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When was the last time you chose Deliberate Discomfort?
Special Operations

When was the last time you chose Deliberate Discomfort?

There's a reason why elite Special Operations courses always begin with intense physical training. The shock value of initial stress overload is the best discriminator while assessing an individual or group's willingness and capacity to accomplish…

Here’s the group of veterans making the best NFL teams better
Veterans Benefits

Here’s the group of veterans making the best NFL teams better

Every professional athlete will tell you there's a science behind elite performance. Every coach will tell you there's one for team dynamics as well. And, every military leader will say their best performing units are men and women who understand …

NHL ventures “Into the Wild Blue Yonder”
Coast Guard

NHL ventures “Into the Wild Blue Yonder”

On Feb. 15, the NHL will host its annual Stadium Series Games at a really unique and, frankly, awesome location.The Colorado Avalanche will host the LA Kings at Falcon Stadium on the campus of the United States Air Force Academy.Th…

This veteran-backed NASCAR team is heading to Daytona
History

This veteran-backed NASCAR team is heading to Daytona

It's shake and bake, veteran style. NASCAR is well known for being military friendly. When the green flag waves at Daytona this weekend, it will usher in the new NASCAR season with a really special story. The crown jewel event is the Daytona 500. O…

These 4 veteran only hockey teams are playing in the NHL Showcase
Air Force

These 4 veteran only hockey teams are playing in the NHL Showcase

This Saturday, the NHL will host its annual Stadium Series Games at Falcon Stadium on the campus of the United States Air Force Academy, but there's an even more special part of the weekend. The NHL has partnered with USA Hockey and Navy Federal Cr…

5 places to look for local military spouse events
Jobs

5 places to look for local military spouse events

When moving to a new location, it's easy to get overwhelmed with the amount of information you don't have on hand. A lack of people and support system, not knowing what the local events are all about, or even when they exist, not having the low-do…

Finance Friday: 4 reasons why talking to a lender should be your first move
Military Life

Finance Friday: 4 reasons why talking to a lender should be your first move

The idea of relocating immediately sparks a desire to jump online and start looking at houses. It is a natural curiosity to start visualizing where home will be. One late night jump down the rabbit hole of internet home searching will have you falli…

How this veteran went from homeless to graduate school
Veterans Benefits

How this veteran went from homeless to graduate school

Harold Taylor was raised by a mother who gave birth to him at 14 years old. She kept him, despite her family's continuous pressure to give him up for adoption. With her constant support and encouragement, years later, he found himself playing as th…

WATCH: NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace skydived into the Daytona 500 with the Air Force
Military News

WATCH: NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace skydived into the Daytona 500 with the Air Force

The Daytona 500 is known as the Great American Race. Well, the Great American Race just had a driver make a Great American Entrance. The United States Air Force has had a partnership with Richard Petty Motorsports for several year…

5 ways to end the negative military spouse stigma
Family & MilSpouse

5 ways to end the negative military spouse stigma

Military spouses have enough on their plates. They do not need your unsolicited, unfavorable, unmannered, advice. There are so many ways you can help end the falsified image of helplessness military spouses have been forced to live with, within our …

How and when to tell a job you might be PCSing
Military News

How and when to tell a job you might be PCSing

Are you PCSing soon? Or is a PCS in the works? While it can be hard to tell exactly when you might be leaving before hard orders are issued, in the military world, it's pretty much a given that you will be leaving. If not anytime soon, the…

Don’t ask permission, ask forgiveness: The USMC pilot who “borrowed” a helo to end a sniper situation has died
Marine Corps

Don’t ask permission, ask forgiveness: The USMC pilot who “borrowed” a helo to end a sniper situation has died

Lt. General Charles "Chuck" Pitman passed away this past Thursday at age 84. His career spanned over 40 years, including three combat tours in Vietnam. He also was involved in Operation Eagle Claw, the attempted rescue of the American hostages in …

75th Anniversary: 10 things you don’t know about the Battle of Iwo Jima
World War II

75th Anniversary: 10 things you don’t know about the Battle of Iwo Jima

The Marines will be the first to tell you they have "fought in every clime and place" from the "halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli." The history of the Corps is steeped in legendary heroism and ferocious battles. From Chapultepec to Bel…

Beloved Coast Guard veteran and crossing guard, ‘Mr. Bob,’ dies while saving two children from speeding car
Coast Guard

Beloved Coast Guard veteran and crossing guard, ‘Mr. Bob,’ dies while saving two children from speeding car

Every child can tell you the name of their school's crossing guard. At Christ the King Catholic School in Kansas City, KS, 88-year-old Robert James Nill, better known and loved as "Mr. Bob," was one of the best.Tuesday, Mr. Bob made th…

The hidden truth: military families face financial insecurity
Finance

The hidden truth: military families face financial insecurity

Military life brings enough stress. How you're going to put food on the table shouldn't be one of them.Today's military is a much more diverse population and also more likely to be

One of Pearl Harbor’s last survivors dies at age 97
World War II

One of Pearl Harbor’s last survivors dies at age 97

Donald Stratton, who served aboard the USS Arizona when it was attacked by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor, passed away on Feb. 15, 2020. He was 97 years old.

This new nationally recognized day for women veterans almost snuck by us
Coast Guard

This new nationally recognized day for women veterans almost snuck by us

There are many nationally recognized days on the calendar that sneak by without much notice if you aren't paying attention. But here's one that's worth being rallied around, especially in the military community.On Feb. 19, 2019, Vet Gi…

How the Miracle on Ice forever changed the USA
Sports

How the Miracle on Ice forever changed the USA

One year and one week later: where military families stand following the housing crisis
Family & MilSpouse

One year and one week later: where military families stand following the housing crisis

As military spouses, we are all too familiar with the phrase "hurry up and wait." When it comes to the health and safety of our families in our homes, enough is enough.When we heard from our network that families were struggling with th…

Army spouse dances her way through chemotherapy
Army

Army spouse dances her way through chemotherapy

It is not uncommon to stumble upon live videos while scrolling through Facebook. And for the hundreds of people who follow Army wife Sofia de Falco — who is an adjunct professor of Italian language and literature — it is not uncommon to come acr…