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A private donor is funding a National Guard deployment. Nobody’s sure if it’s legal or not
Husband of pregnant soldier speaks out about her unit leaving her behind without food
This is the Army’s updated policy for transgender soldiers
WWII Marine Medal of Honor recipient welcomes great-grandson to the Corps
As a child in Baghdad, he watched US Marines on patrol. Now he’ll make Marines as a drill instructor
He followed his mom into the Air Force. Now he’s administering her final reenlistment oath
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At least 26,000 troops and half a billion dollars later, the National Guard mission in DC is ending
What Ted Cruz doesn’t understand about those ‘woke’ Army recruiting commercials
The Army disabled comments on new recruiting commercials amid criticism it’s too ‘woke’
US troops are stuck on the Mexico border with no end in sight
Meet the everyday Air Force hero who saved his buddies from days of paperwork hell
This photo of Marine recruits on their first day at boot camp is begging for a caption contest
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A beginner’s guide to earning your citizenship through military service
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Margaret D. Stock
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The Air Force just let in a white supremacist that a Google search could have caught
The true story behind that one scene from ‘Black Hawk Down’ that explains why soldiers go to war
How this Army lieutenant pulled off an elaborate scheme to join the military without his family knowing
Pentagon allows transgender troops to serve openly under new policy
Biden needs to get us out of Afghanistan in May
Biden refuses to commit to Afghanistan pullout by May 1
Constant mobilizations may be pushing the National Guard to the brink
Meet the master helmsmen, the Navy ship drivers that are barely out of high school
That time Hitler’s nephew joined the US Navy to fight his evil uncle is the ultimate family drama
The path from immigrant, to soldier, to officer
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Maj. Khoran Lee
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The National Guard is getting roasted which is more than we can say for the food soldiers are getting at the Capitol
How letters from home carried this Medal of Honor recipient through his deployments
No more delays, no more excuses: It’s time to get the hell out of Afghanistan once and for all
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Richard Hanania
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Why it’s so difficult for the military to weed out extremists
Pentagon considers sending more than 18,000 troops to help vaccinate America
Everything you should know when buying a car after deployment
Female Marine recruits have arrived at Recruit Depot San Diego for training for the first time ever
This service member just enlisted in the Space Force with his alien pal by his side
The National Guard’s new recruiting pitch: The world is a dumpster fire, but you can fix it
From civil war to citizenship: A soldier’s journey from El Salvador to US Army service
Army chaplain under investigation for calling transgender troops ‘mentally unfit’ to serve
Biden drops Trump-era ban on transgender troops
National Guardsmen moved out of Capitol parking garage after bipartisan outcry from lawmakers
National Guard members forced to sleep in parking garage following Biden inauguration
National Guardsman still teaching kids while protecting the Capitol: ‘I’m dedicated to their success’
Trump to leave office with vastly more troops in DC than in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria combined
Iraqi Translator Becomes U.S. Airman
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Alyssa Van Hook
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This would-be airman really wants you to know he won’t enlist if Biden is commander-in-chief
The National Guard’s response to the Capitol Hill riots: Everything you need to know
National Guard mobilized after pro-Trump mob assaults Capitol Hill
Freedom and Opportunity: A Togolese-American story
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Chad Menegay
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Hundreds of National Guardsmen activated as DC braces for post-election protests
Military leaders worry America’s youth are still too fat or dumb to fight
5 things I actually miss about being deployed on Christmas
I dreamed of becoming a Marine my entire life. Then I learned I was undocumented
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Tony Valdovinos
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Can US troops face life in a Kuwaiti prison for selling pork? An investigation
A man disqualified from joining the Army allegedly returned and shot up the recruiting station
Female Marine recruits will train at Recruit Depot San Diego for the first time ever starting next year
Medal of Honor recipient Clint Romesha on why soldiers go to war
‘Time to find the Lion King in Pashto’ – One Marine’s epic struggle to deploy
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Nathan Lowry, The War Horse
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Trump is pulling most US troops out of Somalia
Can states fire employees who leave for military duty? The Supreme Court may decide
‘You either went to war or you didn’t’ — How deployments divide the veteran community
A new Army policy is changing the way deployed or pregnant NCOs are promoted
US drawdown in Afghanistan is wrong call, says commander who claimed we were on the ‘road to winning’ in 2013