Trying to speculate about my great grandfathers medals in WW2. He was wounded a week into combat deployment at the end of the war in May 1945, so he never physically received anything other than a purple heart.

But anyway, if a soldier is wounded before their deployment ends, assuming they never had any disciplinary problems, would they be awarded a good conduct medal, even if they didn't fully complete a tour?

Just curious. I did my 4+2 in the 80s and REMF was a common derogative for certain individuals.

Bangladeshi dude thought he’s going to Russia to work as a chef only to find himself in the battlefield after being deceived. Now wounded by shrapnel and claims he was sold off to Russians. Seems to be authentic as he shows his tags and some other belongings from frontline.

I am (your full name) from (your address) here by wish to apply for EMERGENCY LEAVE on behalf of my fiance squad leader ssgt; (UN/US ARMY 009/16770/UNAMIL) ;MOS-18E\OFS. Who is currently stationed in Aleppo Syria on operation freedom's sentinel mission. I' want him to come home and prepare for our marriage rites which is schedule to take place this month. I will be grateful if my request could be granted.

Im in the military (26M) and my mom (60F) has been living with me for a year and a half. She is out of work right now because of her health. After my current assignment, I am planning on requesting an overseas assignment to go to Okinawa japan again next summer. She has asked me to claim her as a dependent, but i want to have me sense of independence back. I want to live my life on my terms however I don’t know if I’m coming off as selfish. Any advice helps

Since we see heavy increase of the availability of stuff like AI enhanced thermal visions (now imagine when we actually develope typical scifi-like tracking visions, as AI will be faster and more precisely able to spot human-like shapes in the environment where human eye might be fooled), units being more and more easily motorized, urban areas being more common (so overall more of CQB), drone and artillery operators that can sit pretty much out of reach etc.:
Do you think that we perhaps might see the dawn of camo being almost obsolete? That we might get back to colorful honorguard-like uniforms? We can sort of see this mentality slowly soaking-in in Ukraine with the faction color identification armbands (tho that is mainly because both sides use a lot of Multicam and other pretty random clothing, partially because they also use a lot of mercenaries, volunteers and conscripts), or some countries (sometimes just their specific units) choosing just plain green uniforms because its also cheaper, like Austria or Israel.
I mean we might never fully abandon plain human vision, especially among the poorest of guerillas, but at one point it just might stop being worth it to bother for so little gain, it might get into a point where morale in coolness will have more value. And at another point all of the technology might get so common that even the most ungabunga will have it - that is where we actually get into the typical scifi colorful faction uniforms and armor.
Same as we saw it slowly vanishing around WW1 when the battlefield changed drastically, we might see it coming back in similar fashion.

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What I mean is, if I join the Army and want to try and join the Rangers, even if I fail I still get to be party of the 'regular' military, where as if you fail BUD/S you will then be placed to serve in 'non-direct combat roles' (unsure of the terminology). Surely this is a big incentrive for people to not apply?

I'm from the UK so am just unfamiliar with the military culture in the US, but just as an outsider BUD/S Hell Week seems so awful!

Many thanks

Just got a new job and they are offering their workplace health plan. A couple ppl though waived it to use the VA as their PCP. I was thinking of doing the same but im a little nervous. Is this new admin going to scale back on VA services or privatize certain functions? Is it reliable right now?

Your sacrifice protects our freedom and protects us from ever having to know what that freedom costs.

You dont protect some Americans you protect all of us. And likewise we owe our gratitude to all of you.

I only know a very small slice of what those sacrifices even are and i can confidently say they're things i have never had to experience in my 32 years of life and never will, and some are so heartbreaking.

Sorry if this is too much or not the right words to say. Just makes me sad that right now we seem to be showing our appreciation by making it even harder for you to do your job. I dont care what your gender or identity or political affiliation is. Thank you.

I am in the process of enlisting. Currently debating between a 3 year 11x contract with the hopes of volunteering for RASP at OSUT or a 4 year 11x option 40 contract which guarantees a shot at RASP.

My concern is a Ranger recruiter not showing up and not getting the chance. However, if he does show up, I can go to RASP and if I fail I only have a 3 year contract instead of 4.

Any advice?

I was in the Army, 1986-1994, and it was good for me. A friend's (recently deceased) daughter (18f) has expressed an interest in joining the Air or Space Force. Being out for so long I have no idea if I should support this idea or try to dissuade her from joining the service. I want to support this as serving back in the day was good for me. That said, I'd like to hear some pro and con arguments. Thanks you and be safe.