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WASHINGTON- Molly Frey, left, receives the Military Child of the Year® award for the National Guard from her grandmother during the 2017 Military Child of the Year® Awards gala at a Ritz-Carlton hotel. Each year, the Military Child of the Year® Award is presented by Operation Homefront to outstanding military children who demonstrate resiliency, leadership and achievement. (U.S. Navy photo my Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Eric S. Brann /Released)

Oct. 4, 2021

Should your youth be the 2022 Military Child of the Year?

Applications will be received through December 1, 2021

Take the Rock swimmers and the support crew cross the San Francisco Bay during the Alcatraz swim on Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021. Photo by James Leedy

Oct. 4, 2021

Coast Guard members “Escape from Alcatraz” in recent swim challenge

A group of more than 20 Coast Guard veterans, active duty, and reservists team up with a veterans swim group to train and swim from Alcatraz Island to San Francisco.

The supplement business is a multi-billion dollar industry that is not currently regulated like conventional food and drug products by the Food and Drug Administration. The use of supplements is designed to add further nutritional value to the diet, not act as a meal replacement. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration/Airman 1st Class Daniel Brosam)

Oct. 1, 2021

The top four things to know about weight-loss supplements

What you should know before taking supplements to lose weight

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Oct. 1, 2021

New electronic travel system launches

Today is the day the new ETS and financial system are on line. What you need to know. 

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Sept. 30, 2021

October DoD365 Boot Camp dates available

Are you ready to learn more about DoD365?

The Coast Guard, and the Beach Haven Volunteer Fire Department rescued six boaters after their 30-foot white pleasure craft struck a fixed aid to navigation in the vicinity of Ham Island, Sept. 19, 2021. The boaters were safely recovered and taken back to shore where local emergency medical services personnel transported them to various local hospitals. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Released)

Sept. 30, 2021

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard rescues missing hiker from ravine in Olympic National Park, and more

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard rescues missing hiker from ravine in Olympic National Park; Coast Guard, Beach Haven Volunteer Fire Department rescue six from boat crash near Ham Island, N.J; Coast Guard interdicts two lancha crews illegally fishing US waters; Coast Guard crews remain vigilant during operations in the Arctic Region. 

A home is shown Dec. 4, 2020, at the South Post Family Housing area at Fort McCoy, Wis. Twenty-two homes are officer homes (nine three-bedroom and 13 four-bedroom), and 91 are enlisted homes (55 three-bedroom and 36 four-bedroom). The area doubled in size in 2017 after the completion of 57 new homes. Another seven homes are nearly complete in the area. The housing area is managed by the Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works Housing Division. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)

Sept. 29, 2021

Temporary increase in BAH rates for Certain MHAs that have experienced abnormal rental cost increases due to COVID-2019

The financial landscape has affected many of us especially those that have relocated this year. In

The Coast Guard Cutter Maple hosts an international “Heat and Beat” competition on the buoy deck in Greenland, June 25, 2021. Joint Arctic Command representatives, along with Cmdr. Eric Casler, won the competition with the fastest time and flattest pin. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jose Hernandez)

Sept. 29, 2021

An interview with Cmdr. Eric Casler, the Coast Guard’s first attache in Denmark 

Hear from the attaché to Denmark.

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Sept. 29, 2021

It's Insider Threat Awareness Month, can you recognize an insider threat?

Take our unofficial quiz to test your ability to spot an insider threat.

Florida Air National Guardsmen from the 125th Fighter Wing assist citizens with special needs into a special needs shelter opened at the Atlantic Coast High School in Jacksonville, Florida Sept. 9, 2017. The shelter is one of 11 opened in Duval County to protect citizens from Hurricane Irma. (Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. William Buchanan/Released)

Sept. 29, 2021

Members: enrollment in the Special Needs Program can benefit your family and make your PCS process easier

A Special Needs Program enrollment reminder

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