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The Message That Ended The First Major Offensive In The Pacific During WWII
With a little witty repartee over the radio, the Allies first major offensive in the Pacific during World War II...
UNSUNG HEROES: Father Honors Son’s Sacrifice Through Military Service
First Lt. Nate Krissoff decided that he wanted to be an officer with the Marine Corps after he saw the...
Here Are The Women Who First Joined Each Branch Of The Military
American servicewomen have served their country and fought and died on the battlefield for more than two centuries. Nearly 200...
UNSUNG HEROES: The Military Dog Who Saved 4 Lives In An RPG Attack
During a brutal firefight in Afghanistan, Valdo, a military working dog, and his handler, Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan...
DoD To Review 1,100 Post-9/11 Valor Awards For Possible Upgrades To MOH
In the wake of a March 2014 review of the military’s decorations and awards system ordered by then-Defense Secretary Chuck...
Report: Military Suicide On The Rise
A report by the Pentagon’s Defense Suicide Prevention Office found that in the third quarter of 2015, the military saw...
SecDef Slashes Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship Program
Defense Secretary Ash Carter has called for the reduction of the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship program in a memo dated...
Desperate To Return Home, Deported Veterans Face Exile
Hector Barajas came to the United States from Mexico when he was 7 years old and became a green card-carrying...
A Look At Military Spending Under The Obama Administration
Between the rise of the Islamic State, Russia’s proxy war in Ukraine, and tensions in the South China Sea, national...
3 Fathers And Their Sons Who Made The Ultimate Sacrifice During The Vietnam War
From the start of American operations in the Vietnam War in 1961 to to the end of direct U.S. military...
These Veterans Prove That Military Life Can Be A Laughing Matter
On Nov. 14 in the crowded and dimly lit Dog Tag Bakery in Washington, D.C., Marine veteran Michael Garvey calmly...
What Life Is Really Like When A Parent Deploys
As a military brat, you often are born into a world where you move constantly, experience long parental absences, and...
5 Questions To Ask A Military Recruiter Before You Enlist
If you’re thinking about enlisting in the military, you’ve already answered the most important question: Am I willing to put...
UNSUNG HEROES: The Corpsman Who Sprinted Into Gunfire To Save 5 Marines
On March 23, 2003, in Nasiriyah, Iraq, Luis Fonseca, a seaman apprentice, was a Navy corpsman on his first deployment,...
5 Times Service Members Made The News For Doing Something Hilariously Stupid
For anyone who has worn the uniform, there’s a fundamental truth of service that never makes it into the commercials...
10 Photos That Prove The Military Wouldn’t Be The Same Without Its Working Dogs
Dogs have been a staple of military life for ages, but in recent years, military working dogs have captured the...
Sarcasm, Scotch, And Veteran Stereotypes Led This Former Marine To Produce His Own TV Pilot
Nearly two years ago, on a Friday evening in September 2013, I trudged home from work, clambered up the four...
21 Secrets Of Success I Learned From Working With The Military’s Best Generals
I was privileged in my 23-year Army career to work directly with four very successful general officers. The lessons I...
10 Powerful Photos That Will Change Your Mind About What It Means To Be An Athlete
Athletes, friends, and family gathered at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, this week to attend the 2015 Warrior Games, where...
Try Not To Get Lost During The Navy’s New Recruiting Ad
Navy SEALs conduct a boarding operation while a large orb looms overhead, ominous and red. Fighter jets fly in formation...
Automated Swarm Boats Are Next Up In Drone Warfare
The spectacle is mesmerizing: A squadron of 13 small rubber boats moving in perfect synchronicity, turning right or left in...
UNSUNG HEROES: The Navy Diver Who Died Trying To Save A Fellow Sailor When A Training Dive Went Wrong
A routine training dive at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland, that went terribly wrong and left two young Sailors dead in February...
How I Learned To Embrace The Fear Associated With Back-To-Back Deployments
“Are you sitting down?” asked the voice on the other end of the line. It was twilight on a week...
The 8 Presidents With The Most Badass Military Records
It used to be that if you wanted to enter politics, military service was virtually a prerequisite. And though the...
A New Retention Survey Reveals Problematic Results for Navy
In May, a robust unofficial survey circulated among active-duty Navy personnel regarding retention in the Navy. The survey was the...
