Military Branches(Page 14)

The US military has 6 service branches: Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and Space Force.

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U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Elizabeth Marks competes in the Para Swimming Women's 100m Backstroke race on Sept. 7 2024 in Paris. One arm is mid-stroke, kicking up water from the pool. (Getty Images photo by Adam Pretty)
Army

Army combat medic wins five silver medals at Paralympics

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 8, 2024

Alaska National Guard photo by Dana Rosso
National Guard

Alaska Pararescue team executes two jump missions in 24 hours amid 5 rescues

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 7, 2024

Former scout sniper Justin Governale helped connect a fallen marine's family after debut on Kill Tony stand up comedy podcast.
Air Force

A Marine went on a comedy podcast. The sister of a fallen scout sniper was listening.

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Sep 6, 2024

Space Force dress uniform
Space Force

After nearly 5 years, the Space Force still can’t get its own dress uniforms for most guardians

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 6, 2024

Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro
Navy

Navy secretary who praised Biden, disparaged Trump broke federal law, investigation finds

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 5, 2024

Coast Guard Academy cadets stand in formation during a Regimental Review at the Academy, May 2, 2024. The review ceremony was the last of the academic year that would include the entire corps of cadets. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matt Thieme.)
Coast Guard

13 former cadets accuse Coast Guard Academy of negligence in handling sexual assaults

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Sep 5, 2024

Navy Sailor
Army

Another service member detained while on unauthorized travel, this time in Venezuela

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 5, 2024

Navy Coast Guard Rescue
Coast Guard

Navy, Coast Guard, save mother, child stranded at sea as hurricane approaches

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 5, 2024

Papua New Guinea Defence Force, Royal Australian Air Force, and U.S. Air Force medical personnel practice rendering first aid to “patients” and medical training mannequins on a RAAF C-27J Spartan mid-flight during Pacific Angel 24-1 at Papua New Guinea, Aug. 29, 2024. Pacific Angel 24-1 focuses on exchanging and teaching tactics and techniques between the participating countries. Papua New Guinea Defence Force medical personnel will learn standards to integrate into their own standard operating procedures. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Carson Jeney)
Air Force

The Air Force simulated a mass casualty evacuation on a Pacific island

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Sep 4, 2024

Nick Hague
Space Force

A Space Force guardian will lead the mission to bring back stranded space station crew

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on Sep 4, 2024

CV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft
Air Force

An Air Force special ops squadron damaged three Ospreys in five days

By Matt White

Posted on Sep 3, 2024

Soldier’s arrest highlights growing issue of AI-created explicit material
Army

Soldier’s arrest highlights growing issue of AI-created explicit material

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Sep 3, 2024

Marines with USS Wasp assaulted in Turkey
Marine Corps

Marines in Turkey step in when two of their own assaulted on the street

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 3, 2024

Soldiers recently took part in a training event that was closely modeled off of ongoing combat operations in Ukraine. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Joyner.
Army

‘Trade steel for blood’ — The Army’s plan to bring soldiers into the 21st century

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Sep 3, 2024

Jack Rozema, U.S. Army attorney and crossfit athlete competes at the 2024 Crossfit Games.
Army

Army lawyer places 25th at CrossFit Games

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 2, 2024

Jonny Kim Navy SEAL astronaut doctor naval aviator
Navy

Navy SEAL astronaut doctor Jonny Kim will blast off into space next year

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 2, 2024

A missing persons flying for Bailey Cameron.
Marine Corps

Camp Pendleton Marine missing for more than a week

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 1, 2024

Members of the 8th Maintenance Squadron at Kunsan Air Base in South Korea work on an F-16 during an exercise in 2013. ((U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Fowler)
Air Force

Third airman dies at Air Force base in five weeks

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 31, 2024

Mccain captain fired
Navy

Navy fires captain of USS John S. McCain for “loss of confidence”

By Matt White

Updated on Aug 31, 2024

A New Jersey National Guard Soldier, 508th Military Police Company, walks down the hallway at East Orange General Hospital, East Orange, N.J., April 29, 2020. The National Guard is assisting the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management in reopening a wing of the East Orange General Hospital in response to the COVID-19 relief effort. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Michael Schwenk)
National Guard

Supreme Court asked to rule if troops can sue over military health care mistakes

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Aug 30, 2024

tinker strong
Air Force

New Tinker Air Force Base motto immediately lampooned by airmen, veterans

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 29, 2024

Cpl. Daniel Heller after receiving the Navy Cross.
Marine Corps

Vietnam Marine vet awarded Navy Cross 55 years after saving Marines while wounded

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Aug 29, 2024

An Army team won the Call of Duty Bowl as services look online for new recruits
Army

An Army team won the Call of Duty Bowl as services look online for new recruits

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Aug 29, 2024

A photo of the gym dedication to Marine Corps Sgt. Nicole Gee.
Marine Corps

USS Iwo Jima dedicates ship gym to Sgt. Nicole Gee

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Aug 28, 2024

Michael Powell
Army

‘I want to be an infantryman,’ says man who joined the Army at 39

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 28, 2024

tinder lebanon
Air Force

Did the Pentagon match with Hezbollah on Tinder?

