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Military leaders urge Americans to help them overcome ‘misperceptions’ of military service
COVID-19 had an ‘appalling’ impact on American students’ test scores. That’s bad news for the military
Pentagon to help pay for troops to travel out of state for abortion care
The Army needs to get better at recruiting PSYOP soldiers, general says
The Army’s new pre-basic-training boot camp might actually build better soldiers
From ‘intense darkness’ to the Army’s NCO of the Year: How this medic made an example of himself
Sgt. Maj. of the Army to leaders: Stop using behavioral health as a universal band-aid for problems
Army considering height and weight exemptions based on fitness test score
A Marine recruit died on Camp Pendleton. The Marine Corps waited 11 days to announce his death
The Sergeant Major of the Army knows what you’ve heard about the service. He’s working on it
US Army fails to meet its recruitment goal by 15,000 soldiers
Woman recalls the time a retired Marine general ‘saved my life’ as a college student in an abusive relationship
Navy finds jet fuel in USS Nimitz drinking water days after declaring it safe
Russia’s ‘partial mobilization’ of civilians is going about as well as you’d expect
The Marine Corps’ new littoral combat team is changing the Marine rifle squad
The Air Force’s top recruiter is personally reviewing recruits’ hand tattoos so they can enlist
What is it like to re-enlist after years of being out of uniform?
Meet the best-trained team of divers in the Army
How the military’s new medical screening is screwing over Army recruiters
Inside the agency working to bring every missing US service member home
A Marine who filmed the iconic Iwo Jima flag raising was killed on the island days later. His remains are still there
Reefer recruits: Why the US military must change its stance on marijuana
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Schyler Peck
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As the world moves on, veterans of the Afghanistan withdrawal struggle to join them
US calls in Apaches, AC-130s, and artillery to take on militants after Syria rocket attacks
Millions of troops cry out in horror as Dodge announces end of the Charger and Challenger
No one wants to join the Army this year. Here’s how to fix it
The military’s top hospital is copying wounded troops’ tattoos onto their prosthetic limbs
The Air Force is very sorry about killing your pets
Which Marine Corps boot camp is tougher? This Marine experienced both
How muscle cars, sideburns and John Travolta helped save the military after Vietnam
How ‘Saving Private Ryan,’ ‘Black Hawk Down’ and other films inspired a generation to join the military
A Marine’s Bronze Star offers insight into US troops’ heroism during the Kabul evacuation
How games like ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ and ‘Magic: The Gathering’ strengthen the military
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Caroline Moseley
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The hidden costs for US troops after the downfall of Roe v. Wade
What movie played the biggest role in your decision to join the military?
Leaked barracks orgy video gets hundreds of British paratroopers barred from NATO mission
Pentagon worried the ‘Nintendo Generation’ can’t survive boot camp because their bones are weak
Army offers new recruits big $50,000 bonus to blow on irresponsible sh-t
Air Force recruiting is in the toilet and senior leaders are sounding the alarm
How do extremists get in the military? The Pentagon wants to find out
Florida state Senator wants to bring back ‘join the military or go to jail’ for criminals
Santa at War: A visual history of Jolly Old St. Nick in the unlikeliest of places
The Navy is rusting away thanks to a crushing deployment cycle
‘Nothing but the rest of your life to look forward to’ — What it’s like riding the ‘Freedom Bird’ out of combat
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Jonathan Lenz
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Marine Corps plan calls for some future Marines to skip boot camp
They were children when the Afghanistan War began. As soldiers they carried the burden of ending it
The debate over registering women for the draft is a waste of time: There is no draft
A county in Oregon wants to call in the National Guard to deal with all their illegal pot farms
The best hacks to make military life in the field suck less
US troops are still in Syria and nobody can give a good answer as to why
‘School bus driver’ is the latest job for National Guard troops
A Marine Corps recruit died on his first training day at boot camp
The best portable coffee makers for your next deployment
All US troops are officially out of Afghanistan
One of the most telling scenes in ‘Saving Private Ryan’ involved a sidelong glance at a sandwich
Protecting GPS is the Space Force’s most important job, according to their new commercial
Biden orders another 1,000 soldiers to Kabul as Taliban menace Afghanistan’s capital
The US is sending 3,000 troops back into Afghanistan as the country falls apart
A small tweak to how the Army trains new soldiers is dramatically reducing sexual assault reports
‘You either went to war or you didn’t’ — How deployments divide the vet community
This US Marine quick reaction force has deployed twice in the last 30 days to protect American embassies
An Afghan interpreter who became an American soldier has one final mission: Saving his family
Self-proclaimed ‘incel’ allegedly joined Army to train for mass shooting of women but washed out after 4 months
New Air Force recruiting pitch: It doesn’t matter what you look like, just that you can kick enemy ass
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