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Military.com - Opinion

Stripping California Veterans' Lifeline for Benefits? Think Again

19 days ago

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

3 months ago

The US Is Unprepared for the Next War

3 months ago

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

4 months ago

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

6 months ago

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

6 months ago

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

6 months ago

The Fatal Cost of Twisting Intelligence

6 months ago

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

7 months ago

Lessons Not Learned

7 months ago

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

7 months ago

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

5 months ago

Trump & Co's Polygraph Pandemonium

7 months ago

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

7 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

9 months ago

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

9 months ago

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

9 months ago

Speak Up Before VA Health Care Is Gutted

9 months ago

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

28 days ago

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

10 months ago

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

10 months ago

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

11 months ago

Military Diversity Is Not the Problem

1 year ago

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...

7 days ago

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.

17 days ago

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...

1 month ago

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...

1 month ago

How to Plan for an Extended Government Shutdown -- Well, it's finally happened. After years of reporting on what to expect if the government shuts down and military pay is...

2 months ago

Monthly Benefits for Survivors of Fallen Active-Duty Service Members -- When combined, the Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) can offer a steady stream of...

2 months ago

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

7 days ago

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

8 days ago

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

15 days ago

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

23 days ago

How to Navigate Civilian Coworkers' Ignorance About Your Military Service

26 days ago

Veteran Job-Hunters: Sharpen Your 'Soft Skills' to Gain an Edge

1 month ago

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.

2 months ago

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...

2 months ago

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...

2 months ago

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...

2 months ago

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...

2 months ago

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...

2 months ago

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...

9 months ago

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...

9 months ago

Army Sergeant Pleads Not Guilty to Charges That He Shot 5 People at a Georgia Base -- An Army sergeant has pleaded not guilty in the shootings of five people at a Georgia base in August.

15 hours ago

Defense Bill Will "Turbocharge" Surging Military Recruiting Numbers: Senator -- Sen. Joni Ernst told Military.com that provisions included in the new NDAA will "turbocharge" military recruiting efforts.

15 hours ago

A Look at the US Military's Unusually Large Force Near Venezuela -- The U.S. military has amassed an unusually large force in the Caribbean Sea and the waters off the coast of Venezuela since...

20 hours ago

U.S. Air Force Plane Has Been Missing in the Yukon for 75 Years. The Military Won't Search for It: This Team Hopes New Technology Can Help -- The Douglas C-54 Skymaster departed Anchorage on January 26, 1950, carrying 42 service members and Joyce Espe—a pregnant...

22 hours ago

Air Force Shaving Guidance Update: When Do New Grooming Changes Take Place? -- Service members across multiple branches are being provided new grooming guidelines ahead of their implementation in 2026.

2 days ago

Two Space Force Units Bring the 'Invisible Front Line' to Ohio -- A ceremonial ribbon-cutting is planned for Friday for the Space Intelligence Production Cell at the Springfield-Beckley Air...

2 months ago

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...

2 months ago

Commandant's 2026 Reading List Unveiled - 15 Must-Reads That Every Marine Needs Now -- The U.S. Marine Corps unveiled its Fiscal Year 2026 Commandant's Professional Reading List on December 8, 2025, via ALMAR 024...

22 hours ago

Coast Guard Drops References to Swastikas and Nooses Being 'Potentially Divisive' -- References in U.S. Coast Guard policy calling hate symbols "potentially divisive" have been removed.

20 hours ago