The Daily Stress Weighing on Military Spouses The stress the military community holds is not just related to our proximity to deployments or combat zones. It is woven into...
Marine Corps Doing Away with Civilian Family Readiness Officers, Limiting Jobs for Military Spouses The Marine Corps is in the process of taking a family readiness program away from paid civilians and placing its...
'We Learned a Lot': Marines, Sailors Reflect on Deployments Chock-Full of Equipment Challenges Leaders involved in the 2023-2024 deployments of the Wasp and Boxer Amphibious Ready Groups, or ARGs, described the...
Here Are All the Units Now Deployed to the Border for Trump's Immigration Crackdown The bulk of deployed troops come from the Army, primarily military police, to enhance surveillance efforts and act as a...
Inside the Military's Scramble to Move Troops to the Mexico Border After the Department of Defense announced Wednesday that 1,500 troops would be initially assigned to the border mission, what...
Overseas Troops to See Fewer Sweets, More Sweet Potatoes on Their Holiday Tables This Year For some unexplained reason, the Defense Logistics Agency is shipping 800% more sweet potatoes overseas than it did last...
Marine Corps Worried About How to Move and Supply Troops After Navy Sidelines 17 Support Ships The Navy will sideline 17 ships to contend with a shortage of civilian mariners, the Military Sealift commander said last...
The PILLAR Deployment Retreat Welcomes Military Spouses to Attend Online for Free In October, military spouses and significant others will convene online for the PILLAR Deployment Retreat, the largest...
Army Delays Bonus Pay for Deployed Soldiers The pay bump was due to begin next Tuesday, but Army officials said that all the details of the bonus had never been sorted...
Soldiers Set to Get New Deployment Bonus as High Operations Tempos Strain the Army Soldiers will receive an extra monthly bonus -- ranging from $210 to $450 per month, depending on rank -- for time away from...
Ranger School Is Getting a New Fitness Assessment The Army's elite Ranger School, long regarded as one of the most grueling leadership courses in the military, is rolling out...
How a World War II Tail Gunner Survived a Midair Collision Without a Parachute Sgt. James Raley's account came almost three months to the day after he improbably survived that fall from the skies over...
Not Just for US Veterans: 7 Medical Breakthroughs the VA Gave to the World With the VA facing job cuts, it's important to remind not only veterans, but also lawmakers, health officials and the...
Hegseth, Top Officials Violated 'Basic Operational Security' with Signal Chat on Yemen War Plans Experts who spoke with Military.com said it's highly unlikely that operational details at the level Goldberg described would...
Veterans Fear Trump Administration Plans to Privatize VA Health Care Veterans are increasingly getting care from private medical providers, who are then paid by the VA. It's an effort to create...
![](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-03/va%20debakey%20legend%201200.jpg?itok=FugzVuVV ""The father of modern cardiovascular surgery," Dr. Michael E. DeBakey was a World War II veteran and helped create the modern VA medical system. (Dept. of Veterans Affairs)")
