Ho Lin

Ho Lin has over a decade of experience on the Military.com team as a writer and editor. He specializes in benefits and veteran jobs content, providing valuable insight into how to navigate changes in benefits and opportunities for post-military employment. Ho creates custom videos for Military.com’s video section. He has degrees from Brown University and Johns Hopkins University.

Email: ho.lin@monster.com

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Members of the U.S. Veterans Motorcycle Club salute the flag during the playing of the National Anthem at the beginning of a memorial and remembrance service for seven motorcyclists and their spouses who died in the June crash Saturday, July 13, 2019 in the parking lot of Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass. The seven bikers were killed when a pickup truck hauling a flatbed trailer slammed into a group of riders in Randolph, New Hampshire. (Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP)

8 Ways to Express Appreciation on Veterans Day

Veterans Day is an important day for showing appreciation to members of our military - here's a few suggestions on how to do...

Children wave goodbye to cavalry troopers from the 1st Squadron, 18th Cavalry Regiment, California National Guard, as the unit departs. (Air National Guard/Crystal Housman)

Auto Insurance and Deployment

Essentially, you have three options open to you while you're deployed -- continuing to pay your auto insurance, canceling you...

Marine Corps General James Conway and Master Sergeant Blaine Scott. (Photo: Ho Lin, Military.com)

Five Transition Tips from Two American Heroes

In a wide-ranging conversation, two Marine Corps veterans provide key tips for veterans seeking to avoid the transition blues...

Brake Maintenance: Bleeding Your Brakes

If you've replaced brake lines on your car, you'll need to "bleed" your brakes so they'll work properly again--here's how to...

Military Transition: Workin' on the Railroad

We interviewed an Army veteran who now manages operations for a major railway company to get some insights on her industry an...

Skilled Trade Jobs: Opportunities for Vets

For veterans looking to pursue a career involving a skilled trade, which includes industries that requires electronic, electr...

Veterans Running the Show in Small Business

Looking to make the leap into owning your own business? The rewards (and challenges) can be significant, and there's help ava...

5 Underrated Spring Break Getaways

You know all about Cancun and Miami Beach and all the other usual spring break hotspots, but how about some less heralded des...

Washington DC Military Sites: 9 Must-sees

9 Must-see Military Sites to Visit in Washington, D.C.

Here's a rundown of nine must-see military history sites in Washington DC, as well as some extra suggestions for places close...

Army West Point football coach Jeff Monken leads the Army football team as they "Sing Second". (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Josephine Pride)

Five Ways to Build a Winning Financial Playbook

Military.com and MoneyLion celebrate the Army-Navy football game this week with these five keys for your financial pla...

Marine Corps Master Sergeant Blaine Scott and General James Conway.

Out of the Military, Into the Great Outdoors: Interview with Gen. James Conway and Master Sgt. Blaine Scott

Military.com interviews Marine Corps veterans James Conway and Blaine Scott to get their insights about the great leap to civ...

Nike and Colin Kaepernick: The Kneeling Debate Continues

U.S. Marine Corps Veterans salute during the 5th Marines Vietnam War Memorial unveiling ceremony in the Camp San Mateo Memorial Garden at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. (U.S. Marine Corps/Rhita Daniel)

The History of Veterans Day

Veterans Day, formerly known as Armistice Day, was originally set as a U.S. legal holiday to honor the end of World War I, wh...

Airmen of the 455th Expeditionary Knowledge Operations Management office sort boxes and envelopes for personnel at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force/Senior Airman Chris Willis.)

What to Send Someone Who Is Deployed

Receiving a care package from home can be a morale booster for a deployed service member -- here are tips on what to send.

Honor the Fallen: The Flying Fireman

This Special Forces vet gave all on 9/11. Now his son serves, too.

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Members of the U.S. Women’s National Water Polo Team test their grit while doing “surf immersion” training at Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Center in Coronado, Calif., Nov. 6. (U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Anthony W. Walker)

The First Woman Has Made it Through SEAL Officer Screening

The Navy marked a first earlier this year when a woman completed Navy SEAL officer assessment and selection

Lt. Gen. Aundre Piggee speaks during a ceremony in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va., Jan. 17, 2019. (U.S. Army/Sean Kimmons)

Army 3-Star General Loses Rank After War College Plagiarism Revealed

An Army deputy chief of staff has been retired at a lower rank after an investigation found he had plagiarized.

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 405th Expeditionary Support Squadron work together to clear debris inside the passenger terminal the day after a Taliban-led attack at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 12, 2019 (U.S. Air Force/Airman 1st Class Brandon Cribelar)

New Photos Show Destruction from Taliban Attack on Bagram Air Base

The photos showed airmen cleaning up and disposing of broken metal and ceiling tiles and attempting to salvage the structure.

The West Palm Beach VA Medical Center in Riviera Beach, Florida. (VA image)

'Millions' Stolen in Decade-Long Buying Fraud at Florida VA Hospitals, Officials Say

Suspects allegedly defrauded the VA by letting vendors charge inflated prices for products.

Army 1st Lt. Clint Lorance salutes while appearing on "Fox & Friends," Monday, Nov. 18, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Army Officer Pardoned by Trump After Murder Conviction Says He Can't Even Get a Job at Walmart

Army 1st Lt. Clint Lorance was sentenced to 19 years in military prison after he was found guilty of second-degree murder.

