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Military Personnel Swear Allegiance to the Constitution and Serve the American People, Not One Leader or Party
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7 Ways Military Pay and Benefits Provide an Advantage in an Uncertain Economy In an environment of sticky inflation, sky-high housing costs and a whole lot of uncertainty, military life has some solid...
VA Benefits Likely Won't Cover All of a Veteran's Funeral Costs A veteran's surviving family members may be caught off guard if they expect the VA to cover all the costs of a funeral or...
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Must-Pass Defense Bill Includes 4.5% Military Pay Raise on Top of 15% Increase for Junior Enlisted Troops The recommendation from the House Armed Services Committee in its draft version of the National Defense Authorization Act, or...
The Navy Is Offering Some Pilots Nearly $300,000 to Keep Flying in Uniform The Navy is again offering eye-popping amounts of money to keep its pilots and flight officers in uniform and serving.
New Pentagon Rule on Malpractice Claims Could Put More Money in Pockets of Troops, Veterans The Defense Department will publish a rule Friday that will affect the amount service members will receive if they are...
How Marines Took an Airfield in the Philippines in a Show Against China On April 30, three combined littoral reconnaissance teams made up of roughly 30 U.S. and Philippine Marines each, flown by...
Army Eliminates Online Training Requirement for Noncommissioned Officers, Saying It's Too Burdensome The Army has eliminated a significant part of its online training for enlisted troops -- a learning program that has drawn...
For Decades, Recipients Were Honored with Purple Hearts Made During WWII. This Company Now Forges New Medals. For decades, recipients of the Purple Heart were honored with medals that had been forged during World War II, leftover stock...
Air Force Pilot Who Died After Aircraft Ejection Seat Misfire Identified by the Service Capt. John Robertson, an instructor pilot from the 80th Operations Support Squadron at Sheppard Air Force Base, was injured...
Must-Pass Defense Bill Includes 4.5% Military Pay Raise on Top of 15% Increase for Junior Enlisted Troops The recommendation from the House Armed Services Committee in its draft version of the National Defense Authorization Act, or...
Marines Suffer Most Cases of 2 Life-Threatening Conditions Related to Exercise and Heat, Report Finds The April issue of the Defense Department's Medical Surveillance Monthly Report, published last week, was focused entirely on...
UK's Prince William Pilots Apache Helicopter After Becoming Colonel-in-Chief of the Army Air Corps Britain's Prince William carried out his first engagement as colonel-in-chief with the Army Air Corps on Monday, piloting an...
Sleepy Towns in the Philippines Will Host US Forces Returning to Counter China Threats The far-flung coastal town of Santa Ana in the northeastern tip of the Philippine mainland has long been known...
Search for Survivors After Apartment Block Collapses in Russia Border City After Heavy Shelling An apartment block partially collapsed in the Russian border city of Belgorod on Sunday, leaving at least eight people...
Ukrainian Strike on Belgorod Residential Building Collapses Structure Emergency services were scrambling in the Russian border-adjacent city of Belgorod after a Ukrainian projectile hit caused a partial...
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 Will Present Purple Heart to Minnesota Veteran 73 Years After He Was Wounded in Korean War After 73 years and a long fight with the U.S. Army, a Korean War veteran from Minnesota who was wounded in combat was set to...
Staff Sgt. Gordon Black Reportedly Pleads Guilty to Theft While Being Held by Russia Russian authorities arrested Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, 34, in Vladivostok, a port city in the country, earlier this month and...
Military Ospreys Can't Fly More Than 30 Minutes from Landing Airfield Months After Grounding Lifted Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy V-22 Ospreys were all given the green light to fly again in early March and have been slowly...
US Navy Flagship Carrier USS Ronald Reagan Leaves Its Japan Home Port After Nearly 9 Years The departure of USS Ronald Reagan — one of America’s largest warships and a nuclear-powered Nimitz-class aircraft carrier —...
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Military Ospreys Can't Fly More Than 30 Minutes from Landing Airfield Months After Grounding Lifted Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy V-22 Ospreys were all given the green light to fly again in early March and have been slowly...
How Marines Took an Airfield in the Philippines in a Show Against China On April 30, three combined littoral reconnaissance teams made up of roughly 30 U.S. and Philippine Marines each, flown by...
US Coast Guard Says Texas Barge Collision May Have Spilled Up to 2,000 Gallons of Oil Early estimates indicate up to 2,000 gallons of oil may have spilled into surrounding waters when a barge carrying fuel broke...
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