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New in 2024: Marines’ camouflage uniform shortage to get fixed
Marines finally will see fully stocked shelves of camouflage uniforms in summer 2024.
VA adds 5 million more veterans to online legacy project
The new names for the first time include veterans buried in private cemeteries all over the world.
Camouflage uniform shortage prompts Marine Corps to relax attire rules
Unit commanders may allow the desert-colored camouflage combat utility uniform or the flame-resistant organizational gear, known as FROGs.
Ukraine targets a key Crimea city a day after striking Russia fleet HQ
Crimea has served as the key hub supporting Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
By Susie Blann, Associated Press
MacDill Air Force Base orders evacuations as Hurricane Idalia nears
The National Hurricane Center expects Idalia to become a hurricane later on Monday.
California Marine Corps bases weather Tropical Storm Hilary
The Marine Corps halted an exercise at Twentynine Palms, California, in anticipation of Tropical Storm Hilary.
How old Army admin systems mangled the names of fallen Latino soldiers
The Army's new personnel system can correctly render Latino names, but that won't undo decades of damage.
On Memorial Day, Biden lauds fallen troops who ‘dared all, gave all’
The president called on Americans to ensure that their “sacrifice was not in vain.”
At the heart of Memorial Day, an appreciation of duty to one’s country
Memorial Day is a powerful time to reflect on a question essential to citizenship: What is duty to country, and how is it relevant to our lives today?
By David Kim
Opinion
‘Snapshot of their memories:’ Gold Star widow reflects on Memorial Day
Army 1st Lt. Doyle M. Hufstedler was killed by an improvised explosive device in Iraq in 2004. He was 25.
By Leslie Hufstedler-Alvarez
Opinion
Memorial Day is for those we’ve lost, on the battlefield and at home
Suicide has become an epidemic in the veteran community. But it is a problem we can strive to solve, by connecting with each other.
By John Byrnes, Concerned Veterans for America