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‘Feeding our paycheck to the pumps’: Troops, families deal with inflation
"Our head is above water, but I'm not sure for how long," one soldier said of his family.
By Karen Jowers
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A Sikh Marine is now allowed to wear a turban in uniform
Here's why the religious exemption didn't go far enough, he says.
By Philip Athey
Is the Corps just running and gunning with its haircut and annual training COVID-19 policy?
There’s a battle raging on social media among Marines and veterans full of snark, discontent and frustration over what many believe is a common sense solution to shutter barbershops, relax grooming standards and scale back training.
By Shawn Snow
No Corps-wide suspension of fitness tests or relaxing of grooming standards yet, but this air wing is axing training over COVID-19
“The Marine Corps is not currently considering a service-wide policy to cancel or codify the postponement of annual training requirements."
By Shawn Snow
Coronavirus shaking up America’s defense industry
The U.S. aerospace and defense sector is feeling the impact of the coronavirus, with companies limiting travel, defense trade events scuttled and contingency planning underway.
Best pics of the week: Jan. 12, 2020
Pave Hawk testing, live-fire exercise at sea aboard the USS Montgomery, securing the Baghdad Embassy Compound and more of the best photos from around the military.
How gas can lead to war (but not where you might think)
Refusing to start Russia's Nord Stream 2 pipeline in Denmark is not only a defense of the economic interests of some European countries, but also of their territorial integrity, says the author of this commentary.
By Oleksandr Danylyuk
40 evacuated after attack on Iraq Exxon site
An Iraqi intelligence officer says 40 workers for the energy giant Exxon Mobil Corp. have been evacuated from an oil-drilling site in southern Iraq after they came under rocket fire.
Here are 7 employment resources for military spouses on the move
Plenty of companies want to hire military spouses, and here are some resources to help you find them.
By Karen Jowers
Hiring our Heroes president: Military spouse employment is ‘critical to national security’
How many service members have talked about leaving the military because their spouse can’t find a job? According to a recent Hiring Our Heroes survey, that number is surprisingly high.
By Natalie Gross
Trump defends using tear gas on crowd at border that included children
The president said the tear gas used is "very safe."
By Elliot Spagat, The Associated Press