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The service will have to brief Congress on a pilot program that would allow service members to grow beards.

Amid an ongoing debate about veterans benefits, here’s how the disability rating system works and what veterans deal with as they navigate it.

President Joe Biden called Assad's defeat a "fundamental act of justice" and pledged to continue to fight against ISIS inside Syria after rebels took Damascus.

Service members are likely to receive thousands of dollars more per year.

Seaman 2nd Class John C. Auld was given a final burial 83 years after the sinking of the USS Oklahoma.

Sgt. Christopher Vassey deserted from the Army in 2008.

Navy sailors were expecting a typical deployment in late 2023 when the USS Carney left Florida. Instead, they fought "the most intense combat engagement by a U.S. Navy warship since World War II."

Saint Jovite Youngblood’s scheme dates back to at least 2010 and involved a number of families he knew from his son’s soccer team, according to court documents.

There’s been an avalanche of news, from an escalation in fighting in Syria, short-lived martial law in South Korea, and some unpopular opinions about veterans benefits. Here’s your weekly rundown.

From start to finish, American service members went above and beyond the call of duty during World War II.

After several years of declining trust, Americans confidence in the military went up in 2024, a national poll found.

Sgt. Aneska S. Holness received the award Wednesday at Fort Bliss, Texas prior to her transition out of the military due to injuries from the attack.

Do’s and don’ts for interviewing success.

Air Force Col. Christopher B. Meeker was charged after an investigation with disobeying an order, fraternization and relationship outside of his marriage.

Officials will take 10 months to do construction work on the base's runway to prepare for the arrival of the B-21 stealth bomber in the "mid-2020s."

Patrick Murray of the Veterans of Foreign Wars has produced a rebuttal to a recent article calling for reducing veteran’s disability benefits that only a combat veteran could write.

A soldier said "Granny's Delight" bakery sold his grandmother's pies. Federal authorities say it was a half-baked scam to collect COVID-relief loans.

Veterans' benefits earned through two decades of sustained war are now under attack as "absurdly generous."

New to the unit, Pfc. Dillion Easton’s fellow soldiers hardly knew him, but after his sudden death, they did everything they could to prepare him for his funeral. 

Gen. Christopher Donahue commanded the 82nd Airborne at the Kabul airport during the final two weeks of the Afghanistan War and was on the final C-17 out of the country.