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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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This Army specialist’s inspiring speech about moving ‘down this bullcrap range’ ranks up there with Eisenhower’s D-Day address

When thinking about the kinds of military speeches that inspire exhausted spirits and strike fear into the hearts of enemies, several come to mind. There’s Army Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s address to troops as they prepared to “embark upon the Great Crusade” and storm the beaches of Normandy in 1944. There’s Winston Churchill’s 1940 address …

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General Says US Military Should Consider a Deconfliction Line for Space

A top commander at U.S. Space Command says it may be time to establish a “deconfliction channel” between the U.S. and adversary countries to ensure the safety of operations in space. The Pentagon and international partners are developing guidelines for operating in space, just as international norms govern maritime operations. Maj. Gen. DeAnna Burt, the …

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Navy Senior Chief Is 25th US Service Member to Die from COVID-19

Senior Chief Fire Controlman (AEGIS) Michael Wilson, 45, has been identified as the 25th U.S. service member and sixth active-duty sailor to die from COVID-19. The Suffolk, Virginia, native died April 29 at a civilian hospital in Newport News after testing positive for the virus four days earlier, according to a Navy press release. Wilson …

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