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Career

The Army wants you to skip ‘entry-level’ civilian jobs and be an officer instead

“The campaign itself is featured around this idea that leadership is not innate.”

Culture

From Saigon to Kabul: Vietnam vets tell Afghanistan vets how to cope with anniversary of the Taliban’s victory

Afghanistan veterans need to understand they are not personally responsible for the fall of Kabul.

Ukraine

The war in Ukraine is risking a potential nuclear disaster

Current shelling near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has international watchdogs worried.

Navy

The Navy is spending $15 million on conservation in Hawaii after contaminating water

The funding is going to an array of projects that would improve water sustainability for the Navy and the wider Oahu community.

News

Soldiers and families on Hawaii cutting electrical usage due to base grid damage

The Army is asking people to take mitigation measures as the problem could take months to fix.

News

Why hundreds of Americans are parachuting over Indonesia this month

It's the largest edition yet of the annual Garuda Shield exercise.

News

FBI attacker was a Navy, National Guard veteran

The attacker's social media posts featured violent rhetoric aimed at the FBI.

Sticker Price is Just the First Cost of Owning a Car

Before you choose your next car make sure you’ve accounted for the additional costs of a fill up every few weeks.

Culture

What’s the best piece of advice you ever got in the military?

Let us know.

Humor

Army jumpmaster breaks down viral video of paratrooper landing on balcony

“I’ve never had to brief landing on a house.”

Air Force

The Air Force is shuttering a pair of critical programs that trained foreign air forces in Afghanistan and beyond

The Air Force is slated to shut down three units that specialize in Train, Advise and Assist

Air Force

Air Force Secretary says branch is finally starting to fix its decrepit computers

The path to #fixourcomputers isn’t to simply buy newer, beefier computers (though that will certainly help).

Culture

This airman helped gather 1,500 pounds of food and supplies to help Ukraine

“I wanted to make sure this drive had a meaningful impact on the people of Ukraine who were in need.”

Entertainment

‘Purple Hearts’ romanticizes a sham military marriage. Here’s what they look like in real life

Sometimes, actually. And you might wind up in jail.

Mandatory Fun

Military life summed up in one photo: The exhaustion, the futility, the police calling

A modern art masterpiece in MultiCam.

Air Force

This 4th-generation pilot may soon fly 5th-generation Air Force fighters

“We all know that the Air Force is like a family away from family, but for me, it literally is my family.”

Military Life

This Marine made a gourmet surf-and-turf meal in his barracks

For when the chow hall just isn’t cutting it.

Air Force

This Air Force drone just proved it can be a ‘Grunt Angel’ in a war with China

The MQ-9 Reaper drone, a symbol of the Global War on Terror, could soon provide the same cheap-but-effective recon and support over the Pacific.

Air Force

How the MiG-29 went from the ‘bad guy’ plane to the underdog against Russia

The MiG-29’s entire identity has been inverted.

Army

US special operators surprised the hell out of another American city with a training exercise

Just relax and let the Little Birds do their work.