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What was the dumbest thing you ever did in uniform?
May 11, 2021 10:35 AM
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Man at Missouri bar trashes military ID because troops ‘don’t even look old enough’ to know about 9/11 [UPDATED]
May 11, 2021 10:11 AM
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May 11, 2021 10:09 AM
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The Navy seized a small boat carrying enough weapons to invade a small country
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By Mar 9, 2021
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How the Army combat fitness test exposes the military’s unhealthy focus on ‘making weight’

“It’s become just a normal part of Army culture and military culture, and that’s not good.”
By Jan 21, 2021
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‘This is a game-changer’ — Air Force to allow longer braids, ponytails, bangs for women

"To think we don’t have to have headaches every day anymore?"
By Jan 14, 2021
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How trauma and stress affect the body

Where the mind goes, the body will follow.
By Nov 20, 2020
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Servicewomen’s advocacy group says the ACFT could deal ‘irreparable damage’ to the Army

SWAN joins a growing chorus of voices raising concerns over the Army's new fitness test
By Nov 16, 2020
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The Air Force is looking into wearable devices that detect COVID-19

The Air Force hopes the device would identify a potential COVID-19 infection early and alert the user through its user...
By Nov 13, 2020
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Enlisted sailors on Navy warships are at higher risk of COVID-19 than officers, study finds

Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases are more likely to spread among enlisted crew members on Navy ships, a new study released...
By Nov 11, 2020
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Biden suspects toxic exposure in Iraq killed his son Beau. Now he has a plan to help other sick veterans

Joe Biden, like many other families of service members diagnosed with illnesses from overseas deployments, suspects toxic exposure may have...
By Oct 8, 2020
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Soldiers won’t have to pass the Army Combat Fitness Test to graduate initial training

The Army has suspended a rule requiring new enlisted soldiers and officers to pass the Army Combat Fitness Test to...
By Sep 11, 2020
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The Treasury Department has secretly withheld millions from the FDNY 9/11 health program

The Trump administration has secretly siphoned nearly $4 million away from a program that tracks and treats FDNY firefighters and...
By Sep 3, 2020
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Preventing HIV-positive service members from becoming officers has ‘no rational basis,’ federal judge rules

A U.S. military policy that blocks HIV-positive service members from being commissioned as officers has “no rational basis,” a federal...
By Aug 7, 2020
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How the VA is failing to track veterans burn pit claims

Just 10,588 burn-pit claims have been filed since Sept. 11, 2001, Veterans Affairs said in response to a Freedom of...
By May 13, 2020
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More than half of veteran military pilots in recent survey reported at least one cancer diagnosis

Of the 500 respondents who disclosed at least one cancer, “13% of them disclosed multiple cancers"
By May 8, 2020
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Army bases prepare for new ban on under-21 tobacco sales

By late summer, it will be illegal for soldiers under 21 to buy tobacco products at on-post stores, but there...
By Apr 29, 2020
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‘We have no idea what is going on there’ — Officials call for probe of Penn. vets’ home after 26 residents die of COVID-19

“The sheer number of deaths at the Veterans’ Center in such a short period of time warrants an immediate investigation.”
By Apr 17, 2020
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Pentagon approves ketamine-based antidepressant for some patients

Spravato, the controversial ketamine-based nasal spray used to treat severe depression, will be available to Tricare beneficiaries on a case-by-case...
By Apr 14, 2020
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The COVID-19 pandemic could actually result in more accessible behavioral health care for soldiers and families

So that's something
By Apr 6, 2020
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Dozens more military bases have suspected ‘forever chemical’ contamination

The number of military installations with known contamination or suspected discharges of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, continues to...
By Apr 3, 2020
Health & Fitness

‘We want to run’ — Fort Bragg soldier puts on a COVID-19 version of the cherished All American Marathon

When the 2020 edition of the event was axed on March 12, Chief Warrant Officer 4 Beofra Butler began to...
By Mar 5, 2020
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The US military is working on body armor sensors that can measure exposure to potentially harmful blasts

The body armor blast sensors the military is working on could make it easier to tell if a service member...
By Feb 28, 2020
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Congressman who served at toxic ‘black goo’ military base in Uzbekistan reveals his fight with cancer

A member of Congress at a hearing about a toxic base in Uzbekistan used by the U.S. military shortly after...
By Feb 19, 2020
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Here’s the list of military clinics that will no longer serve retirees and families

Pentagon officials on Wednesday released a list of military treatment facilities and clinics that will no longer provide care to...
By Feb 8, 2020
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Internal memo says over 30 military hospitals will soon stop treating families and retirees

"It is estimated that approximately 200,000 Military Health System beneficiaries ... will transition to civilian providers," the memo says.
By Jan 29, 2020
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Training for the ACFT? There’s now an app for that

"It delivers on all fronts of physical training"
By Jan 28, 2020
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Forget ‘athleisure,’ this 91-year-old Air Force vet works out in overalls

"I don't have any hips, and I can't keep my pants up!"
By Jan 23, 2020
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Air Force issues public health alert for Chinese coronavirus amid spread to Japan

An Air Force medial group based at Japan's Yokota Air Force Base has issued a warning to U.S. military personnel...