May 7, 2014 at 7:30am
The 81st Troop Command fires an M203 coffee launcher at Camp Atterbury, Ind. Original photo by Sgt. John Crosby
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This Date in History: 1945
The German High Command, in the person of Gen. Alfred Jodl, signs the unconditional surrender of all German forces, East and West, at Reims, in northwestern France.
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NATO turns to airlift following increased convoy attacks in Pakistan.
Vietnam and China face off in South China Sea.
The commander of U.S. air forces in the Pacific is reporting a significant increase in activities by Russian planes and ships in the region.
Every country will have armed drones in 10 years.
The military's top leaders tried to sell Congress on the pay and benefits changes they proposed in the 2015 defense budget.
A quartet of powerful U.S. senators are warning that anything less than keeping the A-10 fully active in the Air Force is unacceptable.
White House to give senators access to drone assassination memo.
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno talks about the future of the Army and the threats posed by an unstable world.
Pentagon funding for space programs is projected to fall 37 percent over the next four years.
The House Armed Services Committee is opening the door ever so slightly to the possibility of another Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Bomber-plane budget by U.S. Air Force projected to double.
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III: After 23 years of high-tempo operations, the Air Force is in a precarious position.
Army's vice chief of staff Gen. John F. Campbell: Army aviation needs its innovators to stay, despite the fact that funding is down to bare bones.
The Federal Aviation Administration has determined a U-2 spy plane did not cause computers at Los Angles International Airport's control center to crash.
The Army is reclaiming the lost art of jungle warfare, and soldiers who make it through the new 21-day school can earn a tab and big bragging rights.
Picatinny engineers have devised improvements to the packaging of 60 mm smoke and illumination mortars.
Raytheon is making a bold move: it's dumping the proprietary operating system Solaris in favor of Linux for the control systems of its U.S. military drones.
Too Much Free Time: This guy collected 75,000 McDonald's items over 50 years.
Man foils attempted arrest by knowing his rights better than cops.
There's a new Tori Amos song.
Charles Grodin talks about his weirdo doctor role on Louie.
It wasn't all war, war, war in the Galactic Empire, as Malaysian photographer Zahir Batin reminds us with these curious images of Star Wars miniature figures going about their everyday lives.
Finally: Man makes giant 27.5-foot-long space station with 282,000 matchsticks.
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