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Navy beats annual recruiting goals with more recruiters, less paperwork
Career

Navy beats annual recruiting goals with more recruiters, less paperwork

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Oct 1, 2025

U.S. Army Capt. Meckenzie MacIlvennie, commander of the 5th Quartermaster Theater Aerial Delivery Company, 16th Special Troops Battalion, 16th Sustainment Brigade, watches as paratroopers exit an aircraft over the historic drop zone at Ginkelse Heide in Ede, Netherlands, during the 81st commemoration of Operation Market Garden, Sept. 20, 2025. The airborne operation is part of Exercise Falcon Leap, a multinational training event honoring the legacy of allied paratroopers. (U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Nahjier Williams)
Military Life

What troops and military families need to know about the government shutdown

By Jeff Schogol, Drew F. Lawrence

Posted on Oct 1, 2025

Air Force Recruiting
Career

Air Force has the highest number of potential recruits on record

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 30, 2025

Close-up on a man gambling online using a mobile app on his cell phone while drinking beer at the pub
News

The military needs to better tackle gambling issues among troops, watchdog says

By Drew F. Lawrence

Posted on Sep 29, 2025

Air Force Fitness Program
Military Life

Air Force announces new force-wide fitness test: 2-mile run, twice per year

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 24, 2025

Specialist Rosealina Ortiz (left) assists Specialist Oscarina Pepen (right) with her hair following live fire training. CFB Gagetown, New Brunswick, Canada, August 9, 2022. In 2021 the Army released updated female grooming standards which are more inclusive of various natural hair styles. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. David Connors)
Military Life

Army grooming standards and hairstyles get more strict under new orders

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Sep 15, 2025

Families move into a private military housing home.
Military Life

Military family housing understaffed, lacks proper oversight, IG report finds

By Matt White, Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 14, 2025

U.S. Air Force Col. Michael S. Albert, 434th Air Refueling Wing commander, Grissom Air Reserve Base, Indiana, coins Tech. Sgt. Abdoulie Bah, 350th Recruiting Squadron recruiter, for breaking a recruiting record by reaching 100 accessions within the 2025 fiscal year, becoming a ’Centurian Club’ recruiter on Aug. 9, 2025, Grissom Air Reserve Base, Indiana. The last time a recruiter accessed 100 or more new Airmen was in 2014 and there have been fewer than 10 to earn the distinction within the past 20 years. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Benjamin Mota)
Benefits

Airman joins recruiter hall of fame for getting 100 people to enlist

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Sep 12, 2025

U.S. Marines Lance Cpl. Kaitlyn M. Erkson, an intelligence analyst with the Aviation Combat Element, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command, and Sgt. Sean S. Saball, a data noncommissioned officer with the Command Element, SPMAGTF-SC, mix paint during a visit to Casa Misericordia orphanage for girls with disabilities in Comayagua, Honduras, Oct. 28, 2017. Service members with SPMAGTF-SC volunteered their time playing with the children, handing out toys and school supplies, and painting the orphanage. The Marines and sailors of SPMAGTF-SC have donated over 7,000 hours of community service to local communities throughout Central America during their six-month deployment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ian Leones)
Benefits

VA may have sent 35,000 veterans ‘erroneous’ warnings about home foreclosure

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Sep 5, 2025

Air Force Moves
Military Life

Air Force delays stateside PCS moves due to budget crunch

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 15, 2025

USACE Fort Meade Bay Area Office Project Engineers Marcus Bryant, Melvin Damoudt, and Captain Anthony Adams inspect construction progress at the Freedom Center barracks project, designed to support present and future warfighters. The $38 million development features two multi-story buildings with 190 personnel capacity, offering modern accommodations including living/sleeping rooms with semi-private baths, walk-in closets, and kitchen/living areas. The complex incorporates advanced security through intrusion detection systems and energy monitoring capabilities, reinforcing the Army and NSA's commitment to providing high-quality housing for service members. Scheduled for completion in October 2025, this project represents a significant investment in military readiness and quality of life.
Military Life

Frustrations over mold, pests and security concerns front and center in Army barracks survey

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Aug 12, 2025

A Combined Action Program Marine and a Navy corpsman using diesel fuel to burn the human waste from Combined Action unit Papa Three's outhouse in Cam Hieu village, Quang Tri Province, Vietnam, on September 20, 1967. (Photo by Ed Palm Photo/Getty Images)
Vietnam War

