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Know Your Worth: How to Name Your Price in the Civilian Job Market Learn how to determine your salary in the civilian market with our new transition master class, Fistful of Dollars.
Commissaries Claim Inflated Savings, Watchdog Finds The Defense Commissary Agency used unreliable and inconsistent methodologies to calculate the annual savings realized by...
Which Type of Life Insurance Is Best for You? Choosing between term and permanent life insurance can be complicated, but you can simplify it by focusing on the reason you...
3 Factors to Consider When Buying a House After Leaving the Service Having a job and proof of income may not be enough.
Lawmaker Trying to Nearly Triple 'Inflation Bonuses' in Exchange for Missile Funding Cuts Bonuses service members could get to help cope with inflation would be nearly tripled under a proposal from a progessive...
Fistful of Dollars: How to Win the Transition Money Game Money worries are a big part of crossing over into transition. Whether you are worried about getting a job quickly, paying...
155,000 Military Health System Patients to Be Pushed to Civilian Care Starting This Year Under a revised plan to realign many military hospitals and clinics to serve mainly active-duty personnel, some family...
Singing 82nd Airborne Soldiers Have an Unlikely Hit with Video Filmed at Fort Bragg A group of Fort Bragg soldiers have become unlikely celebrities after video surfaced of them singing the Motown hit "My Girl...
'My Son Was Tortured': Mom of SEAL Candidate Who Died Hours After Completing 'Hell Week' Speaks Out According to officials at BUD/S, the Navy is nearing completion of a formal investigation into Kyle Mullen's death.
Fighter Jet Blown Off Carrier Deck in Unexpected Heavy Weather An F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet fell into the waters of the Mediterranean from the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry...
Pay Bumps to Counter Suicides in Alaska and on Ships in Yard 'Unnecessary,' According to White House The proposals for Arctic pay and complex overhaul pay were spurred by waves of suicides among service members in Alaska and...
Woman Charged with Posing as Sick Marine Vet to Plead Guilty Sarah Jane Cavanaugh faces more than 20 years in prison, but prosecutors have agreed to recommend a sentence on the low end...
Turkey Lifts NATO Objections on Sweden, Finland Turkey agreed Tuesday to lift its opposition to Sweden and Finland joining NATO, a breakthrough in an impasse clouding...
First Lady Meets Ukrainian Refugees in Spain The First Lady of the United States Jill Biden and Spain's Queen Letizia visited a welcome centre for Ukrainian...
US Strike Kills Al Qaida-Linked Commander A drone strike by the U.S.-led coalition in northwestern Syria killed a senior member of an al-Qaida-linked group, Syrian...
Fort Drum Could Land 3,000 More Soldiers with New Installation Fort Drum is competing for the Army's new Multi-Domain Task Force — or MDTF, a strategy to deal with the national security...
How 2 American Veterans Ended Up in Ukraine, Prisoners of Russian-Armed Militants The untold story of how two American vets, now captives of Putin’s allies, ended up fighting in Ukraine.
How the Story of This Medal of Honor Recipient Wounded 21 Times Was Almost Lost to History Henry Johnson's discharge papers contained no mention of his heroic actions or injuries, depriving him of any awards or...
Navy Leaders Reprimanded for Fire that Gutted Bonhomme Richard Warship The Navy focused punishments on Bonhomme Richard's leadership and its fire response team in the wake of the worst warship...
This Week’s Top Military Photos: F-35 Copy-Paste, a Revolutionary Charge, Gas! Gas! Gas! Military.com's top photos of the week, July 11 - June 15.
The Amazing Story of How 'The Terminal List' Made the Jump from Page to Screen The show has become Prime Video's #1 show since it was released on July 1, and it seems inevitable that Amazon will order a...
Airmen Rescue Eight from Circling Bull Shark off Florida Coast Eight civilians were rescued by patrolling U.S. Air Force personnel after their boat capsized off Florida’s Gulf Coast and...
Air Force to Promote Fewer Noncommissioned Officers as Worries About Inexperience Grow The service attributed the decrease in promotion opportunities to restructuring, a decrease in end-strength numbers and...
This Week’s Top Military Photos: Air Force Cadets Learn to Fly, Heroes Awarded, One Rests Easy Military.com's top photos of the week, July 3 - June 8.
Woody Williams, Last WWII Medal of Honor Recipient, Lies in Honor at Capitol Rotunda The nation paid tribute to "Woody" Williams' lifetime of service as his flag-draped casket was set upon a catafalque to "lie...
Extreme Heat Killed Parris Island Recruit During 'Crucible' Training, Mom Says A heavily redacted report prepared by the Marines and given to Beals’ mother states her son died of hyperthermia and extreme...
How 2 American Veterans Ended Up in Ukraine, Prisoners of Russian-Armed Militants The untold story of how two American vets, now captives of Putin’s allies, ended up fighting in Ukraine.
US Coast Guard Has Intercepted More than 3,000 Florida-Bound Cuban Migrants Since October The staggering figure comes as the Coast Guard announced it returned 64 migrants to Cuba.
5 Awesome Things to Know About US Coast Guard History for Its Coming Birthday For more than 230 years, the first line of American coastal defense has been the United States Coast Guard.
Ex-Coast Guard Employee Pleads Guilty in Test-Fixing Case Johnson gave exams merchant mariners were required to pass in order to obtain licenses to work in various positions on ships.