The new version of the service’s dress and appearance standards policy allows tattoos up to 1 inch long on the hands and back of the neck, which were previously banned.

Capt. Amy Bauernschmidt, commander of USS Abraham Lincoln, has been nominated for the rank of rear admiral.

The PACT Act was signed into law in August to make it easier for veterans to seek treatment for presumptive lung conditions stemming from the military’s use of burn pits overseas. But if you served in Iraq or Afghanistan and don’t have any health issues, you may not necessarily be in the clear, says Dr. Richard Meehan in this week’s episode of Military Matters.

The guided-missile destroyer USS Barry steamed out of Tokyo Bay on Friday, beginning a 17-day journey to the United States and concluding nearly seven years in the Indo-Pacific region.

A GoFundMe campaign hopes to raise enough money to fly Luna, a cat who went missing in December at Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo, to her family in Oklahoma.

U.S. Transportation Command said it delivered two Urban Search and Rescue teams and 170,000 pounds of equipment that will help rescuers dig survivors out of the debris and provide medical care and other necessities. Also part of the shipment were a dozen rescue dogs, the command said.

U.S. Navy sailors created a chill version of the guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke, first in its class, as their contribution to the first Sapporo Snow Festival in three years.

Several thousand military veterans continue to serve our democracy and our nation by working as journalists. Newsrooms would be smart to take advantage of their dedication to service and the trust that veterans bring with them. 

Andrew Hakun, 52, a Navy veteran and father of two boys, died in February 2021 after a long, agonizing wait for surgery following a heart attack at this base in western Tokyo, according to his widow and medical records.

The Army on Tuesday expanded its Congress-mandated parental leave policy, granting 12 weeks of leave after welcoming a new child to all soldiers regardless of gender. The Marine Corps announced its new policy Monday.

The Navy is facing a groundswell in its ranks and in court from people who believe that the service needs to take a razor to its 38-year-old beard ban.

The cities of Speyer, Worms and Mainz, in the German state of Rheinland-Pfalz, all provide lessons about their Jewish communities throughout the centuries, especially during the Middle Ages.

Though not a veteran himself, Mike Gabler, a 52-year-old heart valve specialist, said he will make the donations in honor of his father, Robert Gabler, a former Army Green Beret who is now 81.

Two companion bills introduced in the Senate and House this week prohibit the Pentagon from replacing the mandate with another and call for the reinstatement and restoration of rank for troops separated or demoted due to their vaccine status.

2nd Lt. Christopher Brewer, who enlisted in the North Dakota Air National Guard in 2005, was killed in a two-vehicle crash Sunday.

A Marine lance corporal in Japan who refused the COVID-19 vaccine has for a third time failed to board a U.S.-bound flight, this time to begin an administrative discharge based on new allegations, a Marine Corps spokesman said.

Elements from the 101st Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team and the 10th Mountain Division headquarters are preparing for a potential deployment, the Army said.

Japanese and American runners of all ages and abilities turned out for a run at Yokota Air Base.

U.S. Central Command forces captured two Islamic State militants during a partnered helicopter and ground assault raid in eastern Syria on Saturday, CENTCOM said in a news release.

Soldiers from the Army’s sole explosive ordnance disposal unit in South Korea recently competed for the title of Korea EOD Team of the Year.

The priorities of ultra conservatives in the House are bound to take center stage as the faction asserts greater influence under the Kevin McCarthy speakership.

Pvt. Abdul N. Latifu of the Bronx died Tuesday afternoon of injuries that he sustained during an altercation with another soldier.

Col. Ricky Taylor and more than 400 American, Japanese, Australian and British paratroopers jumped Sunday into a drop zone at Camp Narashino, east of Tokyo in Chiba prefecture, as part of the annual New Year’s Friendship Parachute Jump.

The service announced that it will no longer exclude advanced academic degrees from promotion boards for the ranks of major and lieutenant colonel.

Banovici, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dec. 25, 2001: Six-year-old Selma Mesic, a Muslim refugee living near Camp Comanche in Bosnia and Herzegovina receives Christmas gifts from Santa Claus, also known as Sgt. Troy Patterson of Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 224th Aviation Brigade, on Christmas Day.

People stationed at Ali Al Salem have gone on some 100 hunts since the spring. The nighttime journeys into the desert attracted hundreds seeking to bag a scorpion or a camel spider during their tour to Kuwait.

This year, with the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic over and America’s military no longer involved in the post-9/11 conflicts that kept it occupied for 20 years in Iraq and Afghanistan, more service members are spending the final days of December with their families.

For almost all of the roughly 2,500 people attending the ceremony to commemorate the 81st anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack, the sights, sounds and terrors of the surprise attack can only be imagined.

A U.S. Marine’s family returned a ‘good luck flag’ to the family of a Japanese sailor who carried it with him in battle during World War II.

For nearly a decade, U.S. service members accused or convicted of crimes in Europe and Africa have been brought to a jail that many Germans and Americans living in the area know little about.