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Playing politics with military promotions harms our service members

The Senate hold on military promotions impacts service members, families and the communities they call home.

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Leaders need to be more than allies and work to close the gender gap

Women in the military still face barriers as basic as uniforms that were designed for a man's body, despite decades of allies championing their service.

Here’s how the Senate wants to boost military recruitment

Proposals include an Enlisted Training Corps that would mirror the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps units that have existed for more than 100 years.

Soldier moves into barracks room, immediately finds massive ant colony

"DPW responded the morning of July 17 and treated for ants."

Meet the Marine who ‘rode the thunder’ and lived to tell the tale

After being forced to eject from his F-8 Crusader, Lt. Col. William Rankin soon found himself amid a thunderstorm — 40,000 feet above ground.

More defense policy fights ahead as Senate begins budget debates

Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of July 17, 2023.

Ban on troops communicating with civil rights group clears House

The amendment to the defense authorization bill would forbid service members from contacting the Military Religious Freedom Foundation or its leadership.

Veteran Supporters Urging: It’s Time to Apply for PACT Act Benefits

Veterans and survivors who wish to qualify for backdated benefits must submit their claims or intent to file by Aug. 9, 2023.

Families seek answers 50 years after fire destroyed veterans’ records

The 1973 fire at the Military Personnel Records Center in suburban St. Louis destroyed an estimated 16 to 18 million personnel files.

1864 letter recounts Confederate soldier’s masturbation addiction

To this day, desperate cries of “It’s Johnny Reb, not Johnny Rub!” echo throughout the South.