Jared Keller

Jared Keller is the Managing Editor for content at Military.com. He is the former managing editor of Task & Purpose, where he oversaw daily news and evergreen content strategy, and previously worked for The Atlantic, Bloomberg Media, Al Jazeera America, and Maxim magazine. A former columnist for Pacific Standard magazine (RIP), his writing has appeared in Aeon, Entrepreneur, GQ, the Los Angeles Review of Books, Smithsonian magazine, and many other outlets.

Email: Jared.Keller@Military.com

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'Starfield' Is Another Reminder that the M1911 Pistol Is Eternal

The sprawling interstellar role-playing game from Bethesda Softworks features a favorite sidearm from the real-life U.S...

U.S. soldiers, assigned to 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, train with the Integrated Visual Augmentation System and the Enhanced Night Vision Goggles during Project Convergence 2022 (PC22) at Fort Irwin, Calif.

The 7 Best Military Books That Envision the Near Future of Warfare

A Ghost Robotics Vision 60 prototype walks with a security forces airman at a simulated austere base

The Army Wants to Slap a Next Generation Squad Weapon on a Robot Dog

Army Futures Command is considering outfitting a Ghost Robotics-made Vision 60 Quadruped Unmanned Ground Vehicle with a Sig...

Airman checks pallets of 155 mm shells ultimately bound for Ukraine.

Russian Fronts, Criminal Gangs: US Couldn't Account for Weapons Sent to Ukraine Last Year

The schemes were disrupted by Ukraine's security service, but they also show the dangers and potential pitfalls of the $23...

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