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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
15% Enlisted Pay Hike, Other Proposed Quality-of-Life Improvements Get Big Boost from House Lawmakers The Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement Act would enact most of the key recommendations from the military quality-of...
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...
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...
A Woman Injured After Drone Downed in Russia's Voronezh A woman was injured, and several houses were damaged by fallen fragments of a Ukrainian drone that was downed...
Israel, Iran, Ukraine at Top of G7 Agenda: AP Explains Group of Seven foreign ministers are meeting on the Italian resort island of Capri, with the agenda topped by...
Biden Honors Uncle Who He Says Was Shot Down During WWII in an Area Known to Have 'Cannibals' President Joe Biden on Wednesday visited a memorial near his Pennsylvania hometown to honor his late uncle’s service in...
French Navy Gives Rare Tour of Nuclear Submarine Another week, another mission for one of France’s veteran nuclear-powered attack submarines. (Apr. 18) AP
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...
Fort Liberty Soldier Sentenced to Over 3 Years for Romance Scams, Bilked Over $350,000 from Victims Specialist Sanda G. Frimpong, who was serving on active duty until his arrest in 2023, was ordered to pay back over $350,000...
The Army National Guard Owes Thousands of Former Soldiers Unpaid Bonuses. It's Asking Them to Figure It Out. The Guard letters went to former soldiers who may have never received their promised enlistment bonus after the service...
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...
Barksdale Air Force Base Closes Dining Hall Due to 'Pest Control Issue' as Photos of Rodents Shared Online Base officials did not confirm the type of pests, but the closure came as photos reportedly of mice and rodents in the...
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...
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...
Sailor Worried About Career Convinces Judge to Avoid Jail, Probation for Jan. 6 Riot Participation A Navy sailor who was convicted on a charge stemming from his participation in the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, has managed...
Camp Lejeune Marine Killed During Training in Eastern North Carolina, Service Says The Marine, who was part of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, was not named in the statement to adhere to the service's...
Several Dozen Ships Lost Propulsion in Maryland Waters Before Key Bridge Collapse: 'You're Basically Just Drifting' What went wrong aboard the Dali, the 984-foot ship that weighed 112,000 tons when it struck the bridge, and whether it could...
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...