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Senior Airman Clifton Giles, 11th security support squadron military working dog handler, and his dog, Jerry, stand at the main gate as a show of force on Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, March 12, 2019. Giles and Jerry occasionally stand at the front gate to deter possible threats to the base. (Noah Sudolcan/U.S. Air Force)

Services Failing to Track Base Access Years After Mass Shootings, GAO Finds

Air Force Tech. Sgt. Valarie waters the flowers around the NATO Air Training Command-Afghanistan (NATC-A) Nine Memorial at Forward Operating Base Oqab, Afghanistan, on Sept. 22, 2015. The 438th Air Expeditionary Advisor Group, with funds and donations by the Enlisted Coalition Council, built the NATC-A Nine Memorial in April 2013. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sandra Welch)

Families of Afghanistan Fallen Fear Their Memorials Will Be Left Behind

Navy Rear Adm. Collin P. Green addresses a crowd March 3, 2017, at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida. He is now the head of Naval Special Warfare. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Osvaldo Equite)

Navy SEAL Boss Orders Discipline Crackdown After Embarrassing Scandals

Services Failing to Track Base Access Years After Mass Shootings, GAO Finds

Families of Afghanistan Fallen Fear Their Memorials Will Be Left Behind

The McGuire Commissary at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. Non-retired veterans still cannot use such facilities but they will soon gain online access via ShopMyExchange.com. (DoD photo)

Key Pentagon Official Endorses Commissary-Exchange Merger

The Army has awarded Flyer Defense LLC and Oshkosh Defense LLC a contract to develop a version of the Flyer Infantry Squad Vehicle, seen here. Flyer Defense LLC photo

Oshkosh, Flyer Will Build Army’s Ultralight Vehicle for Carrying Grunts into Battle

A C-130H Hercules assigned to the 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron receives fuel Nov. 6, 2018, at an undisclosed location. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Clayton Cupit)

Air Force Returns C-130s to Flight After Safety Inspections

Master Sgt. Luis F. Deleon-Figueroa, 31, was killed Aug. 21 during combat operations in Faryab province, Afghanistan. (U.S. Army)

Army Posthumously Promotes Two Green Berets Killed in Afghanistan

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The Army Is Building Avatars that Can Fight Infantry Soldiers

IVAS will equip infantry and other close-combat units with a sophisticated set of tactical glasses.

A soldier from the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, clutches his newly awarded green beret during a Regimental First Formation at the Crown Arena in Fayetteville, North Carolina, August 1, 2019. The ceremony marked the completion of four phases of the Special Forces Qualification Course where soldiers earned the honor of wearing the green beret, the official headgear of Special Forces. (K. Kassens/U.S. Army)

Green Beret Accused of Killing Suspected Taliban Bomb Maker Facing 'Agonizing' Wait for Trial, Wife Says

The Army has delayed a motions hearing in Maj. Matthew Golsteyn’s case to the week of Sept. 9.

U.S. Army astronaut Lt. Col. Anne McClain exits the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft minutes after she, Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, land back on Earth June 24, 2019 (U.S. Eastern time). McClain returns after 204 days in space where she served as a member of the Expedition 58 and 59 crew onboard the International Space Station. (NASA photo by Bill Ingalls)

NASA Astronaut Accused of Identity Theft in First Criminal Allegation from Space

Anne McClain is facing accusations that she committed identity theft aboard the International Space Station.

The Class of 2022 participates in Day One, the start of Swab Summer and the beginning of their 200-week journey to becoming an officer, July 2, 2018. (Nicole Foguth/U.S. Coast Guard)

Coast Guard Academy Medical Staff Bring Bacterial Outbreak Under Control

A system was devised to deliver meals and administer medication to the sickest swabs in a separate wing in the barracks.

Marines with Scout Sniper Platoon, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division conduct a unknown distance exercise on range 205, on Twenty-Nine Palms, California July 26, 2019. The Marines of Scout Sniper Platoon executed know and unknown distance ranges in order to prepare themselves for Integrated Training Exercise 5-19. (Tyler M. Solak/U.S. Marine Corps)

Math Teacher, an Ex-Marine, Told Students He Would 'Be the Best School Shooter'

The former Marine told authorities he was joking and is cooperating fully with the law enforcement investigation.

In an August 16, 2019 photo, Kim Gibson, of Bluefield, samples honey produced by the West Virginia Veterans & Warriors to Agriculture program at the State Fair of West Virginia in Fairlea. (Jenny Harnish/The Register-Herald via AP)

West Virginia's Beekeeping Program for Veterans Yields More Than Just Honey

Beekeeping provides a form of therapy for veterans who might be suffering from PTSD.

The 38th Color Sergeant of the Marine Corps, Sgt. Francis Frazier, poses for a photo next to the National Ensign at the conclusion of a relief and appointment ceremony at Marine Barracks Washington D.C., on April 6, 2018. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. James Bourgeois)

Color Sergeant of the Marine Corps Warned After Burning Troops with Lighter

Sgt. Francis Frazier was cleared of hazing allegations but got a non-punitive letter of caution for poor leadership.

