How to Become a Coast Guard Officer Becoming a Coast Guard officer offers a unique blend of military discipline and humanitarian mission -- all while operating...
How a Non-Athletic Person Should Prepare to Join the Military Countless people who worked on farms or other manual labor jobs throughout their formative years have a natural toughness...
Defense Department to Review List of Medical Conditions that Disqualify Potential Recruits from Serving The review follows changes over the last three years that expanded waivers for 51 conditions.
What to Consider When Picking Which Military Service Branch to Join A high school student is considering joining the Army or Marine Corps and asks Stew Smith, Military.com's tactical fitness...
US Air Force Academy The Air Force Academy is the youngest service academy in the country and prepares students for commissioning in the U.S. Air...
Army Reverses Course and Resumes Remote Entrance Exam Testing After Cutting Off Funding The Army has reversed its decision to halt travel funding that enabled potential recruits to take the military entrance exam...
Thousands of Potential Recruits Could Lose Access to Military Entrance Exam Testing with Program Shuttered Thousands of potential applicants -- including high school students -- may face challenges in taking the military's entrance...
What Is Military Time? Military time is based on a 24 hour clock instead of using the standard 12 hour clock. Convert standard time to 24 hour time...
Prep Courses, Policy Tweaks Largely Drove the Military's Recruiting Success in 2024 Despite the wins this year, between ambitious goals for 2025 and deeper issues relating to Generation Z, the services may not...
Hearing Loss, Asthma Won't Disqualify Air Force and Space Force Recruits Under New Policy The new waivers come as the Air Force managed to scrape by its active-duty recruiting goals, in large part due to policy...
Walks on the Mall, Shake Shack Burgers and a Car Crash: Scenes from the Guard's Deployment in DC What started as an 800-troop mission for the D.C. National Guard has ballooned to more than 2,000 troops as Republican...
Former Space Force Sergeant Fatally Shot Teen in 'Vigilante Violence,' Colorado Officials Say Orest Schur received a 54-year prison sentence after a jury in June found him guilty of second-degree murder and attempted...
Airman Killed in Off-Base AK-47 Shooting Near F.E. Warren Air Force Base Identified An airman stationed at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, who died after being shot by an AK-47 fired through the wall of an off...
VA Processes Record-Breaking Number of Disability Claims This Year, with 62% Approval Rate The department has made changes in the past several years designed to process disability compensation claims faster and...
Air Force Chief's Sudden Retirement Raises Question of 'Who Is Next' in Leadership Shake-Up Policy experts told Military.com that the departure raises alarm amid other leadership changes within the Department of the...
