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I Was Thrown Out of the Army Under the Old Standards Because I Was Too Fit. The New Standards Are a Step Forward.
8 Astonishing Ways the Military Can Help You Get a Job in Tech In the middle of military transition, you might be wondering if all that jumping around you did in your military career...
More Burial and Funeral Costs Can Now Be Covered by Veterans Benefits The expanded benefits comes after the department earlier this year made a push to encourage more veterans to use the burial...
I Was Wounded in Iraq. Vets Like Me Aren't Getting Our Full Retirement Pay and Congress Won't Act. "Some 50,000 veterans who are medically retired from combat and have less than 20 years of service have been left behind by...
5 Reasons to Buy an Annuity (It's Retirement Income You Can't Outlive) Guaranteed monthly retirement income was more important than a particular dollar amount to most respondents in a USAA survey...
3 Low-Key Strategies to Get a Grip on Your Money In addition to using a spending plan, here are a few low-stress ways to be more intentional about your spending.
Show Me the Money! How to Maximize Your Paycheck After Military Transition During military transition, you are the only person who can negotiate your biggest salary ever. Learn everything you need to...
How to Brilliantly Interview Veterans and Transitioning Military Members (and Meet Your Veteran Hiring Goal)
Bedbugs, Brown Water, Squatters: Military Barracks Blasted over Horrid Living Conditions, Lack of Accountability The Government Accountability Office published the conditions in a scathing new report, confirming complaints made by many...
What We Know About the Marine Corps F-35 Crash, Backyard Ejection and What Went Wrong The crash of an F-35B Joint Strike Fighter aircraft in South Carolina has raised numerous questions about what prompted the...
Air Force's 9th Bomb Squadron Commander Fired After Just a Couple of Months on the Job Lt. Col. Brian Milner, the commander of the 9th Bomb Squadron, was relieved of command due to "a loss of confidence in his...
Democrats Circumvent Tuberville as Senate Moves to Finally Confirm Leaders of Army, Marine Corps, Joint Chiefs While acting chiefs can keep the military running day-to-day, defense officials have argued they are not as effective as...
1 in 3 PACT Act Claims Have Received a 0% Disability Rating, Prompting a VA Review VA Under Secretary for Benefits Joshua Jacobs said the department plans to examine its ratings schedule after complaints from...
After Brutal 6-Year Overhaul, Hope Returns to Young Sailors Aboard USS George Washington The flight deck of the USS George Washington is already streaked with tire marks from aircraft landings just three months...
Congress Prepares for Funding Talks as Deadline Looms Over the weekend allies of Speaker Kevin McCarthy worked furiously to shore up support for the latest Republican plan...
Master Class: Show me the Money: Secret Practices of the Best Paid Veterans What keeps you up at night during military transition? The money. Everyone secretly worries about whether or not they...
Russia Strikes Odesa, Damaging Port, Grain Infrastructure and Abandoned Hotel A Russian drone and missile strike near Odesa damaged infrastructure, a grain silo, and injured one person in the...
Teens Learn to Fly in the Skies of Detroit Thanks to a Tuskegee Airmen Program The Detroit teens are part of a program that teaches young people how to fly, while exposing them to...
Poisoned Water: How a Navy Ship Dumped Fuel and Sickened Its Own Crew A years-long investigation reveals that the Boxer unintentionally compromised its own water supply in 2016.
Poisoned Water: How a Navy Ship Dumped Fuel and Sickened Its Own Crew A years-long investigation reveals that the Boxer unintentionally compromised its own water supply in 2016.
The Next Frontier for Warfighters Might Be Implants in Their Brains. Is the Pentagon Ready for the Consequences? The potential medical applications of access to the brain for treating ailments are far-ranging, but pressure to compete with...
The Next Frontier for Warfighters Might Be Implants in Their Brains. Is the Pentagon Ready for the Consequences? The potential medical applications of access to the brain for treating ailments are far-ranging, but pressure to compete with...
Gen. Mark Milley Says He Has Taken 'Measures' to Protect Family After Trump Suggests He Should be Executed Trump, who is running in the 2024 presidential race, claimed Milley would have faced death "in times gone by" for...
American Soldier Who Crossed into North Korea Arrives Back in the US, Video Appears to Show The American soldier who sprinted into North Korea across the heavily fortified border between the Koreas more than two...
Government Shutdown Would Not Affect Red Hill Defueling, Navy Says The news came as a relief to Honolulu Board of Water Supply Manager Ernie Lau, who said he had raised concerns about how a...
Despite Reports of Sailors Struggling to Get Help, Top Admiral Says Resources Are Available Part of Caudle's broader message is that Navy enlisted leaders, especially chief petty officers and leading first-class petty...
Air Force Will Review Thousands of Discharges Related to Traumatic Brain Injury, PTSD Following Legal Settlement The service consented to the reviews as part of a settlement in a nationwide class-action lawsuit -- Johnson v. Kendall --...
Air Force Finds Success by Putting Sexual Assault, Abuse, Stalking Resources in One Office Brian Demer, a program specialist with the Department of the Air Force Integrated Resilience, said they saw successes with...
Service Was a Second Chance for the Space Force's Enlisted Leader. He Tried to Give Others the Same Shot. During his 33-year career, Roger Towberman was stationed everywhere from Hawaii to the United Kingdom until he was selected...
ULA Atlas V Launches from Space Coast on Mission for NRO and Space Force United Launch Alliance managed what was only its second launch of the year, sending up an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral...
LA County Deputy Faces Possible Charges in Off-Duty Traffic Deaths of Two Marines Prosecutors are considering criminal charges against a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy who was off-duty when he fell...
Marine Corps Leaders Struggle with How to Train Female Infantry Officers Amid Worries About Standards In 2018, a Marine general who heads the service's training command wrote about his concern that the "pursuit of ensuring fair...
There Was Once a Coast Guard Station in Biloxi That Saved Hundreds of Lives During WWII Though it was only open for less than 20 years, a U.S. Coast Guard Air Station in Biloxi played a pivotal yet often...
How Does a Government Shutdown Affect Health Care for Military Service Members and Veterans? In the event of a government shutdown, for most active-duty service members and military veterans, your health benefits...