Army Set to Overhaul Length of Noncommissioned Officer Academies to Cut Costs The Advanced Leader Course, or ALC, and Senior Leader Course, or SLC, would be compressed from eight to 16 weeks down to just...
Everything You Need to Know About OCS: Officer Candidate School For both OCS and OTS, the main goal is to transform civilians or enlisted members with college degrees into competent...
How to Become a Naval Officer A Navy officer must assume a variety of duties at sea, in the air and ashore. Officers must be physically fit, at least 19...
How to Become a Space Force Officer U.S. Space Force officers, who plan and manage personnel, make up about half the service.
How to Become a Marine Corps Officer If you're thinking about becoming a Marine Corps officer, there are a few different ways to get there. Whether you're in...
How to Become an Army Officer Whether you're about to finish high school, already in college, or working in a professional field, the Army may have an...
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...
Army Enlisted Academy Bars Students from Writing About Women and Minorities The 10-month Sergeants Major Academy at Fort Bliss, Texas, includes multiple major projects in its curriculum, including two...
Marine Corps to Launch New Staff Noncommissioned School This Year, Ditching Separate Education Programs The Marine Corps is launching a new school for staff noncommissioned officers intended to streamline education for more...
Air Force Scrambles to Address Officer Training School Instructor Shortage The Air Force is scrambling to overcome a significant shortage in the number of instructors at its only Officer Training...
How the Government Shutdown Impacts Veterans and the VA While most vets won't be impacted by the ongoing government shutdown, concerns may ramp up the longer it persists.
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
'It's a Lottery': Why Foreign Volunteer Fought in Russia-Ukraine War Jack de Santis is a Croatian-born volunteer of the Ukrainian army who used his engineering, drone expertise to help fight...
Army Vet Sentenced to Year In Prison For $80,000 Fraud, Stolen Valor Sharon Toney-Finch, 43, was indicted in April 2024 on four charges: wire fraud, stolen valor, theft of government funds, and...
Bravo Company Vietnam Veterans Honored with Long-Overdue Bronze Stars While it took more than five decades, 14 veterans of Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry, 4th Infantry Division, were...