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Your post-PCS checklist
Military Moves

Your post-PCS checklist

Here are the top post-PCS tips that will help you and your family transition smoothly into your next chapter.

Spend like a boot, insure like a champ
Benefits & Pay

Spend like a boot, insure like a champ

With your basic needs met, that first real paycheck looks very tempting indeed.

marine corps tattoo
Marine Corps

It’s official: Marine Corps brings back the sleeve tattoo

Sleeves are officially back.

Air Force says colonel who berated subordinates in leaked audio created ‘unhealthy’ climate
Air Force

Air Force says colonel who berated subordinates in leaked audio created ‘unhealthy’ climate

"The USAF holding a member of their senior leadership accountable is a great thing to see,” said an AWACS crew member.

5 Halloween costumes based on military stereotypes (that are kinda true)
Mandatory Fun

5 Halloween costumes based on military stereotypes (that are kinda true)

Don't know what to 'be' this Halloween? Don't worry, we've got you covered.

What it’s like to jump out of a plane strapped to an Army paratrooper who’s done it 6,000 times
Army

What it’s like to jump out of a plane strapped to an Army paratrooper who’s done it 6,000 times

6,233 to be exact, but who’s counting?

Air Force general urges airmen to get vaccinated after getting ‘breakthrough’ COVID case
Air Force

Air Force general urges airmen to get vaccinated after getting ‘breakthrough’ COVID case

"Don't assume just because you're healthy you'll avoid a severe case."

The Marine Corps is considering major changes to its tattoo policy
Marine Corps

The Marine Corps is considering major changes to its tattoo policy

“The Marine Corps is currently considering making changes to its tattoo policy and we will update once the policy is complete.”

marine artillery
Marine Corps

Marines investigating after missing 155mm artillery rounds turn up at Camp Pendleton

Three artillery rounds miraculously sprouted legs.

From combat to coding: Former Army Ranger explains how to break into tech after the military
Army

From combat to coding: Former Army Ranger explains how to break into tech after the military

You will have to learn a new language.

Air Force uniform that covered sleeping Afghan child in evacuation photo headed to a museum
Air Force

Air Force uniform that covered sleeping Afghan child in evacuation photo headed to a museum

"It was heartwarming to see."

This is the Army’s plan to stop physically breaking so many of its soldiers
Army

This is the Army’s plan to stop physically breaking so many of its soldiers

“My sergeants major right now, they hurt. Their bodies hurt."

We finally know why the Army fired its three-star general in charge of housing
Army

We finally know why the Army fired its three-star general in charge of housing

The Army's housing chief was relieved in August 2019.

Harley-Davidson Pan America
United States

Harley-Davidson just built a new motorcycle and the Pentagon is missing out

The latest bike from Milwaukee is even better than the ones that made Harley-Davidson a military icon.

The difference between Air Force and Navy pilots in one short video
Air Force

The difference between Air Force and Navy pilots in one short video

"One is gentle and graceful, and the other is a full-send yeet."

The Army is reviewing its height and weight standards for the first time in decades
Army

The Army is reviewing its height and weight standards for the first time in decades

"[W]e don't just need all the young, fit soldiers ... We actually need all shapes and sizes.”

Marine Corps announces career-ending consequences for Marines refusing to get COVID vaccine
Marine Corps

Marine Corps announces career-ending consequences for Marines refusing to get COVID vaccine

USMC: You Signed the Motherf—king Contract

The inside story behind the photo of the last soldier to leave Afghanistan
Veterans

The inside story behind the photo of the last soldier to leave Afghanistan

"I was stressed the entire time, like ‘Please be in focus, please be in focus.'"

Forget China: The Pentagon needs to defeat sharks
Humor

Forget China: The Pentagon needs to defeat sharks

Sharks are the real 'pacing challenge.'

A paratrooper turned movie advisor explains why shootings like Alec Baldwin’s shouldn’t happen
Entertainment

A paratrooper turned movie advisor explains why shootings like Alec Baldwin’s shouldn’t happen

“If there’s lessons to be learned by everybody, then there’s lessons to be learned. I’d like to think that the whole industry, globally, will take those lessons on board.”