Read the originaly article on Military.com. Follow Military.com on Twitter. This is it, the moment every veteran job seeker has been preparing and hoping for: an employer formally offering them a job. For newly separating veterans, it’s a critical moment in making the transition from the military to civilian life and could bring a huge […]
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US Navy adds two weeks to boot camp with focus on ‘life skills’
Military AffairsRead the original article on Military.com. Follow Military.com on Twitter. The Navy has announced that it is lengthening its basic training from eight to 10 weeks in an effort to provide sailors with more practical training as well as life skills and professional development. Navy leaders said the change is the first major shake-up of the sea […]
Should you choose a 1.5-mile run or the 20-meter ‘beep test?’
FitnessRead the original article on Military.com. Follow Military.com on Twitter. Tactical professions across the globe (including military, police and firefighters) must take some form of aerobic fitness test. Most of these tests involve running, and the most common running test is the 1.5-mile, or 2.4-kilometer, timed run. However, the 20-meter Multi-Stage Fitness Test (MSFT), or […]
9,000 Afghan refugees have new homes with help from veteran aid groups
Military AffairsRead the original article on Military.com. Follow Military.com on Twitter. More than 9,000 Afghan refugees who had been living in temporary housing on military bases in the U.S. since the fall of Kabul in August have been resettled in local communities, many with the aid of a makeshift army of veterans groups, military family organizations […]
The Space Force finally has its own rank insignia
On DutyRead the original article on Military.com. Follow Military.com on Twitter. The military’s newest branch — the Space Force — unveiled what its rank insignia will look like with a social media post from its highest enlisted official Monday. Chief Master Sergeant of the Space Force Roger A. Towberman showed off the new insignia more than nine months after the branch finalized the […]
Navy and Marines set deadline for all members to receive COVID vaccine
Covid-19Read the original article on Military.com. Follow Military.com on Twitter. Sailors and Marines now have 90 days to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or risk disobeying a lawful order, a violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, the maritime branches’ top leaders said in a series of messages released Tuesday and Wednesday. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike […]
Crunches are out, planks are in for Marine Corps PFT
On DutyRead the original article on Military.com. Follow Military.com on Twitter. The Marine Corps has announced it will be phasing out crunches as part of its annual physical fitness test as part of a larger overhaul of the assessment. Crunches will be replaced by planks — which were added as an option in 2019 — as the mandatory abdominal strength test in 2023, the […]
The bar bet that may have won America’s independence
HistoryRead the original article on Military.com. Follow Military.com on Twitter. Two men walked into a bar. Specifically, it was Brooke’s, a gentleman’s club on St. James’ Street in London. The two were prominent English gentlemen who probably should have been at home with their families — it was Christmas Day 1776. Instead, they were there to share drinks and […]
5 John Browning firearm designs that changed the world
HistoryRead the original article on Military.com. Follow Military.com on Twitter. When Gavrilo Princip shot Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, he did it with an FN Model 1910 pistol. The assassination of the archduke became the catalyst of World War I, which itself laid the groundwork for World War II, and later the Cold War. […]
Marines score hit in first test of NMESIS missile concept
Military AffairsRead the original article on Military.com. Follow Military.com on Twitter. Marines scored a direct hit in a first-ever live-fire test in which they launched a Navy missile from the back of an unmanned tactical vehicle to strike a surface target at sea. The Marine Corps has combined two existing technologies to produce a deadly new way to hit targets […]
