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The first time Sam Eckholm stepped onto a flight line, he was a kid watching his dad climb into a KC‑135 tanker. Decades later, he’d find himself suited up in a pressure suit, riding to 70,000 feet...
Community
While Ryan Hunt never set out to be the “Walmart Greeter” of the veteran community, it’s a role he has embraced. He spent two decades serving America in an Army uniform before building an accidental..
Family
When Jennifer Ballou jokes that she was a “squad leader” before she ever put on an Army uniform, she isn’t exaggerating. Growing up in northeastern Ohio as the oldest of six in a conservative...
Legacy
Filipino laborers excavate a trench in the Philippine city of Marawi during a search for three U.S. servicemen executed by Japanese forces in 1942.
Health
A simple reflection exercise to help Veterans and caregivers reclaim time for themselves When it comes to self care, how much time do you set aside for yourself each day?
Service
Could the Navy consider a haircut allowance for sailors as the service cracks down on grooming standards across the force?
Health
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Family
Graduation week at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland is the moment you have been waiting for. It’s also a very hectic week. In partnership with Navy Federal Credit Union, we built the Air Force and...
Service
On Wednesday, two classes worth of soldiers will graduate from the Army’s newest Military Occupational Specialties, or MOS, training course at Fort Huachuca, Arizona.
Health
Carrying naloxone can help you act quickly when every second matters Unhealthy use of opioids—such as using them without medical supervision or for longer, in higher doses, or with greater frequency..
Transition
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For a long time, U.S. Army veteran Jose Vasquez endured his dental issues with a soldier’s mentality. Vasquez experienced tinnitus while serving from 1991 to 1995, but his oral health didn’t begin to.
Service
I can see myself in Lindsay Clancy. That’s about as scary to say as it probably is to read. But here’s the thing: before the headlines called her a monster, she was a mother struggling with her...
Service
The U.S. military and Iran traded strikes overnight, after American forces hit an island in the Strait of Hormuz. The fighting is the first time the United States has struck Iranian targets since the.
Service
Elements of the 82nd Airborne Division currently deployed to the Middle East will remain in the region into next year due to “operational requirements,” the Army announced.
Health
Paying it forward: One Veteran’s healing journey through treatment court Once people find themselves in a courtroom with a judge, they typically never want to return.
Service
The Air Force’s Global Strike Command ordered airmen to stop using a communications test kit at one of its intercontinental ballistic missile bases after a review found potential residue of a...
Family
The acting Secretary of the Navy ordered the Marine Corps to help a military spouse get her and her family back to the United States, after she took to social media to express concern that she and...
Legacy
Big empires need big emperors; and sadly they can’t all be Marcus Aurelius. There’s an old story about Caligula, the Roman emperor between 37 and 41 AD, and its one of the crazier stories about him.
Service
The Pentagon is set to withdraw nearly 200 U.S. troops from Nigeria, following their deployment to the central African country earlier this year.
