There are those who might focus on the fact that the Army missed its self-imposed recruiting goals in fiscal year 2005, yet ignore the fact that the total end strength ... Read More

Army recruiters are faced with tougher competition from civilian workforce employers these days. In recent years, more and more civilian corporations have offered college tuition payments and signing bonuses to ... Read More

The U.S. Army is expanding its eligibility criteria to include those individuals who desire to serve but do not yet possess the required education credentials. Through the Education Plus Program ... Read More

Operation Enduring Freedom has become as much about electrons as about bullets. Providing an umbrella of electronic protection over ground forces in Afghanistan has become the role of EC-130H Compass ... Read More

Some 7,000 Marines of the headquarters of the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force will relocate from Okinawa, Japan, to Guam over the next six years as part of recommendations accepted by ... Read More

The Navy has toughened up their Search and Seizure Training Course. The Navy uses VBSS teams to board suspicious vessels that may be trafficking drugs or harboring terrorists. In the ... Read More

The Defense Commissary Agency and the Fisher House Foundation have teamed up again to offer educational scholarships of $1,500 to children of military families and retirees. Authorized applicants include ... Read More

Commissary shoppers looking for a different kind of gift for friends or family at home or abroad can now shop online at the "Virtual Commissary." Virtual Commissary opens up a ... Read More

Despite being displaced and working out of a temporary home, the men and women of the Hurricane Hunters are flying missions to track Hurricane Wilma. The Hurricane Hunters, of Air Force ... Read More

Active duty members, Reserve and Guard personnel, and academy cadets and midshipmen are assured a 3.1 percent pay raise in January, according to an article from Military.com. But other key ... Read More

The Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) raise for military retirement pay for 2006 has been set at 4.1 percent. Each year your military retirement pay is adjusted to meet ... Read More

The U.S. military always needs blood in war zones and now, more than ever, it is depending on troops at stateside bases to donate. That is because troops that deploy ... Read More

Air Force Personnel Center officials at Randolph AFB in Texas recently published the quarterly demographics report offering a snapshot of the service's active-duty and civilian force, as of Sept. 30, ... Read More

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, GA. -- The Airman here who was recently found guilty of two specifications of premeditated murder and one specification of attempted premeditated murder, has been sentenced ... Read More

The Department of Navy is sponsoring a "Sea Enterprise" Essay Contest. The essay should include suggestions to improve the Navy in areas such as new technology, accelerating innovations, adaptive ... Read More

The Army has announced that its Primary Leadership Development Course will be renamed the Warrior Leader Course, beginning Oct. 15, and officials said the new name reflects changes made to ... Read More

Changes in re-enlistment criteria effective Oct. 1 broaden eligibility for Soldiers to participate in the eArmU laptop enrollment option, officials said, and extend the program’s no-laptop option to all officers. ... Read More

The Department of Defense has released recruiting statistics for Fiscal Year 2005, which ended on September 30. All of the active duty services, except the Army met or exceeded their ... Read More

Effectively, Sea Marshals are to vessels what air marshals are to airplanes. Comprised of a combination of Coast Guard reservists and active duty members, Sea Marshals typically board large port-bound ... Read More

Four years ago, America launched its counterattack against terrorism, hammering terrorist targets in Afghanistan and ushering in Operation Enduring Freedom and the global war on terror.

Education rates for the Montgomery G.I. Bill increased on October 1. This annual rate increase is an automatic provision and occurs on the first of October each year, based ... Read More

The thumbtacks number in the hundreds. Blue. Yellow. Red. Green. White. They cover a large white map of Baghdad’s southwest side like some creation Picasso might have made on a ... Read More

These Marines will not see the inside of their tents until their mission is complete - a task which has no definitive timeline. These “Road Warriors” are the Marine Corps’ ... Read More

Some servicemembers who bought their own protective gear will get reimbursed for the purchase under a new policy approved Oct. 4. According to an American Forces Press Service release, The order ... Read More

Each year, approximately 4,000 second lieutenants are commissioned into the Active Army. Certain shortage branches (such as infantry) have the greatest need for new junior officers, while other branches (such ... Read More