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Aug 28, 2024

A Hawaii soldier has been charged in his missing wife's case.
Army

Army brings charges against Hawaii soldier in missing wife case

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Aug 28, 2024

Air Force Zion National Park Rescue
Air Force

Airmen rescue pregnant woman from flash flood during backcountry hike

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on Aug 27, 2024

An Army CH-47 Chinook chose an in-flight call sign of "FUKIRAN" for their flight.
Army

Army Chinook takes flight with ‘FUKIRAN’ call sign

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Aug 26, 2024

Hawaii soldier earns rare triple tab: Ranger, Sapper, Jungle
Army

Hawaii soldier earns rare triple tab: Ranger, Sapper, Jungle

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Aug 26, 2024

The USS Kingsville at its commissioning ceremony on Aug. 24, 2024. (photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nicholas V. Huynh/U.S. Navy)
Navy

Navy commissions the USS Kingsville, one of the last new littoral combat ships

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 25, 2024

Senior Airman Roger Fortson
Air Force

Former sheriff’s deputy charged with manslaughter in death of special ops airman

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 23, 2024

Adirondack Mountain Range
Army

10th Mountain soldiers summit 46 highest Adirondacks peaks in one day

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on Aug 23, 2024

Army advisor who bilked Gold Star families for $10 million gets 12 years in prison
Army

Army advisor who bilked Gold Star families for $10 million gets 12 years in prison

By Matt White

Posted on Aug 22, 2024

Army Gen. Charles Hamilton
Army

Suspended 4-star general denies he pressured panels to promote officer

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 22, 2024

Airman 1st Class Diamond Balock White, 56th Component Maintenance Squadron aircrew egress technician, removes bolts from an F-16 Fighting Falcon canopy June 26, 2017, at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. Balock White is preparing the canopy for removal to take out the ejection seat and perform routine maintenance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman James Hensley)
Air Force

Luke AFB sends 13 airmen to hospital over possible hydrazine exposure

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Aug 22, 2024

A shelter in place sign is displayed in Lewiston, Maine, on October 27, 2023, in the aftermath of a mass shooting. Hundreds of police in the US state of Maine hunted October 26, 2023 for a fugitive gunman who killed 18 people at a bowling alley and a bar, as President Joe Biden mourned "yet another senseless and tragic mass shooting." Police named the suspect as 40-year-old Robert Card -- seen in surveillance footage pointing a semi-automatic rifle as he walked into the Sparetime Recreation bowling alley. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)
Army

Maine mass shooter’s commanders ‘neglected’ prevention, ‘downplayed’ threats, civilian investigation finds

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Aug 21, 2024

Anthony Taveras-Furcal
Marine Corps

Marine arrested for allegedly threatening sheriff’s deputies with his car

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on Aug 21, 2024

Army boots out Fort Liberty soldier tied to online white supremacists, facing federal charges
Army

Army boots out Fort Liberty soldier tied to online white supremacists, facing federal charges

By Nicholas Slayton, Matt White

Posted on Aug 20, 2024

A pair of CH-47 Chinook helicopters assigned to 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment, Fort Wainwright, Alaska depart on a mission March 12, 2018, as part of the Joint Force Land Component Command in support of exercise Arctic Edge 18. As the JFLCC for the exercise, U.S. Army Alaska is the headquarters responsible for command and control of all ground-based forces participating in the exercise. Arctic Edge 2018 is a biennial, large-scale, joint training exercise that prepares and tests the U.S. military’s ability to operate tactically in the extreme cold-weather conditions found in Arctic environments. Under the authority of U.S. Northern Command, more than 1500 participants from the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, and Navy will utilize the unique and expansive air and ground training areas in Alaska. (U.S. Air Force by Tech. Sgt. Efren Lopez)
Army

Army activates Arctic Aviation Command for extreme cold flying

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Aug 20, 2024

Army Sgt. Maj. Jamie Rubio
Army

Army sergeant major pleads not guilty to domestic violence charge

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on Aug 20, 2024

A Hawaii soldier has been charged in his missing wife's case.
Army

Hawaii soldier detained on base after pregnant wife goes missing

By Patty Nieberg

Updated on Aug 19, 2024

An EA-18F with Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ-139), from Naval Air Station Whidbey IslandAir Force photo by Airman 1st Class Caitlin Russell.
Navy

