About 81% of servicemembers decide not to remain in the military for 20 years until they are eligible to retire. This decision comes despite the many benefits of military service.
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Big Retirement Changes Coming for the Military
Serving in the military offers many benefits – a secure career, the opportunity for promotion and retirement, and the chance to travel.
5 Steps to Do Right Now to Continue Learning
The history of higher education in America is rife with success stories. Conversely, college closures have disrupted the learning and career goals of their abandoned students. The impact of those closures can be widely felt.
Pearl Harbor: Not the Last Surprise Attack on the US
December 7, Pearl Harbor Day, occurs every year. It’s a time to reflect on our history. It should also be a time for national security professionals to examine past surprise attacks, especially the horrendous attacks on 9/11 that killed some 3,000 innocent civilians.
A Date that Still Lives in Infamy 77 Years Later
War came to America when major league baseball was in its winter hibernation and diamonds had given way to gridirons. It came at the hands of a nation that loved baseball almost as much as the United States and whose gift of 3,000 cherry trees in 1912 had become an icon in the nation's capital.
2 US warplanes crash off Japan; 2 found, 5 missing
A Marine refueling plane and a fighter jet crashed into the Pacific Ocean off Japan's southwestern coast after colliding early Thursday, and rescuers found two of the seven crew members, one of them in stable condition, officials said.