National Purple Heart Day falls on Aug. 7 every year, honoring the men and women wounded or killed while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. It’s an unofficial observance — businesses and government offices don’t close — but it’s marked widely in practice, with states and cities pausing in recognition…

Seasats CEO Mike Flanigan isn’t really interested in building ship-sized drone boats. “We don’t plan to build bigger systems,” Flanigan told Defense One. Instead, Seasats is all in on small unmanned surface vessels with three variants: Lightfish, which is about 12 feet long; the 20-foot Quickfish; and Heavyfish, the company’s largest offering…

The U.S. military has always trained around the weather. This has not changed. What has changed is how often the weather influences commanders’ adjustments to their mission set. Over the past several years, record-breaking heat has changed the schedules of physical training, altered field exercises, and changed how troops operate…

HONOLULU—Heavy seas didn’t stop Firestorm Labs from printing “thousands” of unique parts aboard the USS Essex amphibious assault ship on the way to the Rim of the Pacific naval exercise here, the expeditionary manufacturing company announced this week.“We were told it was the roughest water off the California coast in…

Every day, Military.com tells the stories of service members, veterans, military spouses and caregivers who overcome challenges, pursue new opportunities and continue serving their communities long after military service. This time, we want to help write the next chapter of one of those stories. Today, Military.com is opening applications for…

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