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The Tuskegee Airmen and the Montford Point Marines made significant contributions to the U.S. military.

Many types of weapons are used in the U.S. military, but in basic training, you’re required to be familiar with only a few.

In military basic training, you perform a great deal of guard duty. Such guard duty is called sentry duty.

The Marines can provide an opportunity to see the world while serving, but for some, it's the start of a better life.

The U.S. Coast Guard started displaying distinctive uniform characteristics by the 1920s after it was formed in 1915.

The Coast Guard is unique in that you don't have to pass the weapons course to graduate from its basic training program.

Roman Catholic priests interested in becoming Air Force chaplains can learn more about the career through the "Come Be With...

The old adage about the military way should really read, "The right way, the wrong way and the basic training way."

Marine recruit Esra Mullner was 11 years old when doctors discovered a tumor in his spine.

The women of today's Air Force can look back with pride to Staff Sgt. Esther McGowin Blake.