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Military Times’ 2024 Service Members of the Year
These seven are the 2024 Military Times Service Members of the Year.
By Military Times staff
Troops’ personal data can be purchased for pennies, researchers find
Researchers were able to buy the personal information of thousands of service members, veterans and their families.
Fisher House awards $250K in grants to nonprofit military programs
This year’s recipients of the Fisher Service Award include a nationwide program helping terminally-ill troops and veterans fulfill their dreams.
Fixes could cut months off wait for vets’ fire-damaged service records
An inspector general report said frequent procedural mistakes are adding months to elderly veterans' wait for military records.
Want to join the Air Force? Now you have to deadlift
Deadlifts replace the power clean-and-press motion that was used in strength testing at MEPS for decades.
Bill would ease federal loan forgiveness process for troops, vets
Critics say defense and education officials need more coordination to improve the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
Space Force aims for more efficient operations with ‘integrated’ units
Two new "integrated mission deltas" will stand up as early as October.
VA won’t restart health records overhaul until next summer, if at all
Multiple House lawmakers expressed doubt that the expensive vets records project can be saved.
Entire Air Force to miss recruiting goal, the first failure since 1999
The active duty Air Force made it about 90% of the way to its goal of 26,877 enlisted recruits.
More technical problems found with VA’s disability claims system
Nearly 90,000 cases filed through VA.gov have been delayed because of glitches in the department's system.
5 veteran personalities you can adopt once you get your DD-214
If you can’t carve out your own post-service personality, there are few tried-and-true veteran identities you can slide right into.
By Sarah Sicard