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The patriarchy loses again: female sailors are finally allowed to wear flats
In another crushing blow to the patriarchy, female sailors have finally received the green light to free their feet from the man-made shackles that are high heels and don flats with their service and...
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The average US service member spends a third of their year drinking, study finds
That old line about drinking like a sailor isn't bullshit. To probably no one's surprise, U.S. service members drink more days out of the year than any other industry, according to data collected by...
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Wounded warrior Kirstie Ennis is on a mission to conquer Mount Everest
MILTON, Fla. — Time and again Kirstie Ennis has gone to the extreme to "redefine what it means to be disabled," as the 28-year-old, above-the-knee amputee describes her purpose.Next weekend, Ennis...
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Get out of the house with these free tickets to outdoor events for veterans...
Spring has officially sprung and with that comes warmer weather. It's time to break that cabin fever by soaking up mass quantities of vitamin B12 courtesy of that big heat tab in the sky. A great way...
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Navy will allow off-duty sailors to 'live socially' according to their...
For transgender people in the U.S. military, April is shaping up to be a bittersweet month. But mostly bitter.Just a few days before the implementation of President Trump's ban on transgender troops,...
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This is what PTSD does to your voice, according to new research
(Reuters Health) - Voice analysis software can help detect post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in veterans based on their speech, a study suggests.Doctors have long understood that people with...
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How to do Fleet Week in NYC like a pro
Editor's note: This article first appeared in 2016Ask any sailor or Marine who has experienced New York Fleet Week firsthand about their experience, and the first reaction is likely to be a knowing...
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Florida guarantees high school students can wear military dress uniforms at...
Just in time for many high school graduations, Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed into law a measure ensuring that seniors in the military may wear their dress uniforms instead of a cap and gown at their...
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Should the Army switch from 5.56mm to 6.8mm ammo?
Army veteran Chris Capelluto reviews the life long tease from the Army about the 5.56mm switch to 6.8mm SPC rounds and provides a brief history of all the military's successful different main battle...
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Here's what happens you try turning your civilian dog into a military working...
Did you know all military dogs outrank their handlers? Lets be honest: most civilian ones do, too.
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Air Guard officer in Congress: It's time for Facebook to crack down on...
Editor's Note: This article by Oriana Pawlyk originally appeared on Military.com, a leading source of news for the military and veteran community.An Illinois congressman in the Air National Guard is...
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The best boy in the Marine Corps, Chesty XV, is living the good life
I don't always drop everything to spend a few hours with a short, squat Marine, but when I do, you can bet it's for Chesty. Chesty XV, the one-and-a-half year old English Bulldog who serves as the...
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If you love Scotch whisky, you'd better start stocking up
The long relationship between whiskey and the U.S. armed forces may have evolved well beyond the liquor rations of the Revolutionary War over the last 250 years, but thirsty troops may have a new...
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The Coast Guard is loosening its tattoo regs to bring in new recruits
The U.S. Coast Guard is keeping up with the times with its latest policy update that addresses tattoos.The update allows some tattoos to show while in uniform that were previously not allowed."The...
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No, the US Naval Academy isn't offering 'satanic services' — but not for the...
The U.S. Naval Academy has a message for the burgeoning satanists in its ranks: you can study Satan as a midshipman, but you sure as hell can't hail him.An internal email sent to USNA midshipmen on...
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Good Boyfriend Cory Booker read a WWII novel to Rosario Dawson over the phone...
Boyfriends can sometimes do some really weird shit. Much of it is well-meaning: A boy I liked in high school once sang me a screamo song that he wrote over the phone. He thought it would be sweet, and...
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Vets can relive their childhood dreams of building massive block armies with...
Military veterans will get in free to Legoland Florida during most of November.The kid-centric theme park's offer, which opens its resort to retired or non-active duty members of the U.S. Army, Air...
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5 Halloween costumes based on military stereotypes (that are kinda true)
Editor's note: A version of this article previously ran on Oct. 28, 2016It's late October, and that means it's time to figure out what you're going to "be" for Halloween this year.Of course, you could...
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We give the Popeye’s chicken sandwich at the Pentagon two knife hands up
POPEYES, The Pentagon — The darkness that descended on this world when Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen announced they were sold out of their new, beloved chicken sandwich is comparable to biblical times. It...
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All the best cities for veterans are in the South, according to new study
There are an estimated 19 million veterans living in the United States in 2019.In honor of Veterans Day, WalletHub conducted a study examining the top 100 U.S. cities for veterans based on...
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America's corporate overlords want you to know the true meaning of Veterans...
Ah, Veterans Day. It's that federal holiday where most people just want to take the day off to celebrate America's military veterans in the best way they know how: shelling out a bunch of money to...
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The NFL is rocking camo gear this month to support the troops. Patriots coach...
During Sunday's game at Philadelphia, New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick isn't wearing the camouflage gear most NFL coaches wear as part of the league's Salute to Service month.Belichick...
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We went deer hunting in Texas with our friend Crispy
I told him how I got badly burnt and he said "nah man, you're Crispy"
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Melania Trump may send you a care package to lighten up your holiday deployment
Care packages put together by First Lady Melania Trump and Second Lady Karen Pence on Wednesday could soon end up at a military base near you.The comfort kits — headed to deployed U.S. troops in Iraq,...
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Meet the Coastie who moonlights as a drag performer
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- By day, Arik Rangel works as a U.S. Coast Guard operations specialist third class, but when the spotlight hits, his stage name and personalty -- Arik Cavalli -- takes...
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The good, the bad, and the ugly of celebrating Thanksgiving while deployed
In an ideal world, Thanksgiving is spent at the dining room table, surrounded by beloved family, close friends, and good food. For U.S. service members, it's occasionally spent in the shit. Luckily,...
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Why we really eat turkey on Thanksgiving
Editor's Note: This article written by Jeff Cattel was originally published on Greatist, a digital publication committed to happy and healthy lifestyle choices. In between making hand turkeys and...
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Marines at Camp Lejeune can now get food delivered straight to their barracks...
Jacksonville is now home to its own start-up food delivery business.ChowCall delivers food from restaurants to hungry customers much the same way as similar food delivery business such as Grubhub and...
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Base commissaries are bracing for a surge of new veteran customers in 2020
Starting New Year's Day, more than 3 million veterans nationwide, including tens of thousands of local veterans, will be able to shop at exchanges and commissaries on military bases and utilize their...
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A Marine vet is on a mission to make the media capitalize 'veteran' all the time
Should media organizations capitalize the word 'veteran' as a formal title? One Marine veteran certainly thinks so. Patch Baker, a Marine Corps veteran turned entrepreneur, is currently spearheading a...
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