KEEP INFORMED, STAY CONNECTED

Stars and Stripes is here to help with some of your biggest PCS challenges: staying in touch and on top of what's happening. Our mission is to provide the U.S. military with news and information from independent sources, wherever they may be stationed. Our own journalists are located at many of the major U.S. bases around the world. They report on the topics you need and want to know about.

UP-TO-THE-MINUTE MILITARY NEWS & RESOURCES

Check out the Stripes.com homepage for the top military news stories, updated 24/7. If you prefer your news in newspaper format, you can check out our free daily Digital Editions (we don't publish a daily newspaper in the United States, only overseas).

YOUR BRANCH, YOUR NEWS

Visit our military branch pages to get the day's top stories for the Air Force, Army, Navy, and Marine Corps. Each section also includes links to installations and benefits, including pay, per diem rates, COLA and BAH calculators.

RESOURCES FOR MILITARY FAMILIES

Helping our community stay in touch is important, so Stars and Stripes provides several unique services for free.

Stripes Spotted offers a great way to share photos across the miles.

Classifieds are THE place to buy and sell if your next move takes you to Europe or the Pacific.

Military Life offers topics from games and entertainment to our popular Spouse Calls blog.

Military Moms provides a great way to get a jump on what you need to know for that next PCS move. We cover overseas DoDDS sports, too.

HISTORY IN THE MAKING

For history buffs, Archive Photo of the Day is a must. We also offer 50 years of our newspapers (1949 to 1999) in searchable digital form. There is a small fee for subscribing to the Stars and Stripes Newspaper Archive - anyone can check it out for less than $5.

Stars and Stripes is part of the Department of Defense. However, in order to fulfill its mission, Stars and Stripes operates like any other U.S. newspaper, free of any interference from outside its own chain of command. With Stars and Stripes, you know that you are getting news about the military from multiple reliable sources, not just from the Department of Defense.