I’ve been thinking lately that I will regret not joining some branch of the military. Obviously I would be joining quite “late”. I imagine the majority of the ladies in boot would be right our of high school and I would kind of be the token “older” woman.

Being with teenage girls doesn’t sound very fun, but I guess it would be something I’d have to get over if I choose to go this route lol.

So, a civilian buddy of mine passed away back in 2021. He is massive part of my “why” as far as joining the military and doing what I do on a daily basis. I was really wanting to get something to keep on my person as a physical reminder of my “why” during training and day to day life. The first thing that came to my mind was a memorial bracelet. With him not being military, would this be something...

Hey joining the us army and consider joining 13M now let me tell y’all I am 5’9 225 and not the best physical person around but I can do what needs to be done yk? But anyways can any1 tell me if I should do it also I have a 49 asvab score can posts if any has a better job they would like to tell me about (going to meps this week)

A bit of a weird one but here we are. I have tried to look online and see but have not found anything specific or exact.

So to make a long story short, I know a lot of ex-service personnel (friends and family) who I will be requesting to wear their old military uniforms to my wedding; It is my ONLY request for the entire event.

Somebody mentioned to me that in Northern Ireland they will need to...

When a helicopter fires its machine guns, it sprays the empty bullet cases out, what is the action of spraying empty bullets from the machine gun called?

Does anyone know why a DD214 would show character of service as honorable but the actual typed up letter for the commander says "discharged under less than honorable conditions".

Late 60s timeframe.

Basically the title sums up the whole subject, but let me get a little deeper.

Amelia Earhart, Wiley Post, and a number of other aviators received the Distinguished Flying Cross before the DFC finally became a strictly military-only medal.

If Wiley Post or Amelia Earhart had later joined the U.S. Military, what would the protocol be about their pre-military medals? Also, Earhart received a French...