Deployment checklist What to Send In a Deployment Care Package Receiving a care package from home can be a morale booster for a deployed service member -- here are tips on what to send. How To Get Information During Deployment At some point during the absence of your service member, you will need info. How do you get that? Communicating With Your Partner On Deployment As much as service members would like to establish a schedule for reaching their loved ones, being in a combat zone may... National Day of the Deployed October 26 honors all service members who have been deployed in service of our country, as well as the families who support... Talking to Children During a Deployment You should also create time to talk to your child about the coping skills that he has adopted while his deployed parent is... Select Service Army Marines Navy Air Force National Guard Coast Guard Space Force Spouse Login Army My Profile Army Home Page Navy My Profile Navy Home Page Air Force My Profile Air Force Home Page Marines My Profile Marines Home Page Coast Guard My Profile Coast Guard Home Page Space Force My Profile Space Force Home Page National Guard My Profile National Guard Home Page Spouse My Profile Spouse Home Page My Profile News Home Page Recent Deployment Articles Appeals Court Seems Likely to Keep Trump In Control of National Guard Deployed in Los Angeles The three-judge panel is set to hear oral arguments via video, and protests outside the downtown San Francisco court are... Military Moves Ships, Aircraft to Middle East as Senator Seeks to Stop US Action Against Iran The U.S. military has moved additional ships and tanker aircraft into the Middle East and hurried a carrier to the region... Marines Temporarily Detain Man While Guarding LA Federal Building Marcos Leao, a former Army combat engineer, said he was rushing to get to a Veterans Affairs appointment when he stepped past... The Marines Are in Los Angeles Around 200 Marines armed with rifles, riot control equipment, gas masks, roughly 20 hours of civil disturbance training and... Hegseth Won't Say He'd Follow Court Order on LA Troop Deployment Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth refused to say Thursday whether he would follow a federal district court order if it rules... Marines Authorized to Temporarily Detain Protesters in LA, Raising Legal Concerns A legal expert said that even granting temporary detention authority to troops can be construed as a law enforcement act... Hegseth Suggests LA-Style Troop Deployments Could Happen Anywhere in US 'if Necessary' Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth added that "hopefully" governors in other states would mobilize their Guards themselves and... Army Birthday Celebration Falls in Shadow of LA Military Deployment, Immigration Policy Protests This week marks a jarring collision of the military and civilian relationship, one that has traditionally remained carefully... Hegseth, Democrats Tangle over Troop Deployments to Los Angeles Amid the back-and-forth between Hegseth and Democrats at a House Appropriations Committee defense subpanel hearing, the... Trump Deploys Hundreds of Marines to LA in Growing Military Response to Immigration Raid Protests The deployment marks a sharp escalation in the military's role in domestic unrest in the city caused by immigration raids by... View more Military Benefits Update Tricare Patients Fear Losing Preferred Health Care Providers Amid Contract Transition Doctors and patients said they have been caught off guard by the shift from Health Net Federal Services to TriWest Healthcare... The Next Deadline for Backdated PACT Act Payments Is Coming Soon. Here’s What You Need to Know Those vets or family members who hadn’t yet filed a PACT Act claim but instead declared their “intent to file” a claim ahead... VA Fertility Benefits for Military Veterans More VA beneficiaries became eligible for fertility treatments in 2024. Here's who qualifies and what to expect. Fertility Benefits for Active-Duty Service Members More Tricare beneficiaries became eligible for fertility treatments in 2024. Here's who qualifies and what to expect. Military Child Care Fees These are the Defense Department's child-care fees for 2024-2025. The Mental Burden of Using Military Benefits For those who have to line up specialty or mental health care, the back and forth can become a full-time job. But is the... Other Than Honorable Discharge: Everything You Need to Know In U.S. military service, an other than honorable (OTH) discharge represents the most severe form of administrative discharge... View more
What to Send In a Deployment Care Package Receiving a care package from home can be a morale booster for a deployed service member -- here are tips on what to send.
How To Get Information During Deployment At some point during the absence of your service member, you will need info. How do you get that?
Communicating With Your Partner On Deployment As much as service members would like to establish a schedule for reaching their loved ones, being in a combat zone may...
National Day of the Deployed October 26 honors all service members who have been deployed in service of our country, as well as the families who support...
Talking to Children During a Deployment You should also create time to talk to your child about the coping skills that he has adopted while his deployed parent is...
Appeals Court Seems Likely to Keep Trump In Control of National Guard Deployed in Los Angeles The three-judge panel is set to hear oral arguments via video, and protests outside the downtown San Francisco court are...
Military Moves Ships, Aircraft to Middle East as Senator Seeks to Stop US Action Against Iran The U.S. military has moved additional ships and tanker aircraft into the Middle East and hurried a carrier to the region...
Marines Temporarily Detain Man While Guarding LA Federal Building Marcos Leao, a former Army combat engineer, said he was rushing to get to a Veterans Affairs appointment when he stepped past...
The Marines Are in Los Angeles Around 200 Marines armed with rifles, riot control equipment, gas masks, roughly 20 hours of civil disturbance training and...
Hegseth Won't Say He'd Follow Court Order on LA Troop Deployment Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth refused to say Thursday whether he would follow a federal district court order if it rules...
Marines Authorized to Temporarily Detain Protesters in LA, Raising Legal Concerns A legal expert said that even granting temporary detention authority to troops can be construed as a law enforcement act...
Hegseth Suggests LA-Style Troop Deployments Could Happen Anywhere in US 'if Necessary' Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth added that "hopefully" governors in other states would mobilize their Guards themselves and...
Army Birthday Celebration Falls in Shadow of LA Military Deployment, Immigration Policy Protests This week marks a jarring collision of the military and civilian relationship, one that has traditionally remained carefully...
Hegseth, Democrats Tangle over Troop Deployments to Los Angeles Amid the back-and-forth between Hegseth and Democrats at a House Appropriations Committee defense subpanel hearing, the...
Trump Deploys Hundreds of Marines to LA in Growing Military Response to Immigration Raid Protests The deployment marks a sharp escalation in the military's role in domestic unrest in the city caused by immigration raids by...
Tricare Patients Fear Losing Preferred Health Care Providers Amid Contract Transition Doctors and patients said they have been caught off guard by the shift from Health Net Federal Services to TriWest Healthcare...
The Next Deadline for Backdated PACT Act Payments Is Coming Soon. Here’s What You Need to Know Those vets or family members who hadn’t yet filed a PACT Act claim but instead declared their “intent to file” a claim ahead...
VA Fertility Benefits for Military Veterans More VA beneficiaries became eligible for fertility treatments in 2024. Here's who qualifies and what to expect.
Fertility Benefits for Active-Duty Service Members More Tricare beneficiaries became eligible for fertility treatments in 2024. Here's who qualifies and what to expect.
The Mental Burden of Using Military Benefits For those who have to line up specialty or mental health care, the back and forth can become a full-time job. But is the...
Other Than Honorable Discharge: Everything You Need to Know In U.S. military service, an other than honorable (OTH) discharge represents the most severe form of administrative discharge...
![Protester standing in front of a California National Guard](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-06/ApNewsroom_US_Protests_Los_Angeles_23881.jpg?itok=RqZ9PHdT "A protester waves a folding fan while standing in front of a California National Guard member outside the North Los Angeles Federal Building during a "No Kings" protest in response to a series of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids, in Los Angeles, Calif., Saturday, June 14, 2025. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)")
