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The Air Force is offering up to $600,000 in bonuses to keep pilots
Benefits & Pay

The Air Force is offering up to $600,000 in bonuses to keep pilots

Cash rules everything around the military.

Air Force shares details on eight airmen killed in CV-22 Osprey crash
Air Force

Air Force shares details on eight airmen killed in CV-22 Osprey crash

The crew included pilots, a medical operations flight commander, an engineer and a linguist trained in Mandarin Chinese.

3 women osprey
Marine Corps

Widows of Marines lost in 2022 Osprey crash release video calling for answers

"We know what happened, we know how it happened, we don’t know why. The why is what we were there for.”

5 questions only a veteran would ask the Sergeant Major of the Army
Mandatory Fun

5 questions only a veteran would ask the Sergeant Major of the Army

Even SMA Michael Weimer has screwed up in a way that made everyone do push-ups.

The Army just got a new ballistic missile to replace the ATACMS
Army

The Army just got a new ballistic missile to replace the ATACMS

The Precision Strike Missile can hit targets at least 250 miles away.

Seal Medal of Honor
News

5 questions only a veteran would ask Medal of Honor recipient Michael Thornton

The Medal of Honor recipient told us about tunring his life around from a mischievous teen to a Navy SEAL. And about "Cum Shaw."

Navy Cmdr. Adam K. Pendleton
Navy

Navy fires recruiting district commanding officer

The Navy has not provided a specific reason why Navy Cmdr. Adam K. Pendleton was fired.

ryan pitts medal of honor
Army

5 questions only a veteran would ask Medal of Honor recipient Ryan Pitts

We asked Ryan Pitts about bad MREs, "liberating" issued items, when he cost his buddies push-ups and more.

navy commander pleads guilty classifed doc
Navy

Navy XO guilty of keeping classified docs, images of abuse

Lieutenant Commander Gregory McLean pleaded guilty to distributing images of abuse and keeping classified material on a flash drive at his home.

space force 10 miler
Family

The Space Force ‘T Minus 10 Miler’ looks way better than a ‘mandatory fun’ run

The course at Cape Canavaral passes by historic launch sites, Atlantic beaches and comes with a NASA-style mission patch.

JBSA entrance
Army

Army employee indicted for stealing $100 million from military youth program

The employee's alleged scheme involved 40 stolen checks over six years of more than $100 million.

Veterans Administration community care congress
Opinion

Opinion: Veterans are dying because Congress and the VA refuse to impose quality standards for community care

Double standards harm veterans.

Navy Seaman 1st Class James R. Ward, of Springfield, Ohio, was killed on Dec. 7, 1941 when he stayed aboard the sinking USS Oklahoma to help fellow crewmen escape. He will be buried Dec. 21 in Arlington National Cemetery.
Navy

Sailor awarded Medal of Honor for Pearl Harbor heroism identified by DNA

Navy Seaman 1st Class James R. Ward will be interred at Arlington National Cemetery this month. He died at Pearl Harbor saving fellow crew on the USS Oklahoma.

Syria
News

US conducted 40 missions against ISIS in November amid rising attacks

Too many people making too many problems.

osprey grounded
Air Force

Marines join AFSOC in grounding Osprey fleet after crash that killed 8

The Marine and Air Force Osprey fleets have been in three fatal crashes since June 2022 with several other close calls.

osprey grounded AFSOC
Air Force

Air Force Special Operations Command grounds Osprey fleet

Sixteen service members have been killed in three Osprey crashes in the Air Force and Marine Corps since June 2022.

Army fires top prosecutor for military sexual assault cases
Army

Army fires top prosecutor for military sexual assault cases

In a 2013 email, Brig. Gen. Warren Wells said his staff was “the ONLY line of defense against false allegations and sobriety regret.”

masters of the air trailer
Culture

‘Masters of the Air’ trailer is full of action — and maybe some spoilers

The trailer to the follow up to 'Band of Brothers' and 'The Pacific' moves between high altitude combat and POW camps.

Dalton Medlin
Army

What happens when an American dies in Ukraine but can’t be recovered?

U.S. Army veteran Dalton Medlin was executed by Russian troops in the aftermath of an ambush. But he is still listed as 'missing' because his body was not recovered.

Jay Tenison in front of tank
Army

Army tanker vet facing cancer gets a final wish: send one last round

Jay Tenison spent nine years in the Army including an Iraq deployment as a tanker. On Tuesday, he got a last chance to hear "the thunder of doom."