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[Ed. note: Active-duty, gay, Air Force personnel were interviewed for this story. Their names have been changed to protect their identities and careers.] He looks the part—an airman with close cropped ...

Wellness is a way of life for Wynwood-based Pilates instructor Shay Williams. The Navy veteran vividly remembers the moment that she found her purpose: when she taught her first Pilates class. “I ...

This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service. Subscribe to their newsletter. Leah Stiles kept a dark secret ...

As a child, Army Major Erica Vandal posed for family photos wearing her father’s oversized boots and helmet. “I think it was very obvious from a young age that I wanted to follow in his footsteps,” ...

Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy James Honea will retire in the coming months, capping a 38-year career that began on a frigate during the Cold War and ends in Washington as the top enlisted ...

The mother of the sailor who inspired a law that overhauled mental health access in the military says she wants to sit down with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to discuss military suicides. “We ...

The military is full of young men who are drawn to risky behaviors, a demographic that experts say has the greatest probability for developing gambling addictions. “The biopsychosocial factors of that ...

Leah Stiles embraces her daughter, Ayanna, after a six-month deployment in 2004 to the Mediterranean Sea and Arabian Gulf on the USS George Washington in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (Photo by ...