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Army considering height and weight exemptions based on fitness test score
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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
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Reefer recruits: Why the US military must change its stance on marijuana
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Schyler Peck
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No one wants to join the Army this year. Here’s how to fix it
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How ‘Saving Private Ryan,’ ‘Black Hawk Down’ and other films inspired a generation to join the military
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?
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
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 Marine Corps recruit died on his first training day at boot camp
Protecting GPS is the Space Force’s most important job, according to their new commercial
A small tweak to how the Army trains new soldiers is dramatically reducing sexual assault reports
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
6 surprising medical conditions that will disqualify you from military service
How to become a US citizen through military service
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
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’
This photo of Marine recruits on their first day at boot camp is begging for a caption contest
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
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
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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Why it’s so difficult for the military to weed out extremists
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
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
Freedom and Opportunity: A Togolese-American story
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Chad Menegay
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Military leaders worry America’s youth are still too fat or dumb to fight
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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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
The Army is ‘addressing’ a drill sergeant’s TikTok rant about ‘soft’ recruits using cell phones
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Marines can now earn up to $10,000 to volunteer as drill instructors and recruiters
Watch new infantry recruits experience the Army’s replacement for drill sergeant ‘shark attacks’