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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.
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.”
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.
Think small? This initiative offers tiny houses to homeless vets.
As tiny house fever spreads across the country, a nonprofit is using these homes to help get veterans off the streets.
By Natalie Gross
This week in Congress: Summer vacation is over
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of Sept. 3.
This week in Congress: US Senate debates Pentagon spending bill
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of Aug. 20.
By Joe Gould
US Air Force, Army’s 101st Airborne Division called in to help defend major Afghan city
A major battle in eastern Afghanistan was still waging Monday morning when the U.S. Air Force and elements of the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division were called in to support Afghan government troops who had sustained major casualties.
By Kyle Rempfer
US strikes continue an upward trend in Afghanistan
U.S. airstrikes against the Islamic State militant group and the Taliban in Afghanistan continue to grow as the 17-year-old war in the country pushes into the summer fighting season once more.
By Kyle Rempfer