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A String of Assassinations in Afghanistan Points to ISIS Resurgence with US Officials Warning of Possible Attacks on American Interests
5 Things Everyone Gets Wrong About Filing for a Tax Extension It's true that if you file for an extension, you won't have to file your 2022 return until Oct. 16, 2023. But there are a few...
5 Reasons Tax Experts Say to File Early Unless you live in a state where you need to clarify the taxability of state payments from 2022, there's no good reason not...
7 Ways the New Secure 2.0 Act Could Help You Save for Retirement To help Americans save for retirement, the Secure 2.0 Act includes promising provisions that will be implemented over the...
Key Senator Presses DoD on Protecting Service Members from Medical Debt Sen. Elizabeth Warren pressed for answers on whether the DoD has implemented recommendations from a report produced by the...
Next Step for Incentive Pay Boost for Guardsmen and Reservists Coming in 'Weeks,' Defense Official Vows At issue are 18 categories of incentive pay used to attract recruits or retain service members with specific skills or...
Stretch Your VA College Benefits by Getting to Know This Person Your college's school certifying official can answer your benefits questions and make sure you're not missing anything...
Female Air Force Pilots Would Be Able to Safely Pee In-Flight During Long Missions with New Tech Being Tested Female pilots at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro, North Carolina, are ground testing a new bladder relief method.
This Week, Fort Pickett Will Replace Its Confederate Name, a First for an Army Base Following Renaming Commission Fort Pickett will be redesignated Fort Barfoot, honoring Col. Van T. Barfoot, a World War II Medal of Honor recipient with...
Air Force Fires Guam Commander for 'Shortfalls in His Personal Conduct' Brig. Gen. Paul R. Birch, commander of the 36th Wing at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, was relieved of his duties "due to...
Fort Bliss Sergeant Major Loses Top Enlisted Job Over Alleged 'Misuse of Resources' Sgt. Maj. Samuel Rapp was set to replace Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Williams as the top NCO for the 1st Armored Division.
Deputy Allegedly Tries to Drive Through Coronado Naval Base Gate While Under the Influence, Prompts Shooting A Navy spokesperson said Sheriff's Sgt. Michael Cruz was being aggressive and wasn't following the instructions of the gate...
Renewed Military ID Cards Can Be Sent by Mail in New Pilot Program Active-duty troops can now log in to renew their family members' military ID cards in a pilot program allowing the IDs to be...
Moscow and Kyiv: Competing Diplomacy Ahead of meeting Russian President Putin Chinese leader Xi Jinping held talks with Premier Mikhail Mishustin. While Xi conducted...
Putin Welcomes Xi to the Kremlin With Pomp Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed Xi Jinping to the Kremlin on the second day of the Chinese leader’s visit...
Kishida Heads to Ukraine for Talks With Zelenskyy Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida landed in Poland and was heading to Kyiv early Tuesday for talks with Ukraine's...
US Aid Worker, French Journalist Freed in Niger An American aid worker held by Islamic extremists in West Africa and a French journalist abducted almost two years...
Trading on Patriotism: How Extremist Groups Target and Radicalize Veterans The issue of extremist groups has gained attention after the riot on Jan. 6 aimed at preventing the peaceful transfer of the...
Trading on Patriotism: How Extremist Groups Target and Radicalize Veterans The issue of extremist groups has gained attention after the riot on Jan. 6 aimed at preventing the peaceful transfer of the...
They Said the Rise in Military Suicide Is a Mystery. Traumatic Brain Injury May Be an Answer. Veterans who have had a head injury are at higher risk for suicide, but these deaths can be prevented, experts say.
They Said the Rise in Military Suicide Is a Mystery. Traumatic Brain Injury May Be an Answer. Veterans who have had a head injury are at higher risk for suicide, but these deaths can be prevented, experts say.
US Military Offers First Glimpse of Training for Ukrainian Troops in America In a few days, Americans training Ukrainian missile defense soldiers will send their students back into war, aware of what...
Person Shot After Driving Through Fort Riley Gate Fort Riley Military Police received a call at 6:50 a.m. about an incident at Trooper Gate, the southwestern entrance through...
US Denies Chinese Claim It Drove Away American Destroyer The incident comes amid growing tensions between China and the U.S. in the region, as Washington pushes back at Beijing's...
USS Theodore Roosevelt Leaves the Shipyards After 18 Difficult Months that Included 3 Suicides The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt has completed a refurbishment in Washington state that lasted more than a year...
Service Member, 3 Children Killed in Shooting Near Shaw Air Force Base The suspect, Charles Slacks, died by suicide following the attack, according to police.
Here Are the Air Force's New Uniform Rules The new regulations change a variety of rules ranging from saluting decorum and patches on certain uniforms to allowing...
125% Increase to Space Force Bonuses Part of 2024 Budget Request that Would Grow Ranks The Space Force wants to grow the number of Guardians by nearly 10% and hopes to offer almost $5 million in new bonuses to...
'Go Get Screened': Space Force Chief Urges Missileers to Get Tested as Cancer Study Underway The Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine said last month it is conducting a study examining a potential link between...
A Marine Corps Cook Spread the Gospel of Tacos Throughout America Glen Bell engineered a way to pre-make hard-taco shells in large quantities, with less mess and faster, like hamburgers were...
The First Casualty of War Is Truth: Iraq 20 Years Later Four months prior to the invasion of Iraq, I found out that the George W. Bush administration was selling the war to the...
Coast Guard Saves 28 from Struggling Cuban Migrant Boat Off Key West. One Person Missing Two people from the boat needed medical treatment and were taken to the hospital. Because they were caught at sea, the...
Coast Guard Cutter Back in Hawaii After Trek to Japan The deployment was in support of Operation Sapphire, a joint agreement between the U.S. and Japanese coast guard.