Military Reenlistment Codes Explained Understand military reenlistment codes (RE codes), how they affect your eligibility and your options across all U.S. service...
The Workout You Should Be Doing to Prepare for Military Training Incorporating fundamental exercises, such as squats, lunges, carries, crawls and load-bearing movements, is among the best...
Air Force Ranks: A Complete Guide to Enlisted and Officer Ranks Explore U.S. Air Force ranks, from Airman Basic to General. Learn rank structure, pay grades, insignia, and promotion paths...
Pentagon Tightens Rules on Getting Medical Waivers to Join the Military The decision comes after the Pentagon announced earlier this year that it would ban transgender troops and review other...
Everything You Need to Know About OCS: Officer Candidate School For both OCS and OTS, the main goal is to transform civilians or enlisted members with college degrees into competent...
How to Become a Naval Officer A Navy officer must assume a variety of duties at sea, in the air and ashore. Officers must be physically fit, at least 19...
Will the Military Draft Come Back? Will the U.S. military draft return? Learn the current status, how a draft would work and what recent events mean for the...
US Army Enlistment Weight Requirements The following are the Army height, weight and body fat requirements for enlistment.
Medical Conditions That Can Keep You from Joining the Military These standards generally apply to all branches of the military. None of them are automatic disqualifiers, just red flags.
Everything You Need to Know About the Military Draft What is the military draft and Selective Service? Here’s everything you need to know.
Two Heroes, Two Medals of Honor: Inside Trump’s State of the Union Tribute Trump awarded two Medals of Honor during his State of the Union — one to a wounded helicopter pilot, another to a 100-year...
Amid Biggest US Military Buildup Since 2003, What Service Members and Families Need to Do Right Now Nobody knows yet whether the current buildup will result in a strike, a deal or a prolonged standoff. What you can control is...
The US Failed to Capture a MiG-15. Then a North Korean Defector Delivered One A secret US operation spent months trying to obtain a Soviet MiG-15 during the Korean War. A North Korean defector who never...
25 Years After 9/11: Former CENTCOM Commander’s Strategic Warning on What America Still Gets Wrong The only U.S. officer to lead PACOM and CENTCOM warns in his memoir that America chases short-term wins over strategy—risking...
Why You Didn’t Get the Job: Understanding How Companies Hire In today’s turbulent, unpredictable and frustrating hiring market, job-seekers are seemingly doing everything right and...