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  1. 15 minutes ago

    A bit of advice: Don’t show up to the set hammered in the name of “realism.”

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  2. 48 minutes ago

    "Oh, did you want a fight? Okay, make it quick, we’re hungry."

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  3. 1 hour ago

    10 signs you were or are clearly in the military

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  4. 2 hours ago

    Welcome to the suck

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  5. 2 hours ago

    In November 2005, Marines allegedly slaughtered 24 unarmed civilians in the Iraqi town Haditha. It was called President Bush’s My Lai massacre. Here’s the true story of everything that came next

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  6. 2 hours ago

    "The mind wonders about the soldiers in the photo. Who are they? Did they survive the war? Are they still alive? What stories do they tell? None of those questions apply here, because the soldiers are only 12-inches tall and made of plastic”

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  7. 3 hours ago

    “You have to have a certain level of intelligence, a certain level of physicality, just to be eligible for Special Forces to pick you… that pool is the smallest that has ever been in history.”

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  8. 4 hours ago

    NOTHING IS OVER! NOTHING!

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  9. 4 hours ago

    Simple signal processing enhancements could potentially allow low-frequency radars and such weapons systems to target and fire on the aircraft

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  10. 4 hours ago

    It is the second deadly event for U.S. troops in Africa since October

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  11. 5 hours ago

    In 1972, Gilbert Baker separated from the Army and joined the gay rights movement where he would create the most iconic flag in recent American history

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    5 hours ago

    A read worth your time. A US born Army vet’s chilling encounter with US border patrol. From via

    “What began as a leisurely weekend stroll ended in a tense standoff with aggressive border patrol agents — uniformed civil servants of the same government I served as an Army infantryman for nearly 10 years.” -
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  13. 5 hours ago

    “Refugees on their own would make one of the world’s biggest nations”

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  14. 6 hours ago

    The Pentagon plans to release a Saudi American dual citizen whom it accused of supporting ISIS at an undisclosed location in Syria

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  15. 6 hours ago

    From now until September, roughly 300 sailors from 31 commands will wear-test the three light-and-dark blue prototype Navy uniforms

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  16. Retweeted
    8 hours ago

    Coming up on that transition to civilian life? Have you considered a job in HR? have skills that directly translate to that civilian career field.

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  17. Retweeted
    8 hours ago

    Annual reminder that an Army veteran designed the rainbow flag for the gay rights movement in the 1970s

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  18. 20 hours ago

    “Two weeks later, you’re flat broke, credit card debt is eating away at your Post-9/11 G.I. Bill housing allowance, and you’re sharing a one-bedroom apartment with three other people and sleeping on a yoga mat. Don’t be this guy.”

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  19. 20 hours ago

    How to kill an F-35

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  20. 21 hours ago

    How a leisurely weekend stroll ended in a tense standoff with armed officials from the same government an Army veteran served for nearly 10 years

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