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Type of site | News Website |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Headquarters | United States |
| Owner |
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| Editor | Zachary Fryer-Biggs |
| Parent | Randstad Holding |
| URL | www |
| Launched | 1999; 27 years ago (1999) |
| Current status | Active |
Military.com is a website that provides news and information about theUnited States military, service members, veterans, and their families as well as foreign policy and broader national security issues.
Founded in 1999, the site became a division ofMonster Worldwide in 2004, and now a subsidiary ofValnet. Among the company's revenue streams are advertising, veteran employment, andlead generation.
About 10 million people have registered on the site, according to the company.[1]
The site offers daily news, investigations and feature reporting, and a dozen newsletters. Sub-channels include information for spouses, resources to use the GI Bill, and entertainment and fitness. Military.com also offers three apps on iOS and Android: Military News App, Military Pay App and Transition App to help servicemembers move to civilian life.
The website was founded byChristopher Michel in 1999 and went live in 2000.[1][2] Its advisory board originally included two former members of theJoint Chiefs of Staff, as well as other academic and business leaders.[1] In 2004, Military.com was acquired byMonster Worldwide in 2004[1] for around $39.5 million.[3] In August 2016, Ranstad Holding acquired Monster Worldwide.
Previous presidents of Military.com include Greg Smith, a retired U.S. Navy rear admiral who was president of Military.com and a vice-president at Monster from November 2014 to August 2017,[4] andTerry McCreary, a retired rear admiral who was president of the company from 2010 to 2014.
In September 2024, Monster merged withCareerBuilder, and funds managed byApollo Global Management became the majority owner of the website. This acquisition included Militarycom.[5] That year, the editorial staff had unionized, but hadn't been able to reach a contract with management.[6]
On June 24, 2025, its parent company CareerBuilder + Monster filed forChapter 11 bankruptcy.[7] Military.com, alongside a scholarship search siteFastWeb, sold toValnet for $27.25 million.[6] Before the sale was finalized, the union wrote to the vice president of CareerBuilder + Monster's media devision laying out concerns of Valnet's "documented patterns of gutting editorial teams, stripping outlets of their integrity, and transforming reputable publications into clickbait content farms."[6] After the sale, several reporters were laid off,[8] while others left for new jobs, and Valnet hired freelancers to write articles; running the site has been Rony Arzoumanian, Valnet's head of mergers and acquisitions.[6]
Military.com has been criticized for taking advertising from for-profit colleges. Its former partner in lead generation,QuinStreet, previously settled with the U.S. government after being accused of preying on veterans.[9]