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THE EDGE IS THE NEW HIGH GROUND Own the Edge ™
For centuries, military doctrine held a simple truth: seize the high ground and you command the battle.
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When Memorial Day is Every Day
On Memorial Day, our nation pauses to honor the brave Americans who served and gave their lives in defense of our freedom.
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Epic Fury has Navy rethinking carrier deployment tempo
The record-breaking deployment of the USS Gerald R. Ford has reopened the debate about how the Navy should structure deployments and time at home.
By Hope Hodge Seck
Opinion
Why Congress must end the remarriage penalty for military survivors
A policy that causes surviving spouses to lose their benefits if they remarry suggests their sacrifice ends the moment they seek a new chapter in life.
By Ashlynne Haycock-Lohmann
Military spouses head to the Hill, push for removal of barriers to small businesses to boost retention
Advocates aim to introduce the Military Spouse Small Business Recognition Act, arguing it could improve access to capital, national security and retention.
Pentagon turns to AI targeting to help troops shoot drones
The technology can detect threats and distinguish them from non-threats, such as birds, faster than a human operator can.
By Michael Peck
Memorial Day Shirt Campaign Supports Gold Star Students
This Memorial Day, Grunt Style is turning apparel into action through its annual t-shirt campaign benefiting Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation.
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Life or death centered around a canteen for this AEF soldier
While under a hail of machine gun fire, William Sawelson crawled through the mud to deliver water to a wounded soldier.
By Jon Guttman
Coast Guard to deploy autonomous saildrones on Great Lakes
The vessels will be deployed this year from May through October to expand maritime surveillance and data collection.
By Brooke Griswold
Danger pay for US troops could double, expand to more regions
The U.S. defense budget request for Fiscal Year 2027 has raised the prospect of an increase in the monthly stipend paid out to troops in dangerous regions.
By Hope Hodge Seck
Refusing evacuation, this Marine packed dirt into his wound and continued to fight
The patch of contested real estate known as the Battle of Getlin’s Corner is also remembered for an officer who stood out in a field full of valor.
By Jon Guttman