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Those looking to take on the Army’s infamously difficult Ranger School will have to start by fixing bayonets, then run through smoke, razor wire, and machine gun bursts, hop in a trench, and stab the.
The Defense Department’s $26.8 billion military construction request for fiscal 2027 is needed to build unaccompanied housing and protect installations to ensure the security of U.S.
When a veteran passed away in 2023 from heart disease, their family asked the Department of Veterans Affairs for service-connected benefits they believed their death triggered.
Service is often described as a calling, but for the Pineda family, it’s a foundation. From the front lines of Vietnam to the halls of the White House and the flight lines of the Air Force, the...
Why housing stability is essential to mental health treatment and recovery for Veterans experiencing homelessness. Among Veterans receiving VA care, those experiencing homelessness or enrolled in...
Veterans with a disability rating might have seen the news that a new bill in the Senate would increase their disability payments.
As I reflect on my early days working at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, out of all the colleagues and volunteers I’ve worked with, one name stands out: Duery Felton.
Under medical supervision, Galloway undergoes ibogaine treatment. On a quiet morning in Cancún, Mexico, with monitors tracing the rhythm of his heart, Noah Galloway leaned back and prepared to...
In 1857, unrest surrounding elections in Washington, D.C., was so out of control that President James Buchanan called in the Marine Corps .
The Army recovered the body of the second of two soldiers who went missing this month after falling into the ocean while training in Morocco. U.S.
The Army canceled a major deployment of a cavalry unit to Europe, just as soldiers began rolling out. A U.S. official confirmed to Task & Purpose that the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry.
An airman who set himself on fire two years ago in Washington, D.C. to protest Israeli military actions in Gaza did so with a clear head, and not because of a mental health crisis, his wing commander.
Virtual eye care At 56, Air Force Veteran Ben Parks thought he had seen it all when it came to eye care. For 27 years, his community eye care providers had been monitoring a freckle in the back of...
Just as all Marines are riflemen, they must now also be proficient in a new battlefield technology: Artificial intelligence, or AI. All Marines have until Dec.
Thanks to the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Army Air Corps 2nd Lt. Joseph L. Burke finally received the honorable burial he earned.
“It must not be killed or shot at except in an emergency arising out of self-defense.” That was one of the U.S. State Department’s cardinal rules for American fortune seekers, proto-cryptozoologists,.
Calvin Graham faced the biggest test of his young life when he tried to enlist in the United States Navy in 1942. The baby-faced Graham was only 12 years old at the time and did everything he could...
Jessika Braden/ U.S. Marine Corps When I think of suicide, I don’t think of annual training slides, 22 pushup challenges, or the “thoughts and prayers” from social media posts.
Every separating veteran’s situation is unique, so it’s hard for the military to supply a list of your personal benefits when you get out.
There’s a wonderful tradition that happens every year at the DAV and Auxiliary National Convention—the Parade of Donations.
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