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[Get Military.com News Relevant to You: Check Your Service Details Here]( [Military.com]( Military Report The Military's Largest Benefits Update May 15 [He Is a Veteran With a Disability -- But Not Technically a Disabled Veteran]( [One Scientist Has Spent 30 Years Trying to Understand and Treat Gulf War Illness]( [Special Forces Soldiers Reveal First Details of Battle with Russian Mercenaries in Syria]( [Texas Mall Shooter Booted from Army After 3 Months, Service Says]( [Inside One of the Army's Most Chaotic Brigades]( [Air Force Two-Star Fired Amid Misconduct Investigation]( [5 Military Veterans Who Became Serial Killers]( [Google: Together, We Can Build for Everyone]( [Judge Sentences Former Sailor Inspired by Hitler and US Terrorists for Storming the Capitol]( [Meet the New Senior Enlisted Leader of the Space Force]( [Veteran Job Hunters: What 'Tell Me About Yourself' Really Means During an Interview]( [2023 Military Appreciation Month Discounts]( [Car Insurance for Veterans and Active-Duty Military]( [Fort Hood Gets a New Name Honoring a Texas-Born Four-Star General]( [Fort Benning Is Now Fort Moore]( [Calculate Your VA Loan Rate in Minutes]( [FBI: Colombians Drugged US Soldiers, Stole Money, Phones]( [Vet’s Chokehold Led to Man's Death on NYC Subway; Technique Faces Scrutiny]( [Retirees Forced to Repay Money After Navy Software Glitch]( [A Pandemic Prescription Exception Was Set to Expire Thursday, but the DEA Will Extend the Program]( [Listen: Insider Tips for Your First Military PCS Pack-Out | PCS with Military.com Podcast]( [He Is a Veteran With a Disability -- But Not Technically a Disabled Veteran]( His legs and the lower half of his body have been dead to touch since the 1990s. [Read More]( [One Scientist Has Spent 30 Years Trying to Understand and Treat Gulf War Illness]( University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center researcher Robert Haley is among those who have studied an illness afflicting thousands of Gulf War veterans since the mid-1990s. [Read More]( [Special Forces Soldiers Reveal First Details of Battle with Russian Mercenaries in Syria]( In February 2018, the American Special Forces team deployed to Syria as part of the ongoing campaign against ISIS that began in 2015. But after months of successful operations against ISIS, the team now faced a new adversary. [Read More]( [Texas Mall Shooter Booted from Army After 3 Months, Service Says]( The suspected gunman who killed eight people and injured at least seven others in an Allen, Texas, mall shooting Saturday was separated from the Army after three months, according to a service spokesperson. He never completed initial entry training. [Read More]( [Inside One of the Army's Most Chaotic Brigades]( The Army's 5th Security Force Assistance Brigade is facing potentially systemic problems with its leadership, a Military.com investigation has found. [Read More]( [Air Force Two-Star Fired Amid Misconduct Investigation]( Maj. Gen. Phillip A. Stewart, who has served as the 19th Air Force commander since August, was relieved of command Tuesday "due to a loss of confidence in his ability to lead." [Read More]( [5 Military Veterans Who Became Serial Killers]( Millions of men and women have served in the United States military and gone on to lead productive lives as civilians. A very small group have gone on to become notorious and brutal serial killers. [Read More]( [Google: Together, We Can Build for Everyone]( [Read More]( [Judge Sentences Former Sailor Inspired by Hitler and US Terrorists for Storming the Capitol]( A former Navy reservist who told an undercover FBI agent that he was inspired by the Unabomber and admired Adolf Hitler was sentenced to four years in prison for his part in storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. [Read More]( [Meet the New Senior Enlisted Leader of the Space Force]( Chief Master Sgt. John F. Bentivegna, whose 30-year career started in the Air Force and led to him becoming a key player in the Space Force, will be taking over as that service's top enlisted leader. [Read More]( [Veteran Job Hunters: What 'Tell Me About Yourself' Really Means During an Interview]( Does a job interview make you think you should confess every detail about your "sordid" past before the interviewer asks you about it? While your commitment to authenticity in the smallest detail is exemplary, it is not helping you get hired. Know how to prepare an answer for the question most frequently asked in any interview and get ready to say yes to the job offer. [Read More]( [2023 Military Appreciation Month Discounts]( Service members and families are being honored during Military Appreciation Month 2023 with a variety of discounts. [Read More]( [Car Insurance for Veterans and Active-Duty Military]( [Read More]( [Fort Hood Gets a New Name Honoring a Texas-Born Four-Star General]( Meet Fort Cavazos. As of Tuesday, the installation formerly known as Fort Hood, Texas, that has been at the center of several national controversies will no longer be named after a Confederate general. [Read More]( [Fort Benning Is Now Fort Moore]( Lt. Gen. Moore, a Korean and Vietnam War veteran, is best known for commanding 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, in the legendary Battle of Ia Drang Valley in 1965. [Read More]( [Calculate Your VA Loan Rate in Minutes]( [Read More]( [FBI: Colombians Drugged US Soldiers, Stole Money, Phones]( The soldiers went to an upscale Bogota bar to drink, watch a soccer game and dance with local women. [Read More]( [Vet’s Chokehold Led to Man's Death on NYC Subway; Technique Faces Scrutiny]( [Read More]( [Retirees Forced to Repay Money After Navy Software Glitch]( The Navy has acknowledged that a software issue last winter led to issues for more than 1,200 of its retirees who are now having to repay money to the government. [Read More]( [A Pandemic Prescription Exception Was Set to Expire Thursday, but the DEA Will Extend the Program]( The allowance was set to expire on May 11, a restriction that would have affected veterans who use telehealth and are prescribed medications like opioids or drugs for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. 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