The Pentagon is so worried about revelations in a new memoir about the War on Terror that it's considering buying 10,000 copies — the entire first printing — and destroying them. Sounds like a good book, no?

A federal judge declared the U.S. military's anti-gay "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy unconstitutional, because it violates the First Amendment rights of gays. Not only that: She ruled that the policy has a "direct and deleterious effect" on the military.

A dozen American soldiers in Afghanistan are being charged in connection with an alleged string of murders of Afghani civilians "for sport." Investigators say the soldiers killed random civilians, and took their fingers as souvenirs.

Yesterday, pirates in the Gulf of Aden commandeered a ship "carrying steel chains," which you don't want to fall into pirate hands. So the US Marines—for the first time ever—stormed and retook the vessel. Exciting battle details below.

Two American troops were killed on Tuesday, the first to die since the official end of combat.

Federal prosecutors have charged the ex-soldier who took three hostages at a Georgia military hospital yesterday with kidnapping, armed assault, and making threats to kill Barack Obama and Bill Clinton.

In a drastic (but effective?) attempt to prove he needed psychiatric help, a former Army soldier took three hostages at a military hospital in Georgia this morning to demand "treatment for behavioral problems."

What could go wrong with a Pakistani military delegation flying from D.C. to Tampa for a meeting with the U.S. Central Command? How about getting kicked off a flight after being mistaken for terrorists by a scared passenger?

Recently deposed Afghanistan commander Gen. Stanley McChrystal is reportedly making $60,000 per speech now.

Earlier this month a US Navy Fire Scout unmanned killer robot drone went haywire and flew on its own around DC for 23 miles before operators could regain control. The Navy blames a "software issue." How comforting. [NYT]

[A South Korean soldier breaks a brick with his head during the joint US-South Korean "Ulchi Freedom Guardian" military exercise. The North Koreans better watch what they say on Twitter from now on. Image via AP]

Well, this was inevitable, what with Israel's political situation, and the existence of Facebook: a former Israeli soldier has posted some photos of herself posing with blindfolded Palestinians, for kicks. Mini-Abu Ghraib?

Rolling Stone's Michael Hastings is surprised the Army denied his latest embed request. Generous soul!

Wednesday's Attack of the Show! revealed that the U.S. military is hard at work ensuring that these cuddly destroyers will be the harbingers of humanity's annihilation.

South Korea has started its largest-ever military anti-submarine drills. North Korea isn't so pleased.

Journalist Michael Hastings—whose article led to Gen. Stanley McChrystal's firing—was denied a Afghanistan embed spot. Why? The Pentagon thought he wouldn't "abide by the ground rules," which are "make fun of Joe Biden" and "bring Bud Lite Lime."

With Private Bradley Manning sitting in solitary confinement in the United States, Army investigators are now looking at civilian suspects who could have aided him in allegedly leaking tens of thousands of classified military documents from the war in Afghanistan.

Just after the end of World War Two, the US Army dumped 16,000 mustard gas bombs in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Hawaii. But don't worry, they have a solution: Just leave it where it is!

A lawyer for America's new sexy Russian outlaw, Texan beauty school grad Anna Fermanova, is mad about how "the New York press" is treating his client. Fermanova's not a spy, he says. Just an inadvertent exporter of blackmarket military technology.

Quite a story in the NYT today about the trial of David Brooks, CEO of a body-armor company who ripped off the US military for millions. Okay, maybe his $100,000 belt buckle was excessive. But the prostitutes? Totally legit.