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The Gear Locker

The best ellipticals to keep up the cardio all year long

By Brett Allen

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The Gear Locker

The best running watches worth wearing

By Joe Plenzler

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The Gear Locker

The best running shorts for women worth wearing

By Kate Germano

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The Gear Locker

The best running headphones worth buying

By Hanna Merzbach

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News

‘I’m here to ask why you did not protect us’ — Watch a Navy spouse confront senior leaders over water contamination

By Haley Britzky

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The Gear Locker

The best rowing machines to keep you fit for your next mission

By Paul J. O’Leary

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The Gear Locker

The best cycling gloves worth wearing

By W.E. Linde

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News

Two of the Air Force’s elite commandos are trying to earn a spot in the 2022 Olympics

By David Roza

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The Gear Locker

The best sweatpants that are luxury for your legs

By Scott Murdock

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News

The Navy doesn’t know why the water on a major base smells like fuel and has no idea when it’ll be fixed

By Haley Britzky

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The Gear Locker

The 47 best Black Friday deals on fitness gear at Amazon, Walmart, and beyond

By Jared Keller

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News

‘They saved our marriage’ — This is what happens when Army leaders actually put people first

By Haley Britzky

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News

Videos reveal moldy, disgusting Camp Lejeune barracks where Marines are forced to live

By James Clark

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News

An Air Force tech sergeant just got married in the back of a C-17 cargo jet

By David Roza

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The Gear Locker

The best women’s running shoes worth wearing

By Kate Germano

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The Gear Locker

The best treadmills to keep you fit for your next mission

By Scott Murdock

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Military Life

Your post-PCS checklist

By Meredith Mathis

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News

This is the Army’s plan to stop physically breaking so many of its soldiers

By Haley Britzky

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News

We finally know why the Army fired its three-star general in charge of housing

By Jeff Schogol

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News

The Army is reviewing its height and weight standards for the first time in decades

By Haley Britzky

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Military Life

The military has seen a significant increase in suicide deaths since COVID-19 hit

By Jeff Schogol

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News

Army fires officer accused of faking deployments and awards amid multiple affairs

By James Clark

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News

Years after being injured in Iraq, this Army medic has shattered another Paralympic world record

By Haley Britzky

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News

Afghan baby named ‘Reach’ after the Air Force C-17 she was born on

By David Roza, Jeff Schogol

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News

The Army is teaching soldiers how to avoid dating assholes

By Haley Britzky

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News

Marine Corps to eliminate crunches from its physical fitness test in favor of planks

By Paul Szoldra

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Military Life

‘We are all suffering in silence’ — Inside the US military’s pervasive culture of eating disorders

By Haley Britzky

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News

The Navy has a floating barracks that is somehow worse than living on an actual ship

By Kyle Gunn

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News

Why the Best Ranger Competition is one of the hardest races in the US military

By Justin Burgess

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News

Watch this Air Force team do push-ups at 20,000 feet

By David Roza

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News

An Afghan interpreter who became an American soldier has one final mission: Saving his family

By Drew Lawrence

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News

Son of legendary soldier Alwyn Cashe follows in his father’s footsteps

By James Clark

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Military Life

The best (and worst) dating sites for people in the military

By Scott Murdock

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News

The Army is investigating a married officer accused of faking deployments and awards amid affairs with several women

By Haley Britzky

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News

This is a real slide from an Air Force brief on the real threat of incels

By Jared Keller

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News

Meet the 20 American soldiers hoping to bring home the gold in the Summer Olympics

By Haley Britzky

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News

Why the Air Force will allow airmen to walk instead of run on their fitness tests

By David Roza

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News

The new Air Force fitness test will feature walking instead of running and modified push-ups

By David Roza

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News

Husband of pregnant soldier speaks out about her unit leaving her behind without food

By Haley Britzky

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News

USAA pays off Marine family’s $14,000 bill from private military housing company

By Paul Szoldra

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News

These are the least safe Army posts for female soldiers

By Haley Britzky

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Military Life

8 life lessons I learned from my military dad

By Sarah Sicard

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News

US Marine family billed $14,000 by private military housing company

By Paul Szoldra

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News

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has a baller home worth nearly $3 million

By Paul Szoldra

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News

A Corpsman went to a military hospital for a routine shoulder surgery. 4 days later he was dead, and his parents say the Navy is to blame

By James Clark

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News

The Army allegedly missed this soldier’s stomach cancer for 4 years. His widow wants someone to answer for it

By James Clark

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News

‘It’s A Scandal’ — Inside The Fight To Hold The Military Accountable For Medical Malpractice

By James Clark

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Military Life

A day after moving into military housing, a family found a roach on their child’s feeding tube. Then it got worse

By Haley Britzky

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News

He followed his mom into the Air Force. Now he’s administering her final reenlistment oath

By David Roza

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News

How I learned my Green Beret husband was killed in the Niger ambush

By Michelle Black

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Military Life

Full 360 support for the military family

By Task & Purpose

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Military Life

Free specialized and confidential coaching and assistance

By Task & Purpose

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News

‘I don’t want to forget’ — What Memorial Day really means to those who’ve served

By Haley Britzky

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News

You may see this break-dancing American soldier in the 2024 Olympics

By David Roza

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News

What does Memorial Day really mean to those who served?

By Haley Britzky

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News

Military leaders worry America’s youth are still too fat or dumb to fight

By Jared Keller

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Military Life

Here’s What You Need To Know About VA Home Loans

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News

Retired Army Lt. Col. Allen West embarrasses himself in one-man push-up contest

By Paul Szoldra

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News

Grieving parents excoriate the Marine Corps over deadly amphibious vehicle accident

By Jeff Schogol

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The Gear Locker

The best fitness trackers to help you crush your PT

By Corrina Murdoch

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Military Life

7 types of people you date while in uniform

By Paul D. Mooney

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Military Life

PCS: the basics about a permanent change of station

By Scott Murdock

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The Gear Locker

The best gym bags to enhance your workout

By Corrina Murdoch

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Tech & Tactics

An F-35 pilot reveals why good fighter pilots never skip leg day

By David Roza

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