Army cuts 2,664 active-component soldiers in October

The service's most recent official head count shows an active component with 94,336 officers, 389,946 enlisted soldiers and 4,419 West Point cadets.

Statistics provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center indicates 70,118 women are serving in the Regular Army, which represents 14.3 percent of the active component.

The Army's reserve component has 348,674 National Guard soldiers, and 198,413 Army Reservists, for a total reserve force of 547,087.

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Military families to see slight drop in Tricare dental premiums

Monthly premiums will decrease slightly for the next four months, bringing modest savings for military families

Recruiting vets to work polls boosts election trust, study finds

When veterans and military families work the polls, voters feel more confident that elections are fair, safe and accurate, the study found.

Conspiracies, calls for violence spike online ahead of Election Day

Posts about election denialism, the false belief that elections are unfair and could be “stolen,” increased by 317% on Telegram and 105% on Gab in October.

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