Defense Secretary Orders No Drag Shows on Military Bases After Political Furor A Defense Department-wide prohibition on drag shows on military bases has resulted in the cancellation of at least two events...
Future Officer Promotions Could Also Be Delayed by