Federal watchdog calls out lack of research on burn pits in Vietnam

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Aug 7, 2025

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Donald Matts, 480th Fighter Generation Squadron noncommissioned officer in charge of engines, embraces his loved ones during a redeployment at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, July 23, 2025. The 480th FGS deployed to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility to demonstrate the United States’ commitment to peace through strength by partnering with allies, reinforcing deterrence, and enhancing regional capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Demi M. Ebert)
Benefits

TRICARE could soon cover dependents up to 26 with no extra fees

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jul 28, 2025

Crews install a three-ton, 30-foot barrier panel at the Barry M. Goldwater Range along the U.S.-Mexico border near Yuma, Arizona, March 3, 2020. BMGR 10-27 includes 31 miles of border barrier. USACE is providing direction and oversight for Department of Defense (DOD)-funded construction of border barrier projects from California to Texas. These projects are being executed by USACE, as directed through the U.S. Army by the Secretary of Defense, in response to the Presidential national emergency declaration dated Feb. 15, 2019, requiring the use of the armed forces and authorizing the use of Title 10, U.S. Code, § 2808. (Some personal and corporate identifiable markings have been masked for privacy reasons. No one in this photo crossed the international border).
Military Life

Pentagon shifts $200 million from barracks, schools, facilities to border wall

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jul 25, 2025

Iowa Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, prepare equipment prior to entering “the box” during Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) rotation 25-08 at Fort Johnson, La., June 5, 2025. JRTC training includes live-fire exercises, force-on-force battles and after-action reviews designed to enhance unit performance. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Armani Wilson)
Military Life

Army blames showers left ‘wet after use’ for mold in barracks

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jul 22, 2025

Navy enlistment
Career

Pentagon updates medical conditions that disqualify new recruits

By Patty Nieberg, Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 22, 2025

Exposed, damaged pipes at the Palau Hall barracks at Andersen Air force Base
Military Life

Damaged, moldy barracks in Guam are getting a $297 million makeover

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 15, 2025

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Dennis Jendrzejewski, middle, 386th Air Expeditionary Wing command chief, dons an Explosive Ordnance Disposal bomb suit with the help of Staff Sgt. Joshua McCoy, left, and Staff Sgt. David Knapp, both 386th Civil Engineering Squadron EOD team members, within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, May 29, 2025. An EOD bomb suit can weigh over 80 pounds, but leaves the hands exposed because of the requirement for maximum dexterity, precision and sensitive handling. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Timothy Leddick)
Military Life

Air Force rolls out age- and sex-neutral fitness test for EOD techs

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 14, 2025

Close-up on a man gambling online using a mobile app on his cell phone while drinking beer at the pub
News

Gambling addiction in the military may be going unnoticed, advocates warn

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jul 3, 2025

An Air Force security officer holds a caged Richardson Ground Squirrel during a previous infestation in 2019 at Minot Air Force Base.
Military Life

Minot Air Force Base is overrun by squirrels

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 30, 2025

A Soldier assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade uses a single-blade razor to shave his face during a shaving clinic May 22 at the brigade's organizational classroom.
Military Life

Medical shaving waivers could soon get you kicked out of the Army

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 28, 2025

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Caige Chapman, 81st Operational Medical Readiness Squadron independent duty medical technician, participates in memorial push ups during Warrior Day on Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Nov 8, 2024. Memorial push-ups are a tradition within the special tactics community to honor fallen service members. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Trenten Walters)
Military Life

The Air Force fitness test may soon include 2-mile runs twice a year

By Matt White

Posted on Jun 23, 2025

Royce Williams
Army

Proposed law would open the door for more troops to be awarded the Medal of Honor

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jun 18, 2025

Andrew Bosworth, chief technology officer of Meta, and Shyam Sankar, Shyam Sankar, chief technology officer for Palantir are joining the Army Reserve as two of the four new senior advisors who will advise the Army on its tech transformation.
Career

Army bringing in big tech executives as lieutenant colonels

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jun 13, 2025

Maj. Gen. Clair A. Gill, U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence and Fort Novosel commander, conducts a walking town hall in Allen Heights neighborhood with various leaders from USAACE, Fort Novosel, and Corvias Oct. 2. (Photo Credit: Brittany Trumbull)
Military Life

Most military families on base don’t know their rights as tenants, survey finds

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jun 12, 2025

Recruits with Golf Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, conduct the Confidence Course on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., June 25, 2024. After demonstrations, recruits complete various physically and mentally challenging obstacles. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ayden Cassano)
Career

Two-thirds of troops who left the military in 2023 were at risk for mental health conditions, survey found

