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The 6 best socks for troops — for hiking, for boots, for warm climates and cold
When your feet feel good, it makes you feel good even in challenging conditions. These are the socks you need for work and play.
By Berne Broudy
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What’s next for air mobility, according to Gen. Mike Minihan
"One of the biggest insights I got after Operation Allies Refuge was airmen telling me they wished they had known what they were getting into."
Data and rockets: US military eyes new tech to supply far-flung forces
TRANSCOM hopes a rocket cargo program could one day fly a C-17's worth of cargo to any spot in the world in an hour.
Lawmakers protect C-130 fleet, push for new propellers in annual legislation
The Air Force wants to retire 13 older C-130Hs and bring in five new C-130Js.
The Air Force wants rocket deliveries to anywhere on Earth in under an hour
The service believes reusable commercial rockets like the ones SpaceX is developing could transport cargo all over the world.
By Nathan Strout
Latest Chinook helo variant has excessive rotor blade vibrations heading into major test
The Army is dealing with excessive vibrations with its new Chinook rotor blade design heading into a limited-user test this spring.
By Jen Judson
Behold! Cargo socks, the gift you never knew you needed
Cargo socks make the perfect present.
By Sarah Sicard
Pentagon wants SpaceX delivering cargo around the globe — and a live test could come next year
U.S. Transportation Command wants to launch cargo into space and have it land somewhere else in the world, an hour later.
By Aaron Mehta
A brief history of cargo pants, the military’s greatest fashion contribution
The British first adopted pocketed pants in the 1930s.
By Sarah Sicard
Marines descend down ship cargo net in tactic reminiscent of World War II
“Under the cover of darkness, specially-equipped Marine elements can debark onto a landing craft and insert uncontested onto small islands in the Pacific."
By Shawn Snow
Best pics of the week: Jan. 5, 2020
Rapid response forces head to the Middle East, Marines secure the embassy in Baghdad and more pics from the services in this week's Frontline Photos.
Seymour Johnson airman charged with nightclub murder
An airman at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro, North Carolina, has been arrested in the shooting death of another man outside a nightclub in Raleigh early Saturday morning.
By Kent Miller