Ashton was from the Headquarters and…
The bodycam footage of a former military police officer being arrested has gained millions of views across social media but nobody followed up on what happened to her until now. Last summer, Alicia Ann Orzel, was approached by police officers requesting her children while they were on a Wisconsin lake. Orzel was staying with her…
A female Airman’s post on social media is gaining attention for what she pointed out about her uniform while recording herself in a bathroom stall. Airman First Class Phillips, identified by the nametape on her uniform, said her video was part 1 of her series known as “pros and cons of being in the military.”…
U.S. officials spoke on condition of anonymity to offer a little more detail about the U.S. personnel who were injured during an attack in Iraq on Monday. At least one of two Katyusha rockets fired at Al Asad Airbase landed inside the base, causing the injuries. “We can confirm that there was a suspected rocket…