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jun 6, 2025

Vets hope thousands will rally against VA cuts in nationwide protests
History

Vets hope thousands will rally against VA cuts in nationwide protests

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 5, 2025

Army barracks
Military Life

Army barracks repairs could suffer if money shifts to border, top general acknowledges

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jun 5, 2025

General view on Warminster community park, located at the former Naval Air Warfare Center Warminster, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA on February 6, 2019. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to release updates on tests of per- and polyfuoroalkyl substances or PFAs pollution in public water supplies for 16 million Americans in 33 states, including Pennsylvania. The federal report is delayed due to January 2019 shutdown. Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, Republican of Bucks County in Eastern Pennsylvania and Democrat Dan Kildee, of Michigan cochair a bipartisan task force in the House of Representatives, formed to take on the growingPFAS ContaminationCrisis. The usage of foam at nearby former military bases is linked to tainted drinking water, affecting tens of thousands of residents in Bucks and Montgomery Counties in Eastern Pennsylvania. (Photo by Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto)
Benefits

Bill would cover ‘Forever Chemical’ exposure at bases under VA benefits

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jun 4, 2025

Soldiers assigned to the U.S. Army Drill Team, 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), perform during a showing of "Twilight Tattoo" at Summerall Field, on Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va., May 7, 2025. Twilight Tattoo is a live, family-friendly military performance featuring Soldiers from The Old Guard and U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own", showcasing the U.S. Army's history through ceremonial drill, music, and historical reenactments that honor the service and sacrifice of American Soldiers past and present. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Oscar Toscano)
Military Life

Pentagon orders review of base moves, and more military news

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on May 30, 2025

Andersen Air Force Base
Military Life

Guam barracks conditions are ‘baffling,’ Navy admiral says in email

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on May 29, 2025

Military spouse Valerie McNulty says the use of a GPS tracker placed in her household goods during her Family’s recent permanent change of station made national news headlines, and led to conversations with top Department of Defense officials about bettering PCS experiences.
Career

The Pentagon wants troops to change duty stations less often

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on May 28, 2025

North Providence High School JROTC cadets and students from a homeschool group in Connecticut tour the 104th Fighter Wing, April 12, 2024, at Barnes Air National Guard Base, Massachusetts. Base tours give community members the opportunity to learn more about the 104FW mission and find out more about potential future careers within the Air Force and Air National Guard.
Military Life

Hegseth tells Pentagon to review more homeschooling support for military families

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on May 27, 2025

Veteran employment benefits

7 reasons T-Mobile is an amazing employer for vets & military spouses

By Shannon Corbeil

Posted on May 27, 2025

U.S Airmen assigned to the 81st Security Forces Squadron along with members of the U.S. Navy stand in formation during the Police Week Retreat Ceremony on May 15, 2025 at Keesler Air Force Base. The retreat ceremony was one of several events held by the 81st Security Forces Squadron commemorating National Police Week. National Police Week was established in 1962 as a collaborative effort to honor America’s law enforcement community and pay special recognition to those law enforcement officers who lost their lives in the line of duty for the safety and protection of others. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jon Carter)
Career

Bipartisan bill would nix federal taxes on military bonuses

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on May 22, 2025

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Brandon Caserta died when he intentionally walked into a spinning helicopter propeller on June 25, 2018. Hi parents, Teri and Patrick, lobbied for The Brandon Act, which mandates that troops get mental healthcare and other assistance when they need it.
News

Parents of ‘Brandon Act’ sailor ask to meet with Hegseth about military suicides

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on May 15, 2025

The bear hulu
Military Life

If you’ve ever lived in the barracks, you already understand ‘The Bear’ on Hulu

By Clay Beyersdorfer

Posted on May 13, 2025

A sign for the Child Development Center is displayed at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, Sept. 13, 2024. Tyndall’s child and youth programs mission are to assist Department of Defense military and civilian personnel in balancing the competing demands of accomplishing the mission and family life by managing and delivering a system of quality, available and affordable programs and services for eligible children and youth. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Zachary Nordheim)
Navy

Military daycares must change how they inform parents about reports of abuse, watchdog says

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on May 7, 2025

Black woman flexing muscles in garage

This is the VA benefit many veterans hadn’t planned on needing

By Shannon Corbeil

Posted on May 1, 2025

III Armored Corps Soldiers begin the week-long III AC Best Squad Competition with an Army Combat Fitness Test outside Whitside Fitness Center, Fort Riley, KS, on June 24, 2024. There are ten units from within III Corps participating in this event, all gunning for the opportunity to compete at the FORSCOM level Best Squad Competition later this year. (U.S. Army Photos by Spc. Tyler Selige)
Military Life

