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The Navy is missing your pissing: Sailors are now back to regular drug testing
Navy

The Navy is missing your pissing: Sailors are now back to regular drug testing

When 'puff, puff, pass' becomes 'puff, puff, piss.'

This Memorial Day, I’m thinking of the wounded US Marine I couldn’t save
Opinion

This Memorial Day, I’m thinking of the wounded US Marine I couldn’t save

“At least he could have his guys with him when he dies,” I said.

Michelle Black
Opinion

How I learned my Green Beret husband was killed in the Niger ambush

“That was Bryan,” I said, my voice shaking. “Bryan was there. That’s his group.”

Women Veterans Find Success In Tech Roles At Verizon
Career

Women Veterans Find Success In Tech Roles At Verizon

How virtual reality can make an impact on treating PTSD
United States

How virtual reality can make an impact on treating PTSD

This immersive VR experience has proven extremely successful.

A group fighting against toxic exposure.
Benefits

A group fighting against toxic exposure.

Helping injured veterans find their next mission
Career

Helping injured veterans find their next mission

I’ll never forget how we honored our fallen heroes on Memorial Day in Baghdad
Opinion

I’ll never forget how we honored our fallen heroes on Memorial Day in Baghdad

Memorial Day in combat has a different purpose.

I’ll never forget the Marine memorial ceremonies I attended in Fallujah
Opinion

I’ll never forget the Marine memorial ceremonies I attended in Fallujah

"Like many military veterans, Memorial Day is not abstract to me. It is personal; a moment when we remember our friends."

Don’t worry, your saved-up leave won’t disappear before you can use it
Benefits

Don’t worry, your saved-up leave won’t disappear before you can use it

“No, the policy has not been revised since it was issued in April 2020."

Why the Air Force wants to cut dozens of A-10s, everyone’s favorite close air support aircraft
Air Force

Why the Air Force wants to cut dozens of A-10s, everyone’s favorite close air support aircraft

Brrrt why?

Goodbye A-10s, hello pay raise: Inside the Pentagon’s $715 billion budget wishlist
Benefits

Goodbye A-10s, hello pay raise: Inside the Pentagon’s $715 billion budget wishlist

An E-3 would get an extra $57 per month.

‘I don’t want to forget’ — What Memorial Day really means to those who’ve served
Analysis

‘I don’t want to forget’ — What Memorial Day really means to those who’ve served

We asked what Memorial Day meant to you. Here's what you told us.

Faced with death, Afghan interpreters still have no escape route to the US
Afghanistan

Faced with death, Afghan interpreters still have no escape route to the US

'An evacuation is not imminent.'

This real-life Air Force superhero saved 28 people from an active shooter in Arizona
Air Force

This real-life Air Force superhero saved 28 people from an active shooter in Arizona

"In that moment, you have to decide: Flight or Fight. I chose fight.”

This is what it looks like to fly straight into a thunderstorm
Mandatory Fun

This is what it looks like to fly straight into a thunderstorm

'Hands down the most lightning that any of us on the crew had seen.'

The sun is setting as the crew of the Hurricane Hunters catch a slight break in the storm, September 13, 2018. The U.S. Air Force Reserve 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, or Hurricane Hunters, is conducting a storm tasking mission into Hurricane Florence using a WC-130J Hercules, currently a category 2 storm.
Air Force

The scariest flight imaginable: Why Air Force pilots fly straight into hurricanes

“You’re in something that’s releasing an enormous amount of energy that’s unlike anything else out there.”

marine charge sheet
Marine Corps

US Marine gets drunk and decides to pee all over roommate’s gear

Was that wrong? Was I not supposed to do that?

Navy pilot remembers the ‘absurdity’ of her famous UFO sighting
Navy

Navy pilot remembers the ‘absurdity’ of her famous UFO sighting

'I could see this turning into an SNL skit.'

Recon Marine accused of dumping stolen grenades, thousands of rounds of ammo into California ravine
Marine Corps

Recon Marine accused of dumping stolen grenades, thousands of rounds of ammo into California ravine

He's also been charged with obstruction of justice.