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Devil Dogs to follow slimmer waist-to-height standard than other branches

The U.S. Marine Corps has gone further in its waist-to-height ratio than the Department of Defense’s standards, making the new criteria 0.52 or less.

By Cristina Stassis

4 weeks ago

How MREs inspired today’s meal-delivery industry

The MRE has to survive heat, cold, impact and time. And it has to do all of that at scale. Sound familiar?

By Clay Beyersdorfer

4 weeks ago

Unemployment rates for veterans worsen amid civilian job market gains

While overall hiring increased by 130,000 jobs in January, post-9/11 veterans saw their jobless rates balloon to 5.8%.

By Richard Sisk

6 weeks ago

Veterans health shake-up, reforms to get underway in coming months

The reorganization of the VA health system should result in improvements to medical facilities, increased oversight and better access, officials said.

By Patricia Kime

8 weeks ago

Rampant attempts to defraud troops warrants crack down, advocates say

Crytpo scams, romance scams, education scams, job scams. Advocates are pushing authorities to root out scamsters at the source.

By Karen Jowers

8 weeks ago

Hegseth puts more muscle into fixing troops’ household goods moves

The Pentagon has stood up a new operation to focus solely on permanent fixes for the decades-old problems of damaged and lost household goods.

By Karen Jowers

8 weeks ago