Navy must consider moving EA-18Gs from Whidbey Island to El Centro after noise lawsuit

By Patty Nieberg

Updated on Aug 19, 2024

Wilmer Puello-Mota
Air Force

Air Force vet who fled to Russian military says his call sign is ‘Boston’

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 19, 2024

An airman with the 802nd Security Forces Squadron stands outside a gate to Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas in June, 2024. (photo by Brian Boisvert/U.S. Air Force)
Air Force

Shots fired at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland gate

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 17, 2024

An airman's boonie hat rests on an M4 at a guard post in Southwest Asia in May 2017. (photo by Staff Sgt. Alexander W. Riedel/U.S. Air Force)
Air Force

No boonie hats at Nellis Air Force Base, general says

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 17, 2024

Staff Sgt. Tristen Wright at Cannon Air Force Base in 2020. (photo courtesy U.S. Air Force)
Air Force

Airman dies in ‘non-combat’ incident while deployed to an ‘undisclosed location’

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 17, 2024

EOD teams upend training for threats from IEDs on the ground to drones in the air
Air Force

EOD teams upend training for threats from IEDs on the ground to drones in the air

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Aug 16, 2024

trump medal of honor
Air Force

Trump describes Medal of Honor recipients as ‘hit so many times by bullets’ or ‘dead’

By Matt White

Posted on Aug 16, 2024

Ramzan Daraev
Army

No charges for Special Forces officer who shot utility worker near Fort Liberty

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 16, 2024

Army Command Sgt. Maj. Harold 'Ed' Jarrell
Army

Army fires Command Sergeant Major of Fort Belvoir cyber unit

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 15, 2024

Navy tells aircrews to question ‘inappropriate’ call signs after lewd flight name
Navy

Navy tells aircrews to question ‘inappropriate’ call signs after lewd flight name

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 15, 2024

Ranger Joe Thach assessing the driver he pulled from a burning car.
Army

An Army Ranger saved a veteran from burning car, and it’s not his first time

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Aug 14, 2024

Roderick Vinson
Army

Army lieutenant colonel with 37 years’ service dies while exercising

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 14, 2024

U.S. Air Force Basic Military Training trainees carry weapons at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland on August 2, 2024. Beginning on July 29, 2024, Col. Billy Wilson Jr., 737th Training Group commander, launched a weapons handling initiative. From now on, BMT trainees will carry weapons throughout their 7.5 weeks of training to instill a profession of arms and a warrior mindset into the future Airmen. JBSA-Lackland is home to USAF BMT where enlisted civilians are transformed into capable Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ava Leone)
Air Force

Seeking ‘warfighter mindset,’ Air Force basic trainees now carrying rifles through boot camp

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Aug 13, 2024

10th Mountain soldier charged with murder of fellow soldier at Fort Drum
Army

10th Mountain soldier charged with murder of fellow soldier at Fort Drum

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Aug 13, 2024

Between Two T-Walls
Army

Commanding general in Iraq and Syria goes ‘Between Two T-Walls’ with Task & Purpose

By Matt White

Posted on Aug 13, 2024

Command Sgt. Maj. Veronica E. Knapp relieved of duty
Army

Army fires Command Sergeant Major for Military District of Washington

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on Aug 12, 2024

Riley Tejcek
Marine Corps

Marine training for winter Olympics bobsled team while in Iraq

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 12, 2024

Combat engineers from the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division blast through a concrete wall during demolition training at Curry Demo July 17.
Air Force

Military to start cognitive tests for troops exposed to artillery, gunfire and explosions

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Aug 12, 2024

Static line and freefall parachute operations require different approaches and skillsets.
Air Force

A guide to all the parachutes that American paratroopers ‘ride to work’

By Joshua Skovlund

Updated on Aug 12, 2024

The USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group sails through the Pacific Ocean with the Italian Navy's Cavour Carrier Strike Group on Aug. 8, 2024. (photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Daniel Kimmelman/U.S. Navy)
Navy

USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group ordered to ‘accelerate’ to Middle East

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 12, 2024

mv-22 marine died reaching pilots
Marine Corps

Marine Osprey crewman died trying to reach pilots on doomed plane

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 10, 2024

cybertruck b-24 world war II tribute
Air Force

This Cybertruck’s B-24 Liberator wrap honors a WWII bomber pilot

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Aug 9, 2024