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Army Soldier Travels 7k Miles, Surprises Cancer-Stricken Mother For Christmas -- "I'm not sure there was a dry eye in the room," said an American Red Cross specialist who helped bring a U.S. Army soldier...

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Stripping California Veterans' Lifeline for Benefits? Think Again

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Veterans' Private Residential Treatment Must Match VA's Quality and Cost

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The US Is Unprepared for the Next War

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4 Out of 5 US Troops Surveyed Understand the Duty to Disobey Illegal Orders

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Tricking Veterans: Using Suicide and Mental Health Struggles as a Guise for Privatizing the VA

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We Fought for This Country. Don't Cut the One Department That Fights for Us.

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Veterans' Protests Planned for D-Day Latest in Nearly 250 Years of Fighting for Their Benefits

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The Fatal Cost of Twisting Intelligence

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Women Have Served with Honor for Decades. This Administration Can't Erase That History.

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Lessons Not Learned

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Children In Military Families Face Unique Psychological Challenges, and the Barriers to Getting Help Add to the Strain

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Reckoning with Mortality: The Hidden Toll of Being a Military Family in the Aviation Community

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Trump & Co's Polygraph Pandemonium

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Want Efficiency? Fund the VA and Cut the Proven Waste in Privatized Veterans Care

8 months ago

Community Care Is Not VA Care

9 months ago

Deny Who We Are or Harm Our Country? The Impossible Choice Facing Transgender Service Members

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I Was Fired, and Thousands of Veterans Are Next Unless We Act

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Fear and Chaos Hit Military Families After Sudden Firings of Top Leaders

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Speak Up Before VA Health Care Is Gutted

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Punishing Military Officers for Political Reasons Endangers Our Troops and Threatens National Security

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We Military Spouses Don't Want Special Treatment. We Just Want to Work.

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Art and Arms: 2 Aspects of Resistance in Ukraine's Fight for Freedom

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Congress Needs to Support the VA and Firearms Industry's Partnership to Prevent Veterans' Suicides

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Military Diversity Is Not the Problem

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5 Spending Strategies to Fight Bill Creep From Inflation -- How do you maintain a spending plan when your bills are creeping up each month?

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4 Year-End Money Deadlines Veterans Can't Afford to Miss -- TSP contributions, flexible spending accounts, retirement withdrawals and more need attention before Dec. 31.

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How to Spend the Money Left in Your DoD Health FSA by Dec. 31 -- You have plenty of ways to spend DoD Health Care Flexible Spending Account money on eligible expenses. Here are some...

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Start Preparing for the Next Government Shutdown Now, Before It's Too Late -- Having a plan can make a pay or benefits disruption an inconvenience instead of an emergency.

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Costs for Tricare Are Going Up in 2026 -- Most Tricare health plan costs for military and retiree households will go up between 2% and 3% in 2026, with some steeper...

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Payment-Deferred Commissary Purchases on Military Star Cards Extended Through November -- The Army and Air Force Exchange Service announced that it was extending its "relief offer" of interest-free commissary...

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Reset Your Job Search Mindset for the New Calendar Year

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Career Advice: How to Defend Your Position Without Being Defensive

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Is That Job Posting Real? 10 Ways to Spot a Scam

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Inside Military Life: Johnny Vargas Shares How He Turned Social Media Curiosity Into Booming Side Business

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Email or DM? How to Communicate Clearly and Confidently in Online Job Networking

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Veteran Job Seekers: Are You Approachable, and Does It Matter?

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Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol -- As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there's no discernible endgame in sight.

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Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims -- President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut's senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...

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At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa -- When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...

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Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter -- A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...

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When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials -- Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as "essential." Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...

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Troops Will Miss Paychecks Next Week Without Action on the Government Shutdown -- The federal government shutdown is raising anxiety levels among service members and their families, because those in uniform...

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In One of the Marines' Most Iconic Jobs, a Stunning Pattern of Suicide -- Marine Corps drill instructors are a national symbol of discipline. But for some, their imposing persona belies a dark...

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Unsupervised: Military Child Care Centers Slow to Report Abuse with Little Oversight -- A Military.com investigation into military day care centers revealed that service branch rules generally prioritize...

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Strangers Come Together to Honor Fallen Veteran with No Known Family -- Vietnam veteran Darrell Arelt died in November as an unaccompanied veteran. But thanks to a caring landlord and helpful...

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The USS Panay Incident: Japanese Planes Attacked an American Ship, Killing U.S. Sailors and Civilians Four Years Before Pearl Harbor -- Norman Alley was napping on deck when Japanese bombs started falling. The Universal News cameraman grabbed his camera and...

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Trump Announces New Class of Battleships Despite Century of Evidence Proving the Large Warships Are Obsolete -- The ship will displace more than 35,000 tons and be capable of speeds exceeding 30 knots, according to the Navy. The...

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Trump Warns Against Infiltration by a 'Bad Santa,' Defends Coal in Jovial Christmas Calls With Kids -- The president and first lady Melania Trump participated in the tradition of talking to youngsters dialing into the North...

4 days ago

Operation Hawkeye: US Attack on ISIS in Syria Leaves Open Questions -- The United States' latest coordinated strikes against ISIS targets comes as Washington signals sustained pressure on the...

4 days ago

How Trump's 2025 'War' Agenda Rewired the Pentagon -- Trump's 2025 executive actions reshape how the current administration defines national security.

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Clearing The Orbits: Space Force Partnerships In Orbital Cleanup -- The growing congestion of Earth orbit has raised risks to satellites, space stations, and long-term space sustainability. The...

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How the US Marine Corps Reinvented Itself in 2025 -- The U.S. Marine Corps overhauled training and technology through emerging programs like Project Dynamis, preparing current...

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Rob Reiner's Cultural Impact: The Movies and Quotes That Shaped America -- Rob Reiner's tragic death has left an unmistakable void in Hollywood. Across five decades, his work—from All in the Family to...

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Caribbean 'Quarantine': US Forces Take On Trump's Oil Tanker Crackdown -- Escalating interdictions of oil tankers linked to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro occur as part of a sweeping naval...

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Standoff at Sea: US Coast Guard Chases Tanker Tied to Venezuela -- The United States is chasing a Venezuela-linked tanker in Caribbean waters in what could become the most aggressive test yet...

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