Why Failing to Help Our Afghan Interpreters Would Be a Disaster
They served beside U.S. troops and wore the very same uniform. But now 18,000 Afghan interpreters fear for their lives as the American government comp...
Left of Boom | A Military.com Podcast
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In Left of Boom, Military.com managing editor Hope Hodge Seck talks to legends and pathfinders who made U.S. military history; gets the ground truth on military myths, rumors and legends; and decodes the big ideas shaping the military of the future.
4 Years After the Marines United Scandal, What Has the Military Learned?
It took a national scandal over a Facebook group called Marines United to force a true reckoning within the Marine Corps about its cultural problems w...
How Many Ships Does the Navy Really Need?
The U.S. Navy's fleet is one of the most impressive on the planet -- but officials and strategists are desperate for even more ships to accomplish the...
21: The Untold Story of the Hunt for Osama bin Laden
It has been 10 years since May 2, 2011, the night a top-secret SEAL raid took out notorious terrorist and 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden at his hideo...
20: The Wildest Technologies Changing How the Military Fights
Warfighting has come a long way from machine guns mounted on the back of horse-drawn carriages. New technologies can allow militaries to create and re...
19. The Five Biggest Things for Veterans in 2021
Military veterans are emerging from the pandemic into a new world in 2021, and a lot has changed -- some things decidedly for the better. On this epis...
18. So What Is a 6th-Generation Fighter Jet?
While the U.S. military's fifth-generation F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jets are still rolling off the production line and deploying across the globe, wo...
17. Meet the Man Who Puts Movie Stars Through Boot Camp
Dale Dye has been an adviser on many of the generation's most iconic military films and shows -- from Platoon to Saving Private Ryan and Band of Broth...
16: What We Got Wrong in Afghanistan
Bing West has been called "The Grunt's Homer." After serving as a Marine Corps infantry officer in Vietnam and then going on to be an assistant secret...
15: What It's Like to Be a Medal of Honor Recipient (ft. Kyle White)
Receiving the Medal of Honor -- the nation’s highest honor recognizing bravery in combat -- means joining an elite fraternity: there are only 69 livin...