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A female Airman’s post on social media is gaining attention for what she pointed out about her uniform while recording herself in a bathroom stall. Airman First Class Phillips, identified by the nametape on her uniform, said her video was part 1 of her series known as “pros and cons of being in the military.”…
U.S. officials spoke on condition of anonymity to offer a little more detail about the U.S. personnel who were injured during an attack in Iraq on Monday. At least one of two Katyusha rockets fired at Al Asad Airbase landed inside the base, causing the injuries. “We can confirm that there was a suspected rocket…
The Army is blaming a celebrity for a recruiting advertising failure after they paid millions to post to his Instagram. The U.S. Army struck an $11 million advertising deal with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and his United Football League in hopes of attracting recruits. But a new report shows it backfired and ended up putting…
The Army reports a need to expand its basic training by adding more training companies after re-assigning basic training companies to give poor-performing recruits a second chance at becoming soldiers. In 2022, the Army reassigned training companies at Fort Jackson to be used for the Future Soldier Prep Course. The course gives lower-performing recruits up…
An Army veteran who went from being a bartender to the cover of Playboy is pushing 40 years old and still going strong as a self-proclaimed professional smokeshow. Kindly Myers was born in Bowling Green, Kentucky, but soon moved to Tennesee, where she attended a rural school that housed every grade in the same building…
It has only been a few days since the Army National Guard announced the “non-combat” deaths of two soldiers in Iraq and details about the incidents are still limited. But the Georgia National Guard and their families have offered some more detail about their deaths. The Georgia National Guard stated Spc. Travis Jordan Pameni and…
Members in the Individual Ready Reserves (IRR), attend a muster at La Jolla, Calif., March 26, 2022. The muster was held to screen designated IRR members to ensure mobilization readiness and train Readiness Support Program Region One for mobilization operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Grace J. Kindred) The Commission on the National Defense…
Numerous helicopters at Fort Carson were damaged after a significant weather event with strong winds occurred at Butts Army Heliport. According to the Army post, the storm damaged a variety of aircraft belonging to the 4th Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division. Pictures taken of the airfield show Apache, Chinooks, and Black Hawk helicopters damaged,…
Spc. Travis Jordan Pameni (left) and Spc. Owen James Elliott (right) Source: Facebook/US Army The Army identified two National Guard soldiers who died during incidents in Baghdad, Iraq on Wednesday. The Army identified them as Spc. Travis Jordan Pameni and Spc. Owen James Elliott of the Georgia Army National Guard. “We are deeply saddened by…
The US Army staff sergeant who was recently convicted of stealing from his Russian girlfriend and making death threats has been cut off financially by the Department of Defense.