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Military Personnel Swear Allegiance to the Constitution and Serve the American People, Not One Leader or Party
Companies and Universities Can Help Reverse Military Recruiting Shortfalls Threatening America's National Security
VA Beneficiaries: Here's How to Get Free Financial Counseling Department of Veterans Affairs beneficiaries now have access to free financial coaching through the Veterans Benefits Banking...
Intimidated by Investing? Do It Systematically One way to ease the fear of investing is to do it systematically. Here's why.
VA Introduces New 'Last Resort' Loan Program to Help Roughly 40,000 Veterans Keep Their Homes The new Veterans Affairs Servicing Purchase program was designed to assist those who are in such hardship, they can't access...
The Best Auto Repair Tools: A Short Guide for Service Members Investing in a few basic tools can save you thousands of dollars in mechanic bills.
Build Up from a Solid Financial Foundation with This Pyramid-Style Approach If retirement planning and preparation is an area of your life you are looking to build out, here are a few items you might...
7 Tips for Military Home Sellers Considering a 'For Sale by Owner' Before undertaking a "for sale by owner," it's important to understand the components of home selling that a realtor would...
Troubled USS Boxer Returns Home 10 Days into Deployment Due to Maintenance Issue The maintenance-embattled USS Boxer is heading back to San Diego just 10 days after deploying due to an engineering issue, as...
On Newly Quiet Stretch of US-Mexico Border, Louisiana Soldiers Sit Around, Watch and Wait The Louisiana soldiers are spaced in groups of two or three over the 1.5 mile, 400-yard-wide strip of land.
How the Army Made a Deal with UFL Football and The Rock Despite Doubts over the Sponsorship's Worth The roughly $11 million deal set the service up to be the premier partner for the league's inaugural season, which started...
Unsupervised: Military Child Care Centers Slow to Report Abuse with Little Oversight A Military.com investigation into military day care centers revealed that service branch rules generally prioritize...
'Restore Real Value': House Panel Wants to Give Junior Enlisted Troops 15% Pay Raise The recommendation on boosting paychecks is part of the final report from the House Armed Services Committee's military...
A Decade After Scandal, VA Health Care May Be at Another Crossroads The VA has requested $369.3 billion for its fiscal 2025 budget, a proposal that includes nearly $150 billion for health care...
20 Years Later, Abu Ghraib Detainees Get Their Day in US Court Twenty years ago this month, photos of abused prisoners and smiling U.S. soldiers guarding them at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib...
At Least 13 Dead After Russian Missiles Hit Ukraine's Chernihiv Three Russian missiles slammed into a downtown area of the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv on Wednesday, hitting an...
White House: Reports That Iran 'Meant to Fail' in Its Attack on Israel Are 'Malarkey' The White House on Wednesday slammed unsubstantiated reports that Iran "meant to fail" in its attack on Israel Saturday...
Iranian Missiles Seen Over the West Bank Missiles could be seen in the night sky over the West Bank early on Sunday as Iran launched a...
Unsupervised: Military Child Care Centers Slow to Report Abuse with Little Oversight A Military.com investigation into military day care centers revealed that service branch rules generally prioritize...
Unsupervised: Military Child Care Centers Slow to Report Abuse with Little Oversight A Military.com investigation into military day care centers revealed that service branch rules generally prioritize...
They Stood Sentry over America's Nuclear Missile Arsenal. Many Worry It Gave Them Cancer. For years, it was an open secret among missileers that the Cold War-era missile alert facilities and launch control centers...
They Stood Sentry over America's Nuclear Missile Arsenal. Many Worry It Gave Them Cancer. For years, it was an open secret among missileers that the Cold War-era missile alert facilities and launch control centers...
Army Financial Counselor Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Gold Star Families of Death Gratuity, Life Insurance Money An Army Reserve major and civilian Army employee, Caz Craffy improperly invested money and collected $1.4 million in...
Rare Tribute of Lying in Honor at Capitol Bestowed to Korean War Hero Col. Ralph Puckett Retired Army Col. Ralph Puckett, who was the last living Medal of Honor recipient from the Korean War before his death...
Navy Ship Slated to Help Build Gaza Aid Pier Forced to Return to Port as Experts Warn of Other Delays The USNS 2nd Lt. John P. Bobo "experienced a fire in the engine room while in transit to the eastern Mediterranean Sea" on...
Navy Nixes Possible City Landfill Site Near Pearl Harbor-Hickam The Navy will not allow the City and County of Honolulu to locate a new landfill on Waipio Peninsula near Joint Base Pearl...
Black Enlisted Airmen Face Court-Martial at Much Higher Rates than White Peers, Study Finds Despite the alarming numbers, the Rand Corp. study released earlier this month found that the underlying causes of that trend...
Air Force Identifies Seemingly Higher Rate of Rare Brain Cancer Among Children at New Mexico Base A new Air Force study has found what appears to be a higher rate of a rare brain and spinal cord cancer among children of...
States Don't Need 'Space Force Militia': Air Force Secretary Defends Move to Bypass Governors Since the Space Force was formed in 2019 as part of the Department of the Air Force, a major point of contention has been...
After Delay, Delta IV Heavy Lifts Off for the Last Time The storied career of the Delta family of rockets had to wait a little longer than planned to turn the page on its final...
Marines Leaving Service Must Now Notify Corps at Least 6 Months Before Departure Previously, Marines could resign or retire with as little as four months of advanced notification. The update went into...
Marine Uniforms Will Hit Shelves Again After Nearly 2-Year Shortage, Corps Says The Marine Corps said it initially started noticing shortages in 2022 of the combat utility uniforms that left exchange...
Coast Guard Reopens Ohio River Near Pittsburgh to Maritime Traffic After Sunken Barge Is Found The U.S. Coast Guard has reopened the Ohio River in Pittsburgh to maritime traffic, nearly four days after 26 barges broke...
55 Coast Guard Academy Cadets Disciplined in Cheating Scandal The students, all second-class cadets, received various degrees of punishment.