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In 2021, Congress reversed a policy that blocked students with dependents from continuing their studies at the highly competitive military academies. The change is scheduled to take effect in the upcoming school year.
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Smaller companies can offer unique solutions to problems the military faces, but they can struggle to break into a defense industry that can be frustrating to navigate.
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The Pentagon has put in place "The Brandon Act" - named after a Navy sailor who died by suicide in 2018. It allows service members to go outside their chain of command to seek confidential mental health treatment.
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Devil-Dog Dungarees is a family-owned men’s lifestyle company that started off manufacturing jeans. Through its clothing, the company supports the Wounded Warrior Project, a non-profit that helps veterans.
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70,000 inspections yielded more than 2,100 findings of mold. Now, the Army has begun a service-wide initiative to detect and clean it up sooner.
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The project is using artificial intelligence to analyze data from smartphones, laptops and other devices of people who take their own lives.
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The agreements with smaller countries are designed to expand American influence in the region, solidify existing relationships, and give the U.S. military more footholds.
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Specialist Enrique Roman-Martinez disappeared on Labor Day weekend in 2020 while camping with a group of fellow 82nd Airborne Division soldiers on Cape Lookout.
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The service organization is closing some of its centers, opening new ones, and expanding its online programs to respond to funding reductions and troops' changing needs.
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States are mailing absentee ballots sooner and — in a few places — letting troops cast ballots online. Still, voter turnout among military personnel lags the general population.