military

Adam Weinstein · 03/04/14 02:36PM

Here's a modest suggestion: Can the military recruit some people for their anti-sex assault corps who haven't, you know, been accused of sex assaults?

Adam Weinstein · 02/18/14 01:35PM

A study by the Chinese army shows its troops are significantly fatter and taller than they were 20 years ago, meaning the average soldier won't be able to fit into the communists' tanks or behind their rifle butts soon. They should make awesome capitalist CEOs one day, though.

Finally, the Military Perfects a Futuristic Pizza That Doesn't Go Bad

Adam Weinstein · 02/17/14 02:45PM

The Department of Defense, with its huge purse and huger paranoia, has long been a driver of technological advances. But none may be so momentous as this one: an unfrozen piece of pizza that stays edible for years. And years. Army Rangers and armchair generals, rejoice!

Adam Weinstein · 02/13/14 05:08PM

Do you have hot skills doing "detailed social media research and analysis" and "on-the-ground native research and analysis"? Do you like foreign travel? Maybe you're the secret military contractor Uncle Sam needs to mine Twitter and Facebook to "identify violent extremist influences."

Adam Weinstein · 02/10/14 03:58PM

Five of Guantanamo's worst "forever" detainees plan to open a Yemeni farm business consisting "of 200 families, 100 farmhouses, 10 cows, 500 chickens, 50 sheep, a honey bee subsidiary and computer system powered by windmills," maybe with Kickstarter capital. That is, if they ever see daylight again, obvs.

Here's Crazy Video of U.S. Troops Snatching an Al Qaeda Terror Suspect

Adam Weinstein · 02/10/14 02:49PM

Early one morning last October, Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai headed home after morning prayers in Tripoli, Libya, and was snatched by U.S. forces for his alleged role in the 1998 embassy bombings in Africa. Thanks to a nearby security camera, we now know what such a kidnapping looks like.

Recruiters Scammed Army For Millions in Signup Bonuses During Iraq War

Adam Weinstein · 02/05/14 03:21PM

As the war in Iraq worsened and military enlistments flagged, the Army National Guard began a novel bonus program to recruit more troops. That desperation to hit quotas may have cost taxpayers $100 million in fraudulent bonuses by more than a thousand crooked recruiters, a new investigation shows.

Did Budweiser's Touching Super Bowl Ad Violate Military Regulations?

Adam Weinstein · 02/04/14 02:17PM

Budweiser was one of the consensus winners of Super Bowl XLVIII's ad spree, partly on the strength of this tribute to a soldier returning home. But the tear-jerker also might be a rule-breaker: It violated some sacred military edicts, and the beer-maker needed special permissions to pull it off.

General Gets a Wrist-Slap for Jerk-Off Fantasy About GOP Congresswoman

Adam Weinstein · 01/27/14 02:15PM

A one-star Army general who serves in the Pentagon's inner circle of decision-makers was lightly reprimanded for joking in emails to colleagues that he had masturbated "3 times over the past 2 hours" after meeting with "smoking hot" tea party Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-N.C.).

U.S. Nuclear Missile Officers Have Been Lazy, Dirty Cheaters for Years

Adam Weinstein · 01/20/14 04:05PM

The Air Force has roughly 500 officers in charge of protecting and maybe someday launching America's arsenal of land-based nuclear missiles. Nearly all of them cheat on every exam they take, at every chance they get, according to three veterans of the force.