It's that time of year when Marines break out one of their rarest and most 'majestic' uniform accessories

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Retired Marine Colonel Thomas Connally and his wife, Annie Connally, attended a Marine Corps Birthday Ball on Nov 10. 2025. Connally wore his 80-year-old Boat Cloak, one the Corps' rarest uniform items.
Retired Marine Colonel Thomas Connally and his wife, Annie Connally, attended a Marine Corps Birthday Ball on Nov 10. 2025.

The Army’s linking big guns, drones, and AI with its new command system and testing how it’ll fight future wars

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Soldiers stand near an M777 Howitzer artillery piece on a field with a cloudy sky in the background.
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US Army photo by Pvt. Jacob Cruz

12 famous women who served in the military

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Bea Arthur.

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25 vintage photos show how military life and technology has evolved

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Today, many military missions don't involve ground soldiers.

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A Ukrainian arms maker built a machine gun turret to fight Russian helicopters and jets. Now it'll battle small drones.

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A Predator turret is seen on a Ukrainian naval drone.
The Predator turret on a Ukrainian naval drone.

Screengrab/Courtesy of UGV Robotics

The West is starting to wake up to the drone threat — and just how unprepared it is, DroneShield CEO says

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An Airbus A319 from Brussels Airlines flies over a sign that reads 'No Drone Zone' placed near the Brussels-National Airport in Steenokkerzeel, Belgium.
An Airbus A319 from Brussels Airlines flies over a sign that reads 'No Drone Zone' placed near the Brussels-National Airport in Steenokkerzeel, Belgium.

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Ukraine says nearly 300 Russian troops died of drugs or bad food in the last 2 years

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Russian soldiers commemorate fallen special military forces.
Veterans of the Russian special forces lay flowers at a monument to Russian military special forces servicemen in October.

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NATO allies have been gearing up for submarine hunts. Germany's first new Poseidon just arrived.

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A P-8A Poseidon plane sits on a tarmac with a cloudy sky in the background.
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German Armed Forces/Christoph Cassette

The Venezuelan army's FPV drone simulator looks a lot like this $3.99 video game

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Two screenshots of social media videos show the Venezuelan military academy's drone simulators in action.
Venezuela's military academy for its army showcased several "FPV drone simulators" that resemble arcade machines but are likely loaded with a publicly available video game.

Screenshots by Business Insider/Military Academy of the Bolivarian Army of Venezuela

How boom operators aboard the US Air Force's flying gas stations keep their cool doing an 'inherently dangerous' job

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A Pennsylvania Air National Guard KC-135 aircraft from the 171st Air Refueling Wing located in Pittsburgh flies over the installation prior to landing Aug. 8, 2025.
A KC-135 refueling tanker.

US Air National Guard photo by Shawn Monk

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