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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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A veteran’s service in Panama isn’t covered by the VA. There are hundreds like him.

Steven Price grew up in Panama and enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1981. For his first base, he “signed…

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Pentagon pledges $400 million for ‘immediate’ barracks renovation

The U.S. military is investing $400 million for “immediate work” on improving and renovating aging, faulty and dilapidated troop housing.…

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Space Force trainees will get the service’s new dress uniform

The newest class of guardians will soon be sporting the Space Force’s new dress uniform. The trainees currently going through…

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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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Fake Marine convicted of claiming Purple Heart for $140,000 in VA benefits

A Minnesota man was convicted on several charges of defrauding the Department of Veterans Affairs out of more than $140,000…

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Naval Academy Commandant fired just six months into role

In the third major leadership change in less than six months at the U.S. Naval Academy, the senior officer who…

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Pentagon threatens to court-martial senator who told troops they can refuse ‘illegal orders’

The Department of Defense has threatened to recall Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz), a retired Navy veteran, back to active duty to…

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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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