


Coast Guard adopts service-wide mandatory physical fitness training
Starting this year, able-bodied active and Selected Reserve Coast Guard members will need to work out at least four days a week.

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Airman awarded medal for aid in capture of fugitive accused of murder
After recognizing his friend in the news, airman Ryland Perez-Settle assisted law enforcement in a manhunt that resulted in the capture of the fugitive.

Civilian toll in Syria raid may be higher than thought
Military officials said there could have been more civilian casualties than initially thought in the raid that killed the top ISIS leader in Syria last week.

Bear Grylls freezes with Royal Marines in Arctic plunge
And in this stunt he didn’t even need to drink his own urine to survive.

Top civilian leader shares 6 objectives for the Army in 2022 and beyond
The Army chief of staff also implied Thursday that the Army may continue to cut end strength as part of its efforts.

Fighter jet flown by military contractor crashes in Arizona; pilot OK
A fighter jet operated by a military contractor crashed west of Phoenix Thursday, Air Force officials said.

Navy says it’s acting fast to fix Walter Reed base barracks problems it has known about for years
Some of the problems with the base barracks at NAS Bethesda, Maryland, have been fixed — less than a week after Navy Times exposed the issues.

Russian troops bolster deployments near Ukraine, new satellite images show
Satellite images released Thursday show new military deployments in Crimea, Belarus, and western Russia near Ukraine.

All Army aviators should pursue single-engine fixed-wing ratings
Train our aviators well enough that they can be proficient in any aviation endeavor, and treat them well enough that they may stay in our organization.

‘I really don’t want to be the last African-American secretary of defense’
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin participated in a discussion at the White House for Black History Month.

Free tuition for military students part of push to help minority vets, families
Fayetteville State University will start providing free tuition to all military-connected students this fall.
