Promotions

The commandant wants to let Marines stay in uniform past 20 years, find new ways to reward top performers and more.

House lawmakers have introduced legislative amendments to promote Richard "Dick" Cole and Charles McGee.

To be selected, sailors must pass the normal screenings for the boot camp or recruiting jobs.

A proposed change would creating subgroupings for promotion, putting a greater emphasis on field-specific expertise.

The Navy is rescinding its tradition requiring sailors to have 12 years of blemish-free conduct to rate gold stripes.

The U.S. Army is launching a new merit-based promotion system for enlisted personnel will force out "subpar."

The nomination for 38th commandant of the Marine Corps is set to come this year as Gen. Robert Neller completes his tenure.

Navy leaders will be rewarding more top-notch sailors with merit-based advancements this year.

The new structure is based on merit, not necessarily test scores.

The elimination of the paper forms is "designed to streamline our advancement worksheet processes."

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The award is designated for troops who "encounter no foreign armed opposition or imminent hostile action."

An E-2D Hawkeye struck two aircraft and sent debris flying into two others in a Class A mishap on the USS Abraham Lincoln.

Former Air Force and Navy fighter pilots are calling on the military to begin cancer screenings for aviators as young as 30.

Capt. Tadd Gorman was relieved less than three months after he took command.

Reynaldo Arroyo, 23, who enlisted as an infantryman, donated his hair to Locks of Love.