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Technical sergeant promotions surge in 2024Nearly 20% of eligible airmen will promote to technical sergeant, a year after those advancements hit a nearly 30-year low.

Osprey fleet won’t return to full flight operations until 2025The U.S. military's V-22 Osprey enterprise will be slow to return to full operations as a wide-ranging review of its training and resources continues.

Congress still waiting on Osprey crash, safety documents from PentagonLawmakers haven't received more details on Osprey proprotor gearboxes, a component that was a factor in the 2023 crash off Japan that killed eight airmen.

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Pentagon & CongressCongress’ defense fight to focus on pay raises, total military spendingHere’s a look at the major differences in the House and Senate bills, and the debates ahead.

VA to add male breast cancer, two other conditions to presumptive listThe addition of three new cancers to the list of conditions presumed to be caused by military service will speed up disability benefits for some vets.

Noncitizen troops seek to end strict Trump-era citizenship policyFor three subsequent years following the appeals' pause, the Biden administration has submitted 17 updates containing identical text.

GOP green lights FY25 defense bill, but more social fights aheadAbortion, diversity training and COVID prevention are again hot-button issues in the military appropriations plan for next year.

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Breastfeeding troops can recoup cost of shipping milk during PCS movesA new Pentagon policy allows troops to be reimbursed up to $1,000 to help cover the cost of shipping breast milk back to a baby during military moves.

A personal account of a paratrooper who jumped into Normandy on D-DayLt. Col. Gerhard Bolland, an 82nd Airborne Division officer, described what it was really like to parachute during the invasion of Normandy.

Chinese Jody hit with jail time after stealing military spouseA Chinese man was sentenced to 10 months in prison for ruining the marriage of a People’s Liberation Army soldier.

ChatGPT-val: Sailor claims AI helped write annual performance evalA Reddit user claiming to be a sailor said ChatGPT helped to complete the dreaded annual performance evaluation.

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