Ask Stew: Endurance Athlete Prepares for Army Ranger Selection Endurance athletes typically need to focus more on resistance training, including both calisthenics and weight lifting, when...
What Happens to Military Recruits at MEPS? MEPS stands for Military Entrance Processing Station. This is where you'll go for testing and medical screening.
Are You Eligible to Join the Military? Eligibility rules to join the U.S. military can be a little confusing. Different rules exist for enlisting and for officer...
Ask Stew: The Best Recommendation Letters for Military Special Programs Here is a question from a young OCS-to-BUD/S hopeful concerning the best letters of recommendation to help with the...
Coast Guard Ranks: A Complete Guide to Enlisted and Officer Ranks Explore U.S. Coast Guard ranks from seaman to admiral. Learn about the rank structure, pay grades, insignia, and promotion...
Space Force Ranks: A Complete Guide to Enlisted and Officer Ranks Explore U.S. Space Force ranks from specialist to general. Learn about the rank structure, pay grades, insignia, and...
Navy Ranks: A Complete Guide to Enlisted and Officer Ranks Explore U.S. Navy ranks from seaman recruit to admiral. Learn rank structure, pay grades, insignia and promotion paths in...
DD214: What You Need to Know From healthcare to home loans, education to employment, nearly every veteran benefit starts with one document: Your DD214.
All Services Now Issue Form DD214-1 to Departing Reservists The military's reserve components now issue departing reservists a new record that summarizes their periods of active and...
Marine Corps Ranks: A Complete Guide to Enlisted and Officer Ranks Explore U.S. Marine Corps ranks from private to general. Learn rank structure, pay grades, insignia and promotion paths in...
Could the US Bring Back the Draft? Who Would Be Called First — and Who Qualifies Could the U.S. bring back the draft? Here’s how Selective Service works today, who would be called first and why only about...
VA Study: Ozempic, Other GLP-1 Drugs May Fight Addiction Across Every Major Substance For the more than 48 million Americans with substance use disorders, including a disproportionate share of veterans, GLP-1...
US Navy Sends Submarines Under Arctic Ice for 100th Time in Milestone Exercise The U.S. Navy has reached a Cold War-era milestone in the Arctic, deploying two Virginia-class submarines beneath the polar...
After the Knock on the Door: How TAPS Supports Military Families for Life After a service member dies, families face a lifetime of grief. TAPS founder Bonnie Carroll explains how the organization...
Exclusive: John Ripley, the Marine Who Blew Up the Dong Ha Bridge, to Receive the Medal of Honor More than 50 years after hanging beneath a Vietnam bridge to stop a North Vietnamese armored invasion, Marine Col. John...