The Department of Veterans Affairs' motto, shown on a plaque outside the Veterans Health Administration building in Washington, D.C. (Hope Hodge Seck/Military.com)

Vietnam Vet's Death Ruled Homicide Amid Investigation into Deaths at VA Hospital

According to the claim, medical staff at the Louis A. Johnson VA Hospital did not tell McDermott's family how he died.

This Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019, photo provided by the North Korean government, shows what it says the launch of a short-range ballistic missile from the east coast of North Korea (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Korea Fires 2 Missiles into Sea in Fiery Answer to US Call for Talks

It was the seventh weapons test in a month.

The newest award that will soon be given to service members that served in Iraq was unveiled at a ceremony hosted by the Iraqi government at Al Faw Palace, in Baghdad, Iraq on Dec. 1, 2011. The medal is called The Medal of Commitment. (Caleb Barrieau/ U.S. Forces Iraq)

These Vets Are Raising Money to Pay for a Medal the Iraqi Government Awarded Them, but Never Delivered

The campaign needs to raise $62,500 before Oct. 11, in order to pay for 2,500 Iraq Commitment Medals.

Jury Acquitted Soldier on Charges of Shooting a Truck She Believed Would Run Her Over

A not guilty verdict was announced after less than 40 minutes of deliberations.

FILE - In this May 15, 2018 file photo, Richard Ojeda talks at a gym in Logan, W.Va. Former Army Maj. Richard Ojeda says his West Virginia congressional campaign was derailed by a Department of Veterans Affairs employee who's charged with leaking medical records. The former Democratic state senator and one-time presidential hopeful filed suit against the VA on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019. (John Raby, AP Photo)

Former Army Officer Says VA Leak Derailed His Congressional Bid

The former Democratic state senator and one-time presidential hopeful filed suit against the VA.

A close up and a low angle view of a statue of lady justice as it sits in front of a blue background

Ex-Army Officer Gets Three Life Terms and Then Some in Molestation Case

A retired Army officer pleaded guilty to charges of forcible sodomy and two counts of producing child pornography.

Soldiers perform pullups at the quarterly Vigilant Warrior challenge, Aug. 25, 2015, at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay held by the 525th Military Police Battalion. Soldiers competed in numerous activities at G.J. Denich Gym and Cooper Field. The event started off with a 100-meter run, followed by pullups, dead lift, situps, pushups, 5k run, and a mystery event, which consisted of two Army warrior tasks. (Ryan Twist/U.S. Army)

Kentucky Guard Unit to Deploy to Guantanamo Bay

More than 120 soldiers with the 223rd Military Police Company are deploying in support of U.S. Southern Command.

Capt. Tranay Lashawn Tanner. Air Force photo

Eglin Curtails Run Portion of PT Test After Captain's Death

Capt. Tranay Lashawn Tanner, 29, was transported to the Eglin Hospital last week with health complications.

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A Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater HC-130 Hercules aircraft crew searches for two overdue boaters August 19, 2019, off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

Coast Guard Suspends Search for Firefighters Who Went Missing While Boating

A child gets excited while he receives a new toy during a Toys for Tots event at the New Orleans Saints Training Facility in Metairie, La., Dec. 20, 2018. (U.S. Marine Corps photo/Andy O. Martinez)

Prison Inmates Build Toys for Marine Corps Reserve's Toys for Tots Program

Security Forces check personnel coming through Gate 15A at Wright-Patterson AFB on April 8, 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jim Mitchell)

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Tops 30K Employees

A ceremony marks the launch of the first-ever Intelligence, Information, Cyber, Electronic Warfare and Space Detachment in the U.S. Army, Jan. 1, 2019. (U.S. Army/Pvt. Caleb Minor)

Army Cyber Warfare Units Are Seriously Undermanned: GAO

U.S. Air Force pilots from the 33rd Fighter Wing step to their jets, during the Northern Lightning exercise at Volk Field, Wisconsin, Aug. 12, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo/Heather Leveille)

'We Are Dropping Like Flies.' Ex-Fighter Pilots Push for Earlier Cancer Screenings

U.S. airmen assigned to the 409th Air Expeditionary Group watch as a C-130J Super Hercules taxis in at Nigerien Air Base 201 in Agadez, Niger, on Aug. 3, 2019. The C-130 landing marked the next step in airfield evaluations by starting Visual Flight Rules operations at the base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Devin Boyer)

Air Force Begins Flight Operations at Remote Post in Niger

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Free Online Tutoring for Veterans

A company called Study Edge is offering veterans one semester of free tutoring.

Crystal Emmons, a program technician at the McRaven Child Development Center, plays with the children in her classroom at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota. (U.S. Air Force/Thomas Karol)

Asking Our Readers: Is Ramstein Child-Care Solution the Worst Idea Ever?

Weigh in on this child-care solution: Innovative or idiotic?

Julia Yllescas honors her late father, Army Capt. Robert Yllescas with her senior photos. Photo/Snapshots by Suz, via Facebook

Teenager Honors Her Fallen Father with Senior Photos

Nebraska teenager Julia Yllescas honors her fallen father with her beautiful senior photos.

ESPN Documentary Shows Rocky Bleier's Emotional Return to Vietnam

The Pittsburgh Steelers running back returned to the Vietnamese rice paddy where he was injured in battle for a new ESPN docu...

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