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Army

14 Fort Hood leaders fired or suspended in fallout over Spc. Vanessa Guillén’s death

Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy is cleaning house at Fort Hood.

Marine Corps

Here are all the weapons and gear coming to soldiers and Marines in 2021

Here's what's coming to arsenals in the new year

Entertainment

NFL player’s custom-made cleats feature a Gold Star family to honor the fallen

"I didn't realize how big of fans they were. I'm a fan of them."

Military Life

Airmen celebrate with memes after fitness test gets delayed to 2021

Waist measurement stress gone!

Army

The Fort Hood report is a damning indictment of the Army’s ‘structurally flawed’ SHARP program

“Commands just sweep it under the rug"

Air Force

Legendary pilot Chuck Yeager, who broke the sound barrier, has died

Chuck Yeager, the legendary pilot and retired Air Force brigadier general who broke the sound barrier in 1947, has died

Army

Biden to reportedly pick Gen. Lloyd Austin for Defense Secretary

Biden plans to make an official announcement of his Pentagon nominee on Friday.

United States

Biden to announce his defense secretary nominee on Friday

He's considering three people.

Navy

A woman will take command of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier for the first time in US Navy history

Bravo zulu!

Career

Do you have what it takes to join the Secret Service?

A career in the United States Secret Service may be just what you’re looking for.

Mandatory Fun

It took this Marine Corps sergeant major exactly 38 seconds to become a living legend

A case study in how to earn your Marines' respect.

Analysis

War after the war: The long fight to bring our unsung heroes home

Only time will tell if we will make good on those promises.

Culture

Here’s why military veterans are a natural fit to play in the NFL

Air Force

Airman to receive Air Force Cross for heroic actions during enemy ambush in Afghanistan

"Germanovich directed his team’s withdrawal, then traversed 700 meters carrying a casualty up a mountain to a helicopter landing zone while directing close air support."

Army

Fort Bragg paratrooper found dead this summer was decapitated, autopsy says

United States

Unnamed Pentagon officials blast use of anonymous sources

Hypocrisy much?

Afghanistan

‘Modicum of success’ is the new ‘Mission Accomplished’ for Afghanistan

What Milley is saying is the United States has succeeded in not losing the war – yet.

Army

Trump signs law authorizing Medal of Honor to Alwyn Cashe for heroic vehicle rescue in Iraq

“You don’t often find truly selfless sacrifice where someone put his soldiers’ welfare before his own."

Africa

Trump is pulling most US troops out of Somalia

The U.S. military will still be able to carry out counterterrorism strikes within Somalia.

Benefits

Troops will still get a pay raise if Trump vetoes the National Defense Authorization Act

Trump's veto threats have cause confusion about whether troops will still get a pay raise in January.