Military Culture

Traditions, values, rituals, and cultural aspects of military communities around the world.

Coast Guard helicopter flies ‘Ho Ho, Ho holding pattern’ off the coast of Puerto Rico

A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk was in a festive mood over the weekend, issuing a holly jolly “Ho-ho-ho” in the…

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Marines reinstate photos in some review boards, but not for promotions

Marines will once again be judged by how they look in an official photograph when they are up for key…

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How military families remember the fallen with tattoos

Swearing to remember, but knowing memories fade, some turn their grief into ink. Part therapy, part tribute, memorial tattoos are…

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Happy Thanksgiving from Troop Insight

Happy Thanksgiving, Troop Insight readers (and viewers). Without you, we couldn’t do this job. We owe you an incredible debt…

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Naval Academy seniors learn their future jobs with a ‘team jersey’ reveal

Put ‘em in, coach. They’re ready to sail. More than 1,000 soon-to-be Navy officers found out their future jobs Thursday…

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While filming ‘Full Metal Jacket,’ Matthew Modine kept a record of life on set

When Matthew Modine was cast as Pvt. Joker, the lead Marine in 1987’s “Full Metal Jacket,” he worried about building…

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Air Force greenlights colored T-shirt and callsign name tags on Fridays

Airmen can now wear “morale” T-shirts on Fridays and rock nametags with their callsigns on daily flight duty, according to…

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There are 6 Marines hiding in this photo

A bunch of Marines in the California desert, about halfway between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, Nevada, spent the summer…

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All the ways Marines will let you know it’s the Corps’ birthday

Here’s a joke about the U.S. military services that you may have heard: The Army and Navy are branches, the…

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Atropia: The Army’s biggest inside joke has its own movie

A new movie trailer just dropped for soldiers fortunate enough to survive a month of “war” in the Mojave Desert…

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