Latest Military Videos

Army, Navy Chiefs Go Head-to-Head in New Spirit Video

Three days until Navy beats Army!

Air Force Tests Ground-Launched Ballistic Missile

On Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019, at 8:30 a.m. Pacific Time, the U.S. Air Force, in partnership with the Strategic...

Clint Eastwood Visits Marines at Camp Pendleton

U.S. Marines meet and greet with Clint Eastwood, actor and director, following an advanced showing of his new movie...

Special Operators Freefall for Army-Navy Spirit Video

The U.S. Army Operational Test Command's Airborne & Special Operations Test Directorate at Fort Bragg, North Carolina produced an...

First Soldiers Earn Army’s New Master Gunner Identification Badge

Nine Soldiers from the 194th Armored Brigade are among the first ever to receive a Master Gunner Identification Badge...

Army News

Navy Breaks Losing Streak with 31-7 Win Over Army

The Army faltered behind an offense that completely stalled after an impressive first-quarter drive.

Security personnel arrive near the site of an attack near the Bagram Air Base In Parwan province of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

New Questions on War in Afghanistan Give Way to Bigger One: What's Next?

A peace settlement with the Taliban isn’t the only option.

Customers drop off new prescription for filling inside the new Kittyhawk Satellite Pharmacy, Nov. 13, 2018 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. (U.S. Air Force/Wesley Farnsworth)

Vietnam Vet's Widow Reimbursed for 12 Years of Prescriptions

The Army veteran’s widow had taken out a loan to pay the $10,630 bill from the Naval Hospital Beaufort.

Navy News

Navy Breaks Losing Streak with 31-7 Win Over Army

The Army faltered behind an offense that completely stalled after an impressive first-quarter drive.

Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly, center, and Navy Adm. Michael Gilday, Chief of Naval Operations, look on as an Air Force carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Navy Seaman Mohammed Sameh Haitham, of St. Petersburg, Fla., Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. A Saudi gunman killed three people including Haitham in a shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Posthumous Promotions for Enlisted Sailors Killed In Pensacola Shootings

Navy leaders called the move "right and fitting."

Pearl Harbor shooter Gabriel Romero in his Navy uniform.

Navy Commander: Motive Unknown for Pearl Harbor Shooting

Shipyard commander Capt. Greg Burton said there is no information to indicate the sailor knew any of the victims.

Air Force News

James N. Stewart, performing the duties of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, speaks to attendees during the 29th Annual DoD Red Ribbon Week Awards Ceremony at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Oct. 17, 2019. (DoD/U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class James K. Lee)

Pentagon Personnel Chief is Latest DoD Leader to Resign

Defense Secretary Mark Esper announced in a statement Friday that James 'Jimmy' Stewart had stepped down.

The Ultra Long Endurance Aircraft Platform (Ultra LEAP) consists of a high-performance, cost-effective, sport-class commercial airframe converted to a fully automated system with autonomous takeoff and landing capabilities. (Courtesy artwork/Air Force Research Laboratory)

The Air Force Just Flew a Surveillance Drone for 2 Days Straight

The Air Force just flew an unmanned aircraft for two days, demonstrating the drone's ability to take off and land by itself.

During last year's Christmas Eve, Canadian Brig. Gen. Guy Hamel of NORAD joins other volunteers taking phone calls from children around the world. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Does NORAD Really Track Santa?

Tracking Santa on his trek across the world has been a holiday tradition for many American families for decades, but did you...

Marine Corps News

New Questions on War in Afghanistan Give Way to Bigger One: What's Next?

A peace settlement with the Taliban isn’t the only option.

Cherry Point Marine participates in pull-up event.

Marines’ Obsession with Pull-Ups May Be Hurting the Corps, Study Finds

Participants in a study on Marine Corps culture were often focused on pull-ups as a best measure of a person's value and wort...

U.S. Marine Pfc. Dustin Miller fires his M16A4 service rifle during his annual rifle qualification at Range 116A on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Oct. 10, 2019. (U.S. Marine Corps/Lance Cpl. Alison Dostie)

Marines Overhaul Rifle Qualification to Feature Moving Targets, Night Fire

By 2021 Marines could start going through an Annual Rifle Qualification that requires shooters to engage realistic targets.

Coast Guard News

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Alder clears ice from the deck of the cutter as the ship transits through Lake Superior Dec. 14, 2016. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

Coast Guard Starts Ice-Breaking Work in Western Great Lakes

Officials said they have started what they call “Operation Taconite” in Lake Superior and Lake Michigan.

In a Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019 file photo, smoke rises from a cargo ship that capsized in the St. Simons Island, Georgia sound. (Bobby Haven/The Brunswick News via AP)

Overturned Ship's Fuel Tanks Drained of 320,000 Gallons

The Coast Guard said in November that the job could take another year.

FILE - In this July 1, 2019, file photo, Swabs receives instructions during haircut and mailbox issue on the first day of an indoctrination at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn. On Dec. 11, Congress will release results of an investigation into how the Coast Guard handles complaints of harassment, launched because of how complaints were dealt with at the Coast Guard Academy. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day via AP, File)

Congress Criticizes How Coast Guard Investigates Harassment Claims

The report also found Coast Guard leaders didn't hold officials accountable for deficient investigations.