theGrio

Back to the Top

Main menu

Skip to primary content
Skip to secondary content
  • Home
  • Entertainment
    • Music
    • The Dish
  • Health
    • Ask Dr. Ty
    • Black Men’s Health
    • Black Women and Breast Cancer
    • Back to School Health
  • Living
    • Travel and Leisure
    • Living Forward
    • Books
  • Politics
    • Perry on Politics
  • Sports
  • News
    • Good News
  • Opinion

Military

TG_TOOFAT_111210_mezzn.jpg

Military weighs in: Recruits turned away due to obesity

theGrio
VIDEO - 27 percent of 18 to 24-year-olds are ineligible to join the military because they're overweight...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
NICKI MINAJAlready controversial and she hasn’t even released an official album yet—Minaj has proved to be a polarizing figure in hip-hop. Still with major backers like Drake and Lil Wayne singing her praises and a highly anticipated debut album due this fall (Pink Friday), she is the most buzzed about female rapper of the moment.Essential release: Beam Me Up Scotty – This killer mixtape made her a hip-hop household name and yet again pushed the boundaries of explicit rap lyrics.

Nicki Minaj, Keri Hilson to headline 'VH1's Divas'

theGrio
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) - Katy Perry, Sugarland, Keri Hilson, Nicki Minaj and Paramore are this year's "VH1 Divas," but they'll be singing for the military through a partnership with the USO...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)

Air Force mom continues to serve outside the military

theGrio
VIDEO - A military mother of two has created an online community which offers support to others in her position ranging from finances, to simply how to make it through a long deployment...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
Watson.jpg

Tuskegee Airman buried at Arlington Cemetery

theGrio
WASHINGTON - Col. Spann Watson, one of the famed black flyers who fought in WWII, joins the ranks of the country's fallen at Arlington National Cemetery...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
congress-to-vote-on-military-gay-ban.jpg

'Don't Ask' homophobic questions, 'Don't Tell' us poll matters

Kevin J. Williams
OPINION - Military commanders taking temperature readings on social issues is potentially dangerous...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
steele3.jpg

Steele on GOP calls for resignation: 'I ain't going anywhere'

Lana Schupbach
theGRIO REPORT - Michael Steele went on to add that the party doesn't need the 'distraction', and that he's focused on 'winning' and a 'winning message'...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
RNC Chairman Michael Steele answers questions before speaking to the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce in San Francisco, Thursday, June 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Steele trapped behind bad timing, big mouth

Dr. Wilmer J. Leon III
OPINION - As accurate as some of his observations are they ring hollow when stated by Michael Steele and put in the context of 'this is a war of Obama's choosing'...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
Joseph_Rainey.jpg

Why blacks should embrace the red, white and blue

Javier E. David
OPINION - A new effort is underway to draw attention to previously obscure but nonetheless pivotal black figures that have advanced the great American narrative...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
michael-steele-under-fire-for-topless-club-spending-sm.jpg

Steele: Afghanistan is 'a war of Obama's choosing'

theGrio
WASHINGTON (AP) - DNC spokesman Brad Woodhouse said it was 'simply unconscionable that Michael Steele would undermine the morale of our troops'...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
Obama_Petraeus.jpg

Obama relieves McChrystal, replaces him with Petraeus

theGrio
WASHINGTON (AP) - Gen. Stanley McChrystal was pushed out over his blistering remarks about administration officials quoted in a magazine interview...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
  • Page 8 of 11
  • <
  • 1
  • ...
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • >
  • Learn about our User Panel

    Read More
  • See What Your Friends Are Reading

  • More from theGrio

Main menu

Skip to primary content
Skip to secondary content
  • Politics
  • Living
  • Video
  • Inspire
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • News
  • Terms of Service
  • Privacy Policy
  • Advertise with TheGrio
  • About
©2013 NBCUniversal
Powered by WordPress.com VIP