HH-60W Jolly Green II crews saved the lives of two foreign troops on a December rescue mission in the Horn of Africa. The Corps has maintained that exceptions to its grooming standards for recruits would make it harder to instill in them a spirit of uniformity. "Pacer Forge" is a faster-paced mock deployment that lasts two days rather than four. VA officials and veterans advocates have warned that many veterans may be taken advantage of by lawyers filing suits related to water contamination there. An airman from Shaw Air Force Base and a deployed Army reservist were among four recently charged in a multimillion dollar fraud scheme. 'It’s no exaggeration to say you save lives and you change lives,' Space Force's top general tells military and veteran nonprofits. The Marine recruit training haircut is a rite of passage. The National Defense Service Medal is going into retirement on Dec. 31. More than 17,000 veterans may have had their claims rejected improperly, the VA inspector general found. This exercise started in 2012 but has increased sevenfold in size and added major air platforms. Load More