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- South Korean man sentenced for binge-eating to avoid military serviceby Jon Simkins on December 3, 2024 at 1:00 am
Exemption loopholes in military conscription requirements were taken to heart — and midsection — when one man intentionally put on more than 44 pounds.
- Air Force wing deployments could leave bases understaffed, GAO warnsby Stephen Losey on December 2, 2024 at 9:30 pm
Deploying large groups of a base’s airmen together could help unit cohesion, the Air Force hopes — but critical missions like cybersecurity could suffer.
- Analysis shows troops financially stronger in 2023 than pre-pandemicby Karen Jowers on December 2, 2024 at 8:30 pm
The USAA analysis found that surveyed troops’ bank accounts also showed signs of the effects of inflation.
- Stealth destroyer to be home for 1st hypersonic weapon on a US warshipby David Sharp, The Associated Press on December 2, 2024 at 7:00 pm
The U.S. is working to catch up with Russia and China in developing hypersonic weapons that travel beyond Mach 5.
- Congress will open next session with more veterans than two years agoby Leo Shane III on December 2, 2024 at 11:00 am
Advocates say the surprise increase in lawmakers with military backgrounds is a positve sign for the veteran community.
- Pentagon-funded study on extremism in the military relied on old databy Michelle R. Smith and Jason Dearen, The Associated Press on December 1, 2024 at 3:00 pm
As a result, the report grossly undercounted the number of military and veterans arrested for the Jan. 6 attack, The Associated found in an investigation.
- How the ‘Brush-Off Club’ helped jilted WWII troops cope with Jodyby Claire Barrett, Jon Simkins on November 30, 2024 at 8:15 pm
The misery-loves-company club even featured critical, board-style roles, such as chief crier and chief consoler.
- The American woman who sculpted new faces for battle-scarred WWI vetsby Claire Barrett on November 30, 2024 at 5:30 pm
The horrors of large-caliber machine guns and artillery warfare ushered in a new age of gruesome deaths and injuries.
- Killer instinct: How one man taught US soldiers to fight dirty in WWIIby Patrick Kiger on November 30, 2024 at 3:34 pm
Francois d’Eliscu’s training regimen was so hazardous that by March 1943 trainees in the program had already suffered 1,600 injuries.
- Desertion threatens to starve Ukraine’s forces at a crucial timeby Samya Kullab, The Associated Press, Volodymyr Yurchuk on November 29, 2024 at 4:07 pm
Facing every imaginable shortage, tens of thousands of Ukrainian troops, tired and bereft, have walked away from combat and front-line positions.