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This week in American power projection: the map was wrong, the dorms were fine, and the travel card was for official purposes.
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CAMP PENDLETON — Tired of being denied dates by male civilians and fellow service members alike, Marine Sgt. Jennifer Lattimore recently transferred to the Air
Oct 5, 2022 · 1 min read156 stories in this section
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force has been acting out at school recently, Duffel Blog has learned. “I think the little tyke is just anxious about the arrival
Oct 5, 2022 · 1 min readGot a room or building filled with insurgents right in front of you and need to clear it? An Air Force combat controller knows the best way forward.
Oct 5, 2022 · 2 min readNASHVILLE — The Seamons family wanted nothing more than their father to return from his one-year deployment to Bahrain, but in keeping with the ongoing trend of emotionally
Oct 5, 2022 · 2 min readNELLIS AIR FORCE BASE — An Air Force drone pilot accidentally ejected from his Nevada office while flying an MQ-9 Reaper over southwestern Yemen, sources confirmed today. "
Oct 5, 2022 · 1 min readAFGHANISTAN — Marking the beginning of fall and a pivot towards a more bountiful, festive campaign season, an Air Force F-16 fighter dropped a pumpkin spice Joint Direct
Oct 5, 2022 · 1 min readWASHINGTON — The Air Force announced today that it would no longer require recruits to become baptized Christians in order to graduate basic training following yet another bout of
Oct 5, 2022 · 1 min read
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE — Following news that the Marine Corps has made its own "sky penis" over Southern California just a year after the Navy pulled
Oct 5, 2022 · 1 min readFORT BRAGG, N.C. — The U.S. Air Force received accolades from ISIS for totally missing a massive Fort Bragg drop zone and "bombing" civilian property
Oct 5, 2022 · 1 min read
WASHINGTON — A visibly annoyed Air Force called a sailor’s decision to pay for a full-sleeve tattoo financially irresponsible, adding with just a hint of disdain that
Oct 5, 2022 · 1 min readPENTAGON – Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson announced today that the Air Force would limit future rotations to Afghanistan to a three-hour tour with free lunch.
Oct 5, 2022 · 1 min read
WASHINGTON — The Defense Department’s service chiefs are massively weary of this stupid Congressional committee hearing, sources confirmed today. Although the hearing on force readiness in the mid-
Oct 5, 2022 · 1 min readPENTAGON — Air Force officials are sounding the alarm today about the greatest risk of the Trump administration's plan to use military construction money to build a
Oct 5, 2022 · 2 min read
'This space purposefully left blank,' reads the award.
Sep 11, 2022 · 1 min read
And just when they were about to blow up.
Jan 31, 2022 · 2 min read
This is such a relief.
Nov 20, 2021 · 3 min read
Please God, let there still be Pâté.
Oct 25, 2021 · 2 min read
“It seems clear that NASA has gained a first-mover advantage."
Jul 31, 2021 · 3 min read
Grow up Peter Pan, Count Chocula.
Jul 21, 2021 · 2 min read
Ride like the wind, airman
Jul 6, 2021 · 2 min read
Be all that you can see.
Jun 6, 2021 · 2 min read
“I can never find my subordinates anymore."
May 15, 2021 · 3 min read
Eat that, near-peer competitor Domino’s
May 1, 2021 · 2 min readYou’re in
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