Military Matters is approaching the end of the road. But this Fast Take is not goodbye — the show will continue through September with new episodes, as host Rod Rodriguez makes clear.

A pair of Japanese F-35A Lightning II fighter jets are in Australia’s Northern Territory on their first international mission, the Australian Department of Defence announced.

For his final appearance on Military Matters, Jack Murphy sits down with co-host Rod Rodriguez to discuss his story: why he joined the Army and became a Green Beret, the start of his journalism career and where he’ll go next.

A visit to Tokyo’s Yoyogi Park, which served as a U.S. military housing area called Washington Heights during the Allied occupation of Japan.

Aug. 15 marks the 78th anniversary of Imperial Japan’s unconditional surrender to the Allied powers and the end of World War II. Each year around this time Japanese people make a visit to the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo.

In this Fast Take, Jack Murphy and Rod Rodriguez discuss former U.S. Army Ranger Paul Scharre’s research into AI and predict how it might affect the U.S. military.

In the bustling city of Seoul, fans of art and Korean culture can always find something to see and do.

In this week’s episode, co-host Jack Murphy talks about how AI will shape warfighting in the future with former U.S. Army Ranger Paul Scharre, now executive vice president and director of studies at the Center for a New American Security.

The 62nd German-American Volksfest kicked off Friday with music, beer and fun for the whole family. 

On this Fast Take episode of Military Matters, co-hosts Jack Murphy and Rod Rodriguez talk some more about charitable organization Task Force Dagger.