Military Life

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The military needs to better tackle gambling issues among troops, watchdog says

The military could do a better job at helping service members with gambling addictions, according to a government watchdog report released last…

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Service records released on two Marine veterans involved in weekend violence

The Marine Corps has released the service records for two veterans — one a former reconnaissance Marine, the other a…

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Billboards aimed at troops ask ‘is this what you signed up for?’

“Did you go to Airborne just to pull security for ICE?” a billboard asks in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The billboard…

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Military commissaries could be privatized under Pentagon plan

The Pentagon is looking for commercial retailers to run commissaries on military bases in the latest push to privatize troops’…

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Guard troops in DC are facing the wrath of the TikTok generation

National Guard troops who were mobilized to Washington, D.C., are cleaning up trash, aiding local law enforcement, and getting trolled…

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Troops with medical shaving exemptions face separation

Troops who currently need shaving waivers for more than a year could face separation under changes announced in a memo…

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Military family housing understaffed, lacks proper oversight, IG report finds

Military services “may be allowing” military families to move into housing with significant health and safety hazards thanks to a…

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World War II Marine veteran reunites with tank he drove on Iwo Jima

Eighty years after the bloodiest battle in Marine Corps history, Leighton Willhite traveled to the National Museum of the Marine…

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West Point alumni group cancels award ceremony honoring Tom Hanks

The alumni group for the U.S. Military Academy at West Point abruptly canceled an award ceremony honoring actor Tom Hanks.…

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VA may have sent 35,000 veterans ‘erroneous’ warnings about home foreclosure

Thousands of veterans who own their homes with mortgages backed by the Department of Veterans Affairs were stunned recently by…

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