US military troops come in active-duty, Guard, and reserve forces. Here's what each one does.
US military forces do a lot at home and abroad, but the different types of troops and the rules for each can be confusing.
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Private Security Guards Are Filling Gaps in Policing (But Not All of Them)
Understaffed police departments and concerns over public safety are spurring greater use of private security guards. But they aren't a perfect substitute.
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Punishing Military Officers for Political Reasons Endangers Our Troops and Threatens National Security
Recent actions taken against the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley are more than punitive ...
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Security guard kills Kampala landlord over unpaid rent
A security guard has reportedly shot dead his landlord ... Shortly after, he returned, dressed in his security uniform and armed with a SAR gun—UG PSO 54100915, according to the report.
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For Super Bowl, officials confident a heavily armed New Orleans is a safe New Orleans
More than 2,500 armed police and military descended upon the Crescent City this week in advance of the Super Bowl. Ice chests will be banned in the French Quarter this weekend, but concealed firearms ...
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First female Coast Guard commandant ousted over ‘leadership deficiencies, operational failures’
(The Hill) – U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Linda Fagan, the first female uniformed leader of an Armed Forces branch ... Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Benjamine Huffman relieved ...
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Coast Guard to ‘surge assets’ to South Florida to comply with Trump’s executive order
which is responsible for maritime security. Fagan was not only the first woman to lead the Coast Guard, but also the first woman in uniform to head any branch of the country’s armed forces.
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The U.S. Military’s Recruiting Crisis
Today, with the U.S. confronting perhaps its starkest global-security ... Guard and retired as a lieutenant colonel (outranking Hegseth, a major). Like many people who join the armed forces ...