Junior enlisted Marines have a reputation for doing some pretty insane, off-the-wall, or altogether unexpected things (even among other junior enlisted service members). It’s just what they’ve always done. In 1999, one of the Marines stationed in Bahrain, Lance Cpl. Jason Johnson, faced a court-martial and legal battle to wed his beloved girlfriend, a Bahraini local named Meriam. The Marine met Meriam at a local mall and, despite her family’s objections, the two continued their love affair.
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The Army is pulling the reins and now plans to keep its military horse programs at two bases that were set to end in 2026.
The Military Working Equid programs will remain active at Fort Riley, Kansas and Fort Hood, Texas, the Army announced today. In July, the Army decided it was time to say goodbye to horses, donkeys and mules at five bases, in order to “align more resources with warfighting capability and readiness.
The first year of President Donald Trump’s second term brought many significant changes to U.S. foreign policy, as the administration worked to reshape policy to fit its priorities and to respond to emerging challenges to U.S. interests. As the 2025 National Security Strategy laid out, the Trump administration’s tone and approach to the world departs from many long-held assumptions in American foreign policy. The last year also saw events such as Israeli and U.S. strikes on Iran in June, the buildup of U.S.
Every Christmas, we watch a handful of films that are so iconic to Americana that, no matter how many times they’re played, you’ll watch ’em again next year. One such film is “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.” Though never explicitly stated in the film, it’s clear that Chevy Chase’s character, Clark Griswold, is a former U.S. Navy sailor. Every action he takes falls perfectly in line with how 90% of veterans are in real life.
We get a clue into Clark’s service when crazy Aunt Bethany arrives for Christmas Eve dinner.
The Army recently established an artificial intelligence career field that select officers can transfer into starting next month, DefenseScoop has learned. It is also considering the potential for warrant officers to join the new role.
The service created the 49B “area of concentration” for AI and Machine Learning on Oct. 31, according to Maj. Travis Shaw, a spokesperson for the Army. Between Jan. 5 and Feb.
The Black Seminole Indian Scouts stand among the most skilled and effective irregular fighting forces ever to serve in the United States Army. Operating between 1870 and 1914, they inherited a legacy forged through centuries of resistance, migration, cultural fusion, and frontier survival. Their abilities in tracking, reconnaissance, border security, and small-unit tactics made them indispensable to the Army during the final decades of the Indian Wars.
Maria Levi did not carry a rifle. She carried pasta. After an Allied prisoner of war escaped from an Italian camp in September 1943, Levi waded barefoot across a river with a pot balanced on her head to feed him. It sounds like a fable until you remember what it really was: supply and sustainment, delivered by a civilian, in occupied territory, to a man the Germans would happily shoot. She was one of the thousands of Italian women who did their part to win World War II.
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Marines, civilians and members of industry interested in attending the U.S. Marine Corps’ AI “workshop” at Quantico should mark their calendars for March 9-12, 2026, according to a new MARADMIN message released Monday.
The gathering was originally scheduled to take place last month, but it was postponed due to a lapse in appropriations associated with the federal government shutdown.
The Marine Corps’ service data officer is organizing the event, which will focus specifically on generative AI and agentic AI.
The term “agentic AI” has been added to the name of the event.
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