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Helmand Post Transferred to Afghan Army as Withdrawal Begins

The U.S. military has transferred an installation in Helmand province to the Afghan National Army as it begins the process of withdrawing from Afghanistan. Contingency Location New Antonik has been officially handed over to the Afghans, U.S. Central Command officials said in a Tuesday release. Since President Joe Biden last month announced plans to pull …

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Pentagon’s Watchdog to Investigate Military’s Response to UFOs

The Defense Department’s inspector general is launching its own investigation into what the military calls “unidentified aerial phenomena” — better known as UFOs. In an announcement Monday, the Office of Inspector General said that beginning this month, it will start evaluating “the extent to which the DoD has taken actions regarding unidentified aerial phenomena.” A …

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Military Blocks Promotion of South Dakota Attorney General Charged in Highway Death

PIERRE, S.D. — The U.S. Army Reserve has blocked the promotion of South Dakota’s attorney general because of his role in the death of a man who was struck while walking along a rural highway last year. Jason Ravnsborg last month announced on social media that he was being promoted to the rank of full …

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Watch a jetpack-flying Royal Marine board a ship like freakin’ Boba Fett

I hope you are ready for jet-powered Marines to attack the enemy as if they are Mandalorians because a new video from Gravity Industries shows what it may look like: an armed, bearded, jet-backpacked operator doing a high-flying hop from a rubber boat onto a ship in mere seconds.  “The footage speaks for itself,” the …

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