Fireman William Thompson is a U.S. Navy Sailor currently in training at Surface Warfare Engineering School Command.
In order to enlist in the United States Military, you have to go through some sort of boot camp or basic training. Want to know what happens in U.S. military boot camp? Or what every U.S. Military ...
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The Military’s Recruiting Surge

For a few years, the all-volunteer military construct was failing. Fresh thinking, financial resources, and untold amounts of effort have turned things around.
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Doris Miller was stationed on the USS ‘West Virginia' when Pearl Harbor was attacked. Despite being prohibited from gunnery ...
Huntley served in the U.S. Navy as a torpedo mate technician, served in Operation Desert Storm, and early in her career dealt ...
On Nov. 4, 1979, while working as a guard at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran, Sickmann became one of 66 American hostages ...
Swensen said he had grown up with pets and had been looking to get a service dog for years to help out around the home. His dream came true on Tuesday, Nov.