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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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Military Life

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 Life

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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Military Life

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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Military Life

Legendary Marine Raider finally promoted to sergeant at 100

Frank S. Wright recently got what he described as a “big promotion.” When a reporter called to talk about it,…

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Military Culture

‘Hollywood Grit’ and a veteran’s mission to bring the military community into the movie business

Growing up, Ryan Curtis loved to make “terrible movies” (his words, not mine) with his friends. He didn’t know it…

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Military Life

Frustrations over mold, pests and security concerns front and center in Army barracks survey

Results of an Army barracks survey reiterated more of the same old problems that soldiers living in barracks have brought…

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Military Life

Federal watchdog calls out lack of research on burn pits in Vietnam

Marsha Four was an Army nurse working in an intensive care unit not far from the front lines of Vietnam.…

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Military Life

Marine veteran’s body was hidden in a closet for eight months

A Marine veteran is getting a burial with full military honors next week after his body was hidden for months…

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Military Life

Damaged, moldy barracks in Guam are getting a $297 million makeover

The Navy awarded nearly $300 million for new family barracks in Guam, after conditions with some of the barracks on the island…

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