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...
Barriers to Military Enlistment In most cases, these are not permanently disqualifying. However, these are factors that you should mention to your recruiter.
Military Reenlistment Codes Explained Understand military reenlistment codes (RE codes), how they affect your eligibility and your options across all U.S. service...
Everything You Need to Know About OCS: Officer Candidate School For both OCS and OTS, the main goal is to transform civilians or enlisted members with college degrees into competent...
US Army Enlistment Weight Requirements The following are the Army height, weight and body fat requirements for enlistment.
Medical Conditions That Can Keep You from Joining the Military These standards generally apply to all branches of the military. None of them are automatic disqualifiers, just red flags.
How to Become a Space Force Officer U.S. Space Force officers, who plan and manage personnel, make up about half the service.
Join the Space Force The sixth and newest military service branch, the Space Force is tasked with protecting U.S. and allied interests in space.
How to Become an Army Officer Whether you're about to finish high school, already in college, or working in a professional field, the Army may have an...
Army National Guard Clearing Yearslong Backlog of Enlistment Bonus Payouts Enlistment bonuses are supposed to be paid out in two installments within 30 days of two milestones: one after a soldier...
Portrait of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee with Slave Rehung at West Point The reinstallation marks the latest effort by the Trump administration to reverse the work of a congressionally mandated...
How the Men on a Navy Submarine Survived After Sinking 240 Feet in the Atlantic Trapped 240 feet beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, Lt. Oliver Naquin could not ensure the crew of the USS Squalus...
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...
From Jackson to McKinley: What Trump's Shift of Presidential Hero Says About His Evolving Goals Trump's shift, rather than merely swapping one infatuation for another, demonstrates how his mindset and priorities have...
Randy 'Duke' Cunningham, Naval Aviator and Corrupt Appropriator, Dies at 83 Cunningham, a California Republican, joined the Navy at age 25 and during the Vietnam War became the first “ace,” an honor...