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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
5 Ways Military Families Can Start to Get Ahead Financially Here are five actionable ideas derived from certified financial planner JJ Montanaro's take on the first Military Financial...
Ask Lacey: Does Paying Off Debt or Investing for the Future Take Priority? It’s usually better to eliminate your debt, or at least reduce it, before investing in long-term savings such as your IRA.
What to Do (and What Not to Do) with Your Pay Raise Here's what to do -- and what not to do -- to ensure your pay raise sets you up for financial success.
Enroll in DoD's New Health Care Flexible Spending Accounts Starting March 3 Military service members can set aside up to $3,300 tax free for medical expenses starting in 2025, the first time the...
More Money, Less Debt: New Study Reveals Military Households' Financial Trajectory Since 2019 While many military families appear to be doing better than their civilian counterparts financially, they still face...
Troop Pay Is Competitive with Civilian Workers, Pentagon Finds in Quadrennial Review The Quadrenial Review of Military Compensation was unveiled and reported that "the department's compensation package is...
Hegseth Wants $50,000 for 'Emergency' Paint Job to Move into Military Family Housing, Lawmakers Say While it is not unprecedented for a defense secretary to live in military housing, it is far more common for them to find...
Elon Musk Aide Is Now Working at VA and Accessing Its Computer Systems A VA spokesman said the Department of Government Efficiency employee was given access to find waste and improve operations...
Military Drops Recruiting Efforts at Prestigious Black Engineering Awards Event Until this week, Army Recruiting Command had a public partnership with the Black Engineer of the Year Awards, or BEYA, an...
Veterans Affairs Deems More Than 130 Occupations Ineligible for Trump's Deferred Resignation Plan Nurses had been among those who received the original offer, but their unions had discouraged them from accepting, saying an...
'Infinite Nightmares at Once': Veterans Data Swept Up in Musk's Takeover of Treasury System Sensitive veterans data, including information about Department of Veterans Affairs benefits, are among the Treasury...
Air Force Has Troops Remove Names, Unit Patches from Uniforms During Deportation Flights The Air Force is the only one of the military branches involved in President Donald Trump's mandated border mission to not...
Freed Israeli Hostage Returns Home to Jerusalem Recently released Israeli hostage Karina Ariev waved from a car to crowds welcoming her as she was transported home...
Russian Spacecraft Carrying Military ‘Devices’ Blasts off From Northern Cosmodrome The Russian Defence Ministry released on Wednesday footage showing a Soyuz spacecraft blasting off from Russia's northern cosmodrome in...
Soldiers From El Salvador Join U.N.-Backed Mission in Haiti as U.S Pulls Funding A military contingent from El Salvador arrived in Haiti on Tuesday to bolster a U.N.-backed mission led by Kenyan...
U.S. Aid Freeze Puts at Risk Ukraine’s Wartime Help for Frontline Evacuees In what used to be this Ukraine town’s concert hall, cots are arranged on the stage and instead of...
In One of the Marines' Most Iconic Jobs, a Stunning Pattern of Suicide Marine Corps drill instructors are a national symbol of discipline. But for some, their imposing persona belies a dark reality.
In One of the Marines' Most Iconic Jobs, a Stunning Pattern of Suicide Marine Corps drill instructors are a national symbol of discipline. But for some, their imposing persona belies a dark reality.
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 protecting the institution, keep parents in the dark while officials formulate a public relations response.
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 protecting the institution, keep parents in the dark while officials formulate a public relations response.
Fort Liberty Will Be Fort Bragg Again. But There’s a Twist to the Controversial Name Less than two years after Fort Bragg officially became Fort Liberty, the North Carolina Army base’s name is changing back to...
Army, Navy Restore Webpages Highlighting Women's Service as Other Military Diversity Efforts Are Erased The pages were removed last week while the services examined their content to ensure they met an executive order issued Jan...
Army, Navy Restore Webpages Highlighting Women's Service as Other Military Diversity Efforts Are Erased The pages were removed last week while the services examined their content to ensure they met an executive order issued Jan...
A Russian Spy Ship Caught Fire off Syria's Coast, Officials Say. Here's Audio of its Broadcasts The Associated Press obtained audio of what military officials say is a broadcast from a Russian spy ship that suffered a...
Air Force Academy Board of Visitors Dismissed by President President Donald Trump announced he is dismissing the boards that advise military academies, including the Air Force Academy.
Air Force Nixes Officer Applicant Diversity Goals as Directed by Trump's Executive Orders The Department of the Air Force will no longer set ambitious goals to diversify the officer applicant pool.
Ready for 156 Space Coast Launches This Year, Space Force Targets Bottlenecks The Space Force is prepped to support an average of 13 launches of month from the Space Coast in 2025, but it’s a juggling...
Colorado Military Base to House Migrants as ICE Widens Crackdown A U.S. military base in Aurora, Colorado, will be used to process and temporarily house migrants facing deportation, as...
US Marine From California Identified as One of 4 People Killed in Philippines Plane Crash Sgt. Jacob M. Durham died in the crash of an aircraft that was conducting a routine mission “providing intelligence...
US Marine and 3 Defense Contractors Killed in Philippines Plane Crash The aircraft was conducting intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance at the request of -- and in support of -- the...
Coast Guard Member Dies During Eastern Pacific Deployment Seaman Bryan K. Lee, 23, had been missing since early last week.
Missing Commuter Plane Found Crashed on Alaska Sea Ice and All 10 Aboard Died, Coast Guard Says Mike Salerno, a spokesperson for the U.S. Coast Guard, said rescuers were searching the aircraft's last known location by...