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To My Civilian Friends on Memorial Day

Dear Civilian Friend, I have to tell you something about Memorial Day. You’re doing it wrong.

Congreve Hall seen from across Thompson Hall lawn and Main Street on the University of New Hampshire campus. (Kyle Todesca via Wikipedia.)

How Military Spouses Pay for College

How do you pay for college when you haven't got a dime? With our guide, you'll be cracking those books in no time.

5 Easy Questions: Should You Go Back to School?

Here are five important things to think about before you commit to going back to school.

Financial Aid for Military Spouses

Do you ever wish that college was free for military spouses? There is financial aid money for military spouses if you know...

What NOT to Wear to a Military Homecoming

In case you've been wondering what to wear for a military homecoming, we have the answers. Kind of. Here are the top ten...

How to Read a Military LES

Quite literally, it pays to know your way around an LES. Here's our line-by-line guide to making sense of one.

Deployment DIY: Perfect Deployment Valentine

It's the time of year when we gorge ourselves on candy hearts, pretty red peeps and boxes of chocolate that we will spend the...

Networking for Military Spouses: Online Tools

Still, mastering networking, wherever you are, comes down to five simple steps. First, you start small, working by word of...

Use your Target Veterans Day discount in stores or online.

Seasonal Employment Creates Opportunity for Job Seekers

Seasonal employment can be more than an extra paycheck during the holidays. It is also a great way to get your foot in the...

How Your House Can Ruin Your Career

Where we choose to live each time we PCS can have an unexpectedly big impact on spouse job prospects.

Real Spouse Employment: Elementary Teacher

Alissa is a Marine Corps spouse who fought hard to hang on to her career as a teacher through three moves in four years.

5 Fantastic Spouse Jobs in Military Towns

If you are looking for a career you can pursue from any military town in America, consider these five trajectories.

How to Get a Job on Base

Stability, location and a variety of professional options make jobs on base extremely covetable, but they are not easy to get...

How to Get a Job at the Base or Post Exchange

Does it seem impossible to get a job on base? Getting a job with AAFES -- the Exchange -- can be easier than you think.

Amanda Crowe, executive director of In Gear Career, and her family.

Real Spouse Jobs: Nonprofit Executive Director

Amanda Crowe is executive director of a military spouse nonprofit, In Gear Career. Her job is helping other spouses find work...

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Twenty dollar bills are counted in North Andover, Mass.

Bill Guaranteeing Cost-of-Living Increase for Veterans in 2024 Heads to President's Desk

The annual task in Congress ensures that VA compensation keeps pace with Social Security increases.

Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough.

VA Issues New Warning that Default Could Have 'Catastrophic' Effects for Veterans

VA Secretary Denis McDonough said Wednesday there is "no blueprint for what could happen."

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John Finn.

Navy Fires Destroyer's Leadership as Ship Moves Homeport to Japan

Cmdr. Angela Gonzales, the commanding officer, and Cmdr. Jonathan Zang, the executive officer, were fired from the John Finn...

Class of 2026 during the Acceptance Day parade at West Point.

Academy Cadets with Kids Still Waiting as Pentagon Lags on Rule Change

Military students remain in limbo as final Pentagon guidance for a new policy allowing cadets at America's service academies...

Green Berets conduct combat training in the Republic of Korea.

Army Special Operations Could Be Cut 10% as Military Looks to Conventional Warfare

As the service pivots its focus toward China, Green Berets and other commando units could see cuts in favor of building up...

Front of the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington.

How Veterans Benefits Could Be Delayed in June by a US Default

Billions of dollars of veterans benefits could be imperiled if the U.S. defaults on its debts, though the full extent of the...

Latest Military Videos

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Peruvian anti-drug police seized 127 pounds of packages of cocaine on Thursday bearing a picture of a Nazi flag...

NASA Launches Storm-Tracking Satellites

Rocket Lab on Friday launched another pair of storm-tracking satellites for NASA from Māhia Peninsula in New Zealand. (May...

Hundreds Attend Funeral of Black WWII Veteran

Peter Brown died alone in London without any known family. But hundreds of people — mostly strangers — gathered...

China MOFA Comments on Vietnam, US-Taiwan

China on Friday reasserted its claim over the waters of the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea...

Investigations and Features

The Threat from Extremist Groups Is Growing. Service Members and Vets Are Getting Sucked into the Violence.

The U.S. intelligence community deemed racially or ethnically motivated violent extremism -- with adherents such as white...

They Said the Rise in Military Suicide Is a Mystery. Traumatic Brain Injury May Be an Answer.

Veterans who have had a head injury are at higher risk for suicide, but these deaths can be prevented, experts say.

Army News

Retired Staff Sgt. Nick Maimer and retired Lt. Col. Perry Blackburn.

Body of US Special Forces Veteran Turned Over by Russian Mercenary Group

Nick Maimer was killed in the embattled city of Bakhmut on May 15 or 16.

Trial of Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes and four others charged with seditious conspiracy.

Army Veteran Who Stormed Capitol Gets More Than 8 Years in Prison

Jessica Watkins is the third member of Oath Keepers to receive her punishment this week in one of the most serious cases the...

Navy News

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III at the U.S. Naval Academy graduation.

Defense Secretary Tells Navy Graduates They Are Ready to Serve

The secretary said naval officers have a special understanding of the power of teamwork, and "we need that spirit for the...

U.S. Navy SEAL candidates participate in BUD/S training.

Navy SEAL Instructors 'Hunted' Weaker Candidates Amid Poor Medical Care, Drug Use

The SEAL training course is rife with overzealous instructors, spotty medical care and students who were so determined to...

Air Force News

Massachusetts National Guard Changes Linked to Leak Case

Top brass at the Massachusetts National Guard said the military outfit is holding off on making changes before findings are...

Redstone Arsenal moves its main gate farther from the interstate

Have Space Command HQ Requirements Changed? Investigations Underway

The secretary of the Air Force, authorized with making the final decision on the permanent home for Space Command...

Space Force News

Have Space Command HQ Requirements Changed? Investigations Underway

The secretary of the Air Force, authorized with making the final decision on the permanent home for Space Command...

Space Launch Delta 30 at the monthly Delta Dash at Vandenberg SVB.

Space Force Rolls Out Fitness Trackers to Guardians in Lieu of Traditional Testing

The Space Force announced it will conduct a two-year testing period on wearable fitness trackers as part of its newly...

Marine Corps News

Stewart Rhodes, founder of the Oath Keepers.

Veteran Who Led Oath Keepers Sentenced to 18 Years for Role in Jan. 6 Attack

Stewart Rhodes is the first person charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack to be sentenced for seditious conspiracy, and his...

A photo of then Second Lieutenant Lou Schott poses for a portrait in 1943. (TNS/ Jeffrey F. Bill)

102-Year-Old Maryland Veteran Awarded Silver Star for World War II Service in the Pacific

Nearly 78 years after his actions, Schott, 102, was awarded the Silver Star, the U.S. Armed Forces' third-highest military...

Coast Guard News

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas delivered the keynote address at the Coast Guard Academy

Sending Out Ensigns on Humanitarian Missions, Coast Guard Academy Graduates 243

The United States Coast Guard Academy graduated 243 students at its 142nd commencement, preparing to send many to far-off...

U.S. Coast Guard Port Security Unit (PSU) 311 members and U.S. Navy Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron 11 members complete joint agency exercises aboard a 32-foot transportable port security boat off San Clemente Island.

Coast Guard Suspends Search for Plane with 3 Passengers that Crashed off California Coast

The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for a plane that crashed in the ocean near San Clemente Island on Wednesday...