Army closes in on its elusive goal of a gender-neutral fitness test

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Apr 25, 2025

Staff Sgt. Raycel Dasher, an infantryman assigned to A Company, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, U.S. Army South performs the standing power throw during an Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) during the U.S. Army Futures Command Best Squad Competition at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., June 4, 2024. The ACFT was one of the various events during the week-long competition designed to assess the competitors’ technical and tactical proficiency, as well as their ability to work as a disciplined and cohesive team. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Joshua Taeckens)
Military Life

End of the ‘yeet’: the standing power throw is out as new Army fitness test goes ‘sex-neutral’ for combat jobs

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Apr 21, 2025

A U.S. Army Soldier assigned to the 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, scans the horizon during a simulated assault as part of the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center-Exportable (JPMRC-X) exercise at Fort Magsaysay, Philippines, June 9, 2024. This iteration of JPMRC-X marks the first deployment to the Philippines, which will enable and assist the Philippine Army and the Armed Forces of the Philippines in building combat training center locations within the Philippines. The JPMRC-X is a Department of the Army initiative consisting of a deployable package of personnel and equipment designed to support training exercises across the Pacific. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Carleeann Smiddy)
United States

What does the trade war mean for troops’ military retirement savings?

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Apr 10, 2025

Water tower near the former Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA on February 6, 2019. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to release updates on tests of per- and polyfuoroalkyl substances or PFAs pollution in public water supplies for 16 million Americans in 33 states, including Pennsylvania. The federal report is delayed due to January 2019 shutdown. Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, Republican of Bucks County in Eastern Pennsylvania and Democrat Dan Kildee, of Michigan cochair a bipartisan task force in the House of Representatives, formed to take on the growingPFAS ContaminationCrisis. The usage of foam at nearby former military bases is linked to tainted drinking water, affecting tens of thousands of residents in Bucks and Montgomery Counties in Eastern Pennsylvania. (Photo by Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Benefits

These vets say the PACT Act left them behind

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Apr 9, 2025

hands in pockets navy
Military Life

The Navy’s experiment with hands in pockets is under review, top admiral says

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Apr 7, 2025

A new bipartisan bill would establish centers across the U.S. to treat and study veterans with innovative therapies like psychedelics.
News

New bill could create VA centers to treat vets with psychedelic therapies

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Apr 3, 2025

The Talarico family has joined a lawsuit against private military housing contractor Balfour Beatty over moldy and neglected housing at Key West Naval Air Station, Florida.
Navy

Mold in privatized housing cost this Navy family their health and reenlistment bonus

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Apr 1, 2025

A U.S. Army Soldier reaches out to tap the Ranger Tab above Victory Pond before falling in the water during the Best Ranger Competition at Fort Moore, Ga., April 14, 2024. The David E. Grange Jr. Best Ranger Competition is a two-man team competition where competitors push themselves mentally and physically over three days and two nights to earn the title of “Best Ranger”. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sgt. Eric Kestner)
Military Life

Ranger School’s new fitness test is tougher than ever, but nixes sit-ups

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Mar 27, 2025

2nd Lt. Leif Whalen, an engineer officer, fireman carry’s Sgt. 1st Class Lucas Bradfield, a platoon sergeant assigned to 299th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division during the most lethal teams competition, June 17, 2024, at Fort Carson, Colorado. Whalen and Bradfield conducted the stress fire, with the fireman's carry as the final event. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Jonathan Reyes)
Military Life

Army wants junior officers to fix quality-of-life issues that drive soldiers out

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Mar 25, 2025

Screenshot from the Army National Guard commercial "Uncommon is Calling."
Culture

National Guard appeals to anti-corporate Gen Z in new commercial

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Mar 21, 2025

Medium shot of smiling senior man relaxing at outdoor café during vacation in city

Getting ahead of your retirement planning

By Justin Burgess

Posted on Mar 19, 2025

Future U.S. Marines recite the oath of enlistment before shipping off to begin basic training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego at Military Entrance Processing Station Salt Lake City, Utah, Oct. 24, 2022. MEPS processes applicants for military service, putting them through a variety of tests and examinations to ensure that they meet the standards required to serve in the United States Armed Forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Lydia Gordon)
News

Military recruiting test sites re-open after DOGE-driven cuts

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Mar 17, 2025

Marine shaving policy
Military Life

Marine commanding officers have final say on medical shaving exemptions

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 17, 2025

A new pilot program offers Marine Corps and navy moms on active duty or spouses access to registered nurses for help with unique physical and mental health conditions that moms face throughout pregnancy and after giving birth.
Marine Corps

