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Marine Corps

Marine Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller sentenced to forfeit $5,000 in pay and gets letter of reprimand

Scheller will now begin the process of exiting the service.

Army

The Sgt. Maj. of the Army wants leaders to stop scheduling training just for the sake of it

"Stand up for your people."

Army

The Army has an internship program — and no, we don’t mean privates

“We assign them to a job that’s within their degree, so if they’re in computer science, we assign them to a programming tech cell."

Navy

NCIS wished the US Navy happy birthday with a photo of a Russian warship

Whoops.

Air Force

Airman stuck with $19,000 repair bill after gate guards wreck his car

"Procedure is procedure, if someone runs your gate, you deploy the barriers."

Army

9 months after getting Pentagon approval, Alwyn Cashe still hasn’t received the Medal of Honor

The family of Sgt. 1st Class Alwyn Cashe is still waiting.

Marine Corps

Marine Lt. Col. Scheller, who criticized senior leaders, pleads guilty to all charges [Updated]

Scheller has admitted to 'serious misbehavior, as opposed to just merely inappropriate or merely in poor taste.'

Marine Corps

Leaked documents reveal just how concerned the Marine Corps was about Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller’s call for ‘revolution’

'Every generation needs a revolution. It is time for change.'

Career

A veteran’s odyssey after hanging up the uniform in an America he doesn’t recognize

“The story of Odysseus is the story of the day after—what happens when the battle is done? … My service wasn’t an accomplishment. It was a liability.”

Training

The best hacks to make military life in the field suck less

Make your stay in the dirt motel a little less miserable with these "field-hacks"

United States

‘I never left anybody’ — Fighting for veterans left behind by the country they served

Veterans mustered resources to swiftly bring home stranded Afghan allies and are working together to do the same for deported U.S. veterans.

Air Force

This Air Force commando called in 688,000 pounds of bombs in one battle

“My heart was pounding. I can see the AQ guys right out in front of us ... I cleared them hot and the bomb dropped right in the position.”

Army

The Army’s Black Hawk fleet has a serious mishap problem

Five Black Hawk crashes have killed 12 soldiers across the U.S. over the last year and a half.

Opinion

The military has a suicide crisis. Its leaders bear most of the blame

Since 9/11, about 7,057 service members have died in military operations. In the same time period, an estimated 30,177 service members and veterans have died by suicide.

Army

Soldiers have to wait another year to get their hands on the Army’s futuristic new goggles

“The Army decided to shift the IVAS ... fielding to a date later in FY22."

Army

The active-duty Army is facing a record suicide rate. Leaders have no idea how to fix it

“Is there something we’re missing?”

Earn money when you spend your money

Not all credit cards offer the same benefits, so it doesn’t hurt to be picky about what card you’re applying for.

Air Force

The Air Force is about to slap a frickin’ laser beam on its deadliest gunship

Putting the "kill" in kilowatt

Entertainment

Denzel Washington is the US Army’s newest (honorary) sergeant major

"He just wants to do better for the Army.”

United States

‘I want to kill the CAC’ — Pentagon official says it’s time to ditch the military’s longtime ID card

"I want to kill the CAC as the primary authentication mechanism for the department."