For nearly 20 years, sailors have been wearing PT gear that features a distinctive gold shirt, but now the sun is setting on the Navy’s original physical fitness uniform.
Next year, the Navy plans to phase out the physical training uniform, or PTU, in favor of a newer one that was approved for wear in 2018, said Robert Carroll, branch head of Navy Uniform Matters and Emerging Issues.
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The Heckler & Koch HK416 is a short-stroke, external piston assault rifle (yes, that’s a real word) famed for its durability and reliability. First pitched as a replacement for the M4 carbine after it experienced issues when pressed into hard combat, Big Army passed on the HK416 for the improved M4A1.
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The true theater of modern conflict isn’t found in the charred husks of Soviet-era tanks that litter Ukrainian landscapes, or the sleek, cold lines of an aircraft carrier barreling through the Persian Gulf; it’s humming inside a small, white, inconspicuous, plastic dish tucked neatly under a camouflage tarp in a Ukrainian foxhole.
A soldier who risked his life to protect hundreds of Jewish-American prisoners of war during World War II will posthumously receive the Medal of Honor more than 40 years after his death.
Master Sgt. Roderick “Roddie” Edmonds will be honored at a White House ceremony on Mar. 2, 2026. The recognition comes 80 years after Edmonds defied Nazi orders at a German POW camp, declaring “We are all Jews here” to prevent the identification and potential execution of Jewish soldiers under his command.
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The United Kingdom has reportedly refused U.S. requests to utilize key military facilities—RAF Fairford in England and the joint U.S.-U.K. base on Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean—for any potential strikes against Iran. This decision, driven by concerns over possible breaches of international law, has sparked tensions between Washington and London.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has withheld permission for American forces to operate from these bases in support of preemptive or offensive actions against Iran.
Benedict Arnold occupies a singular place in American history.
His name has become permanently linked with treason, yet that association conceals the reality that Arnold was once among the most effective and courageous officers in the Continental Army.
Before his defection, he helped save the American Revolution during its most fragile years. He possessed energy, imagination and battlefield brilliance whose actions repeatedly altered the course of the war.
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Arnold’s fall was not sudden or simple.
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