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Military.com - Opinion

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

2 months ago

The US Is Unprepared for the Next War

2 months ago

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

3 months ago

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

5 months ago

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

5 months ago

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

5 months ago

The Fatal Cost of Twisting Intelligence

5 months ago

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

6 months ago

Lessons Not Learned

6 months ago

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

6 months ago

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

4 months ago

Trump & Co's Polygraph Pandemonium

6 months ago

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

6 months ago

Community Care Is Not VA Care

8 months ago

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

8 months ago

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

8 months ago

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

8 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

9 months ago

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

9 months ago

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

9 months ago

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

10 months ago

Military Diversity Is Not the Problem

11 months ago

Veterans Are Much More than 'Feel Good' Hires And Shouldn't Be DEI Tokens

1 year 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...

13 days 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...

18 days 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...

1 month 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...

1 month ago

Lump-Sum Benefits for Survivors of Active-Duty Military Members -- Even military families often don't know what benefits are available to the surviving family of an active-duty service member.

1 month ago

4 Secrets to Retiring Happy from Military.com's Longtime Financial Columnist JJ Montanaro -- A great retirement isn't just about having enough money. It's about knowing what you'll do with your time, who you'll spend...

2 months ago

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

4 days ago

Veterans: The Time Might Be Right for a Job in the Energy Sector

11 days ago

Strategies for a Virtual Panel Interview: How to Prepare and How to Act

22 days ago

Should You Accept the First Job Offer? Ask Yourself These 10 Questions

25 days ago

The Power of Positive Perception

1 month ago

How to Avoid Underselling Yourself During a Job Search

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.

1 month 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...

1 month 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...

1 month 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...

1 month 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...

1 month 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...

1 month 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...

8 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...

8 months ago

Army Secretary Set to Meet with Zelenskyy to Help with Ukraine Peace Talks, Officials Say -- Several high-ranking Army officials, including Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, are in Ukraine to help with peace talks, U.S...

1 day ago

From Pearl Harbor to Japan: How 25th Infantry Division Earned its 'Tropic Lightning' Name in WWII -- This newly organized unit soon became one of the war's most aggressive fighting forces. It was one of only two Army divisions...

6 hours ago

US Rebukes Gustavo Petro, Calls Colombian Leader 'Illegal Drug Dealer' -- Colombian President Gustavo Petro had choice words for the U.S. and others staking claim in the Caribbean as tensions rise...

2 days ago

Top US Admiral Says He's Watching China's Rapid Naval Buildup Closely -- The top U.S. admiral has called China's shipbuilding capability "impressive" as Beijing moves ahead with a rapid buildup of...

4 days ago

Final Salute for Airman Found Dead in USPS Machine -- An Air Force veteran was recently found dead inside a mail-handling machine at a Michigan USPS facility after going missing...

6 days ago

White Paper Circulating Pentagon Calls For New Aircraft Plan With NATO: Exclusive -- Military.com has exclusively learned that a white paper on U.S. aircraft in association with NATO allies is moving through...

6 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...

1 month 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...

1 month ago

Hero to the End: Marine Corps Veteran Killed Rescuing Coal Miners -- Marine Corps veteran Steve Lipscomb was killed saving others in a coal mine accident on Nov. 8.

22 hours ago

Massive US Marine Buildup in Caribbean Just 7 Miles from Venezuela's Coast -- U.S. Marines and the USS Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group have deployed in force to the Caribbean under the backdrop of...

1 day ago

Coast Guard Reverses Course on Policy to Call Swastikas and Nooses 'Potentially Divisive' -- The U.S. Coast Guard has released a new, firmer policy addressing the display of hate symbols like swastikas and nooses just...

7 hours ago

4 Dead After Wooden Boat Believed to be Ferrying Migrants Into the US Capsizes Off San Diego -- The Coast Guard said that it was continuing to search for others who may have been on board.

5 days ago