Barracks Rumor Mill

Barracks Rumor Mill cover: full-frame photo of an Air Force staff sergeant holding a flu vaccine syringe at a Ramstein shot clinic, with the headline "The Air Force Made the Flu Shot Mandatory Again" over a dark band and a small DEC. 15 stamp.

The Air Force Made the Flu Shot Mandatory Again

byE-4 MAFIANov 02, 26

Six months after the flu shot went optional, an Oct. 20 memo puts it back on six groups of airmen and Guardians. Most have until Dec. 15.

The Air Force Made the Flu Shot Mandatory Again

byE-4 MAFIANov 02, 26

Six months after the flu shot went optional, an Oct. 20 memo puts it back on six groups of airmen and Guardians....

Barracks Rumor Mill cover: full-frame photo of a commissary worker restocking a nearly empty freezer, with the headline "Pentagon Suspects Hackers Defrosted the Commissary Freezers" over a dark band and a small DEFROSTED stamp.

Pentagon Suspects Hackers Defrosted the Commiss...

byE-4 MAFIAOct 30, 26

Commissary freezers at bases across the country went into defrost mode in August and spoiled the food. The Pentagon is now treating it as a suspected hack.

Pentagon Suspects Hackers Defrosted the Commiss...

byE-4 MAFIAOct 30, 26

Commissary freezers at bases across the country went into defrost mode in August and spoiled the food. The Pentagon is now treating...

Barracks Rumor Mill cover: full-frame photo of recruit meal trays lined up on a mess hall table, with the headline "The Military's Biggest Chow Hall Gives Recruits 20 Minutes to Eat" over a dark band and a small 20 MINUTES stamp.

The Military's Biggest Chow Hall Gives Recruits...

byE-4 MAFIAOct 28, 26

MCRD San Diego opened an $84.2 million, 100,000-square-foot mess hall that can serve 20,000 meals a day. Recruits get 20 minutes to eat.

The Military's Biggest Chow Hall Gives Recruits...

byE-4 MAFIAOct 28, 26

MCRD San Diego opened an $84.2 million, 100,000-square-foot mess hall that can serve 20,000 meals a day. Recruits get 20 minutes to...

Barracks Rumor Mill cover: full-frame photo of an Army dog handler in OCP walking a working dog along a forest trail, with the headline "Startup Wants to Gene-Edit Military Working Dogs" over a dark band and a small PUPPIES DUE 2027 stamp.

Startup Raises $200 Million to Gene-Edit Milita...

byE-4 MAFIAOct 26, 26

Warhound wants to clone and gene-edit military working dogs, then put them in Anduril vests. First puppies are due early 2027.

Startup Raises $200 Million to Gene-Edit Milita...

byE-4 MAFIAOct 26, 26

Warhound wants to clone and gene-edit military working dogs, then put them in Anduril vests. First puppies are due early 2027.