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FILE PHOTO -- U.S. Marines navigate their way through forest grounds using the land navigation instruction given by their combat instructors, Camp Geiger, N.C., Oct. 10, 2013. (U. S. Marine Corps/Cpl. Maricela Veliz)

The Most Talked About Stories This Week on Military.com

Here are the most talked about stories this week on Military.com, along with a sampling of reader responses.

Retired Army Reserve First Sgt. Delphine Metcalf-Foster was elected August 1, 2017 as the new National Commander of the Disabled American Veterans. (Photo: DAV)

Top VSO Gets First Female Commander

Retired Army Reserve First Sgt. Delphine Metcalf-Foster was elected Aug. 1 as commander of the Disabled American Veterans.

Major Misty Posey demonstrates proper form for pull-ups to Marines at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, Feb. 19, 2016. (Sgt. Dylan Bowye/U.S. Marine Corps)

Nearly 10,000 Female Marines Opt for Pull Ups in New Fitness Test

Some 65 percent of all female Marines voluntarily performed pull ups in their annual physical fitness test this year.

Panetta: Hillary Clinton Inspired Women in Combat

Female Soldiers Set Sights on Spec Ops

Female Soldier Earns Top Gun Title

First Female Marines Attend Infantry Course

First Lt. Anja Nelson, a team leader with a female engagement team assigned to the 504th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, engages with women and children during a census in southern Kandahar province, Afghanistan. (Photo by Spc. Crystal Davis)

Data Predict Spike in Female Troop Injuries

Studies show the VA can expect more female veterans will suffer from the kinds of injuries that go with being a ground...

Soldier is First Female to Complete Jungle Course

Study: Female Marines, Sailors at Higher Risk of Sexual Assault

Women serving in the U.S. Marine Corps and the Navy are at a higher risk of being sexually assaulted, according to a DoD...

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Donald Trump listens as Matthew Lohmeier asks a question

Fired Space Force Officer Approved to Be Air Force's No. 2 Civilian Leader

In a 52-46 party-line vote, the Senate approved former Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier to become the under secretary of the Air...

‘I Came Home Different': What They Don't Tell You About Life After Service

"No one tells you that you might survive everything and still wake up years later wondering what the hell you're doing here."

Brig. Gen. Eric Riley, deputy commanding general, 10th Mountain Division, poses with soldiers from 10th Mountain Division and uniformed students from the Staff Sgt. M. Ollis Junior Training Corps in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier after a wreath-laying ceremony in Warsaw, Poland.

Schumer Asks US Army to Award New York Hero with Medal of Honor

Army Staff Sgt. Michael Ollis died in 2013 during a Taliban raid on Forward Operating Base Ghazni in Afghanistan.

A retired naval support vessel in Bohicket Creek, South Carolina, is shown, with a small boat along its starboard side in 2023.

Navy Torpedo Boat Abandoned in South Carolina Waters. Now the Owner Has Been Arrested

These days, the only threat posed by a 120-foot-long Navy torpedo vessel is to the marsh outside of Charleston, S.C., where...

Marine Veteran Dies After Shooter Lying in Wait Ambushed Police Who Parked to Eat Lunch

An Ohio police department says one of its officers is dead after a shooter lying in wait ambushed him and another officer as...

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