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Fort Knox cadets taste Army life: walkouts, expired MREs, water issues
Tales of shoddy provisions and contracting woes have flooded social media platforms in recent weeks. Army Times separated fact from fiction.
No, Lyme disease is not an escaped bioweapon
An op-ed from one of the world's top experts on tick-borne diseases demolishes a conspiracy theory.
By Sam Telford, Tufts University
IHG® Army Hotels Teen Academy
The IHG® Army Hotels Teen Academy is a paid summer internship set up for employees’ teenagers where they can learn and perform various hospitality tasks. Hotel RDO and GM, Teresa Colatarci, says the program is a great opportunity to “groom possible future leaders and kids that don’t necessarily have the means or desire to go to college right away.”
Officials say these guys fleeced $5 million from military members
A 69-count indictment says they operated Go Navy Tax Services from a trailer outside Naval Base San Diego, using personal information to open bogus accounts.
Insurance scam bilked nearly $5 million from service members, authorities say
The trio set up shop outside the base.
Washington Nationals Major League Baseball player Sean Doolittle reads to military children
Doolittle read the children’s book “Where the Wild Things Are” to small children gathered on the carpet around his chair.
By Kristine Froeba
4 Tips to Maximize Your Credit Card Rewards for Travel
If you’re a frequent traveler, live on-the-go or are booking a vacation, you have everything to gain from taking full advantage of the benefits and rewards of your credit card. Understanding your credit card’s reward system and policies can help you not only rack up points faster along the way, but can also ultimately save you money on vacation costs and even everyday expenses. Here are some tips for maximizing your credit card while you’re on the move this summer.
Turning your PCS into a fresh start
Whether it’s your first or fifteenth, each PCS move comes with a new set of challenges, problems, and unexpected changes. In 2017, there were 430,000 PCS moves in Summer alone. Among those 430,000, there were sure to be last-minute movers, broken furniture, lost family treasures, and unexpected temporary accommodations. Despite all the ways things could go wrong though, you can minimize the unexpected.
The Naval Academy’s oldest graduate dies at 104
The Naval Academy's oldest alumnus has died at the age of 104.
Sentencing delayed for man found at sea by Coast Guard, later tied to newlywed wife’s disappearance
Investigators also found $100,000 worth of coins, stolen from a yacht the suspect had worked aboard in 2016
Back when Navy officers settled beefs by shooting each other — and Marines
“Oh Lord, I am a dead man.”
By Janine Peterson, Military History Magazine