Just as with civilian flights, ashtrays on an aircraft make little sense. According to both civilian and military guidelines, smoking is forbidden while the aircraft is in flight. The
Born on October 13, 1775, the Navy is steeped in 242 years of tradition. Each sailor is familiar with the sailor’s creed, a mantra that
For the most part, we’ve all pretended to play dumb to have a positive impact on our workday or to get out of something we
Before he became one of musical comedy’s darkest satirists, musician Tom Lehrer served in the U.S. Army. The brilliant mathematician was an enlisted draftee from 1955-1957,
Veterans come out of the military with years of training in one particular mindset and way of doing things. A lot of that mindset is
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Chris Shirron remembers he was several hours into a long convoy across the German autobahn when a military police officer leading
Less than 900 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival recipients are serving in the military, and the Pentagon has no idea what will happen to them.
One of the signature wounds of the War on Terror has been the traumatic amputation of limbs. Today, advanced prosthetics help wounded troops recover much
The girl’s entire family was executed by insurgents…then they turned a gun on the 2-3 year old child and shot her in the head. The
To avoid enlisting neo-Nazis, skinheads and other white supremacists, military recruiters are told to watch for tattoos showing barbed wire, hobnailed boots and hammers. Also
