Air Force and Space Force Consider Testing Out Beards The potential test comes as other service branches have crafted policies that limit shaving for troops who suffer from...
Army and Air Force Run Out of Female Hot Weather Uniforms Amid Summer Heat Wave The shortage in weather-appropriate clothes for female troops comes amid a summer heat wave that has scorched many areas of...
Air Force Making Uniform Changes with Women in Mind, While Space Force Is Working to Fix Those Baggy Pants While the Air Force uniform options are being tweaked, the Space Force has had to start from scratch.
Air Force to Allow Scalp Tattoos and Morale Patches as Part of Raft of Changes to Appearance Rules The Air Force said that it made the changes based on feedback from airmen as part of the 2020 Uniform Board.
Some Airmen Can Now Wear Coveralls After Policy Change The U.S. Air Force has approved a maintenance duty uniform, typically referred to as coveralls, for specific career fields.
Air Force Adjusts New Hair Standards for Women After Feedback The Air Force said that it is revising its new, looser regulations governing how female airmen may wear their hair.
Gadsden Flag Patch on Airman's Uniform Wasn't Authorized, Officials Say Per OCP wear instruction, it is mandatory for airmen to wear a U.S. flag cloth patch on the right sleeve.
Air Force Uniforms The Air Force reflects their Army Air Corps roots combined with the start of a new tradition of their own which began on...
Goodbye, Tiger Stripe: Air Force Adopts OCP Uniform for Mandatory Wear Airmen will be required to retire their old "Tiger Stripe" camouflage for good and switch to the Operational Camouflage...
History of US Air Force Uniforms The Air Force began designing distinct uniforms as early as 1945, two years before it became its own branch of the military.
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Trump Administration Threatens No Back Pay for Federal Workers in Shutdown President Donald Trump’s administration is warning of no guaranteed back pay for federal workers during a shutdown.
Teen Cadet Says He Was Beaten, Concussed at Camp at Aberdeen Proving Ground In early August 2022, 17-year-old Nathanael Royal called his parents and begged them to bring him home before he got attacked...
The Civil War Battle Where a West Point Professor Defeated His Confederate Student The Civil War ripped apart nearly every bond Americans shared — classmates, friends, even family members found themselves on...
Army Vet Sentenced to Year In Prison For $80,000 Fraud, Stolen Valor Sharon Toney-Finch, 43, was indicted in April 2024 on four charges: wire fraud, stolen valor, theft of government funds, and...