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Your Twentynine Palms Area Guide

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Base Guides

Your MCBH Area Guide

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Base Guides

Your MCAS Yuma Area Guide

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Military Life

Your Naval Base San Diego Area Guide

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Your MCRD Parris Island Area Guide

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Army

Your Fort Meade Maryland Area Guide

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Military Life

Your Naval Air Station Great Lakes Area Guide

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Army

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Military Life

Your Laughlin Air Force Base Area Guide

A Bin Laden-obsessed terrorist allegedly planned to attack the new World Trade Center and grenade Times Square tourists
United States

A Bin Laden-obsessed terrorist allegedly planned to attack the new World Trade Center and grenade Times Square tourists

A would-be Islamic terrorist, busted for a plot to hurl grenades into the multitudes of Times Square tourists, pondered blasting the new World Trade Center with a massive rocket launcher, according to a criminal complaint filed Friday

Implementing new PT standards may hurt Army readiness. The service should learn from how US allies pulled it off
Opinion

Implementing new PT standards may hurt Army readiness. The service should learn from how US allies pulled it off

After nearly two decades of grinding low-intensity conflict, the U.S. military is shifting to focus on near-peer competition — and tailoring its physical fitness requirements accordingly.

‘A smile big enough to fill any room’ — West Point identifies cadet killed in vehicle rollover
News

‘A smile big enough to fill any room’ — West Point identifies cadet killed in vehicle rollover

"Cadet Morgan was a valued member of the Corps of Cadets and will be missed by all. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Morgan family"

Marine Raider gets 4 years for Green Beret’s hazing death in Mali
Marine Corps

Marine Raider gets 4 years for Green Beret’s hazing death in Mali

Marine Staff Sgt. Kevin Maxwell Jr. plead guilty at general court-martial on Thursday to negligent homicide and related offenses as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors in connection with the June 2017 hazing death of Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar in Mali

Shirtless Russian sailors casually sunbathe while their ship almost collides with US missile cruiser
Navy

Shirtless Russian sailors casually sunbathe while their ship almost collides with US missile cruiser

Nothing ruins a relaxing day in the sun like nearly colliding with another warship.

4 military phrases civilians should start using
Opinion

4 military phrases civilians should start using

"As much as I'm adapting to corporate life, I wish the civilian world would take at least a few military terms onboard."

US troops are going to make Trump’s wall look pretty with fresh paint on a month-long working party
Mexico

US troops are going to make Trump’s wall look pretty with fresh paint on a month-long working party

In a scene torn straight from Mark Twain's ​The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer​, U.S. military personnel deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border will spend the next month painting a mile-long section of border fence to enhance its "aesthetic appearance"

You can thank the Army for National Donut Day
Army

You can thank the Army for National Donut Day

National Doughnut Day began in 1938 when the Chicago Salvation Army set out to honor a group of women known as "doughnut lassies"

Tucker Carlson equates the metric system with ‘tyranny,’ so someone should probably tell the US military
Entertainment

Tucker Carlson equates the metric system with ‘tyranny,’ so someone should probably tell the US military

Can the United States of America continue to stand alone against the looming threat of... the metric system?

West Point cadet killed, 22 others injured in vehicle accident
Army

West Point cadet killed, 22 others injured in vehicle accident

Our thoughts and prayers are with this cadet's family.

This Army truck driver apparently decided overpass height requirements simply don’t apply to them
Army

This Army truck driver apparently decided overpass height requirements simply don’t apply to them

"I'm genuinely impressed for once." ​