New program helps Navy, Marine Corps moms with pregnancy and infant care

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Mar 13, 2025

Students in the academic track of the U.S. Army’s Future Soldier Preparatory Course work on improving their math skills during a class at Fort Moore, Georgia. The academic track focuses on improving word knowledge, reading comprehension, arithmetic reasoning, and test-taking skills to help students improve their Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) scores and meet the Army’s enlistment standards. (U.S. Army photo by Toygar Ayla)
Career

Budget cuts force military recruit testing stations to close, reduce hours

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Mar 11, 2025

PACER FORGE
Career

The Air Force is adding 21 more hours to its final field event at boot camp

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 7, 2025

HINES, IL - MAY 30: A sign marks the entrance to the Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital on May 30, 2014 in Hines, Illinois. Hines, which is located in suburban Chicago, has been linked to allegations that administrators kept secret waiting lists at Veterans Administration hospitals so hospital executives could collect bonuses linked to meeting standards for rapid treatment. Today, as the scandal continued to grow, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki apologized in public and then resigned from his post. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Veterans

Veteran entrepreneurs say VA cuts have gutted their businesses

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Mar 5, 2025

The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and U.S. Army Fort Campbell re-enlists 124 soldiers to continue to serve our country. Stay tuned for more event coverage this week! (Photos by SPC Harris, 101st Division Public Affairs Office)
Army

Veterans fired in federal layoffs say they were ‘stabbed in the back’

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Feb 28, 2025

Understaffing at soldier prep course led to ‘health risk’ for recruits, IG says
Army

Understaffing at soldier prep course led to ‘health risk’ for recruits, IG says

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Feb 25, 2025

U.S. Air Force Maj. Ryan Jones, 56th Medical Operations Squadron general surgeon, out of Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., teaches Dr. Raul Alfredo Castellanos, Honduran medical student, how to properly suture the skin closed after a surgery in the operating room of the Dr. Salvador Paredes Hospital in Trujillo, Honduras, July 2, 2015. Jones is a one of a number of U.S. Air Force doctors in Honduras as part of the New Horizons Honduras 2015 training exercise. New Horizons was launched in the 1980s and is an annual joint humanitarian assistance exercise that U.S. Southern Command conducts with a partner nation in Central America, South America or the Caribbean. The exercise improves joint training readiness of U.S. and partner nation civil engineers, medical professionals and support personnel through humanitarian assistance activities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. David J. Murphy/Released)
Air Force

Supreme Court refuses, yet again, to review whether military members can sue for malpractice

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Feb 25, 2025

CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq - Sgt. Robert B. Brown from Fayetteville, N.C. with Regimental Combat Team 6, Combat Camera Unit watches over the civilian Fire Fighters at the burn pit as smoke and flames rise into the night sky behind him on May 25th, 2007. Camp Fallujah has its own civilian run Fire Department to assist the Marines and Soldiers during a fire or emergency. Regimental Combat Team 6 is deployed with Multi National Forces-West in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq to develop Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic reforms, and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction. (Official USMC photograph by Cpl. Samuel D. Corum)(RELEASED)(RELEASED)
Benefits

Senate rejects PACT Act protections, sending ‘signal’ that benefits could be cut, vet group says

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Feb 21, 2025

Sgt. Maj. Jim Lanham, sergeant major of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, speaks to Marines during an all-hands formation aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) while underway in the Pacific Ocean, July 26, 2017. Lanham and Col. Tye R. Wallace, commanding officer of the 31st MEU, encouraged the Marines and Sailors of the 31st MEU to continue to act as ambassadors of the Marine Corps. The 31st MEU partners with the Navy’s Amphibious Squadron 11 to form the amphibious component of the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group. The 31st MEU and PHIBRON 11 combine to provide a cohesive blue-green team capable of accomplishing a variety of missions across the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Stormy Mendez/Released)
Military Life

There’s a lot going on in the world of military news, and we need your help

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 21, 2025

Soldiers watch a sunrise during Eager Lion, a multilateral exercise in Jordan, Sept, 13, 2022.
News

If common mental health issues are labeled ‘incompatible’ with service, advocates fear troops will ‘go underground’

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Feb 19, 2025

Coast Guard Cutter 2024
Coast Guard

Coast Guard hit with data breach, impacting pay for more than 1,100 members

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Feb 15, 2025

VA investigates, veterans affairs employee with El Paso, Texas VA who called veteran and left voicemail that prompted an investigation.
Benefits

A Marine vet thought he found a ‘home’ working at the VA. Now he’s one of 1,000 fired.

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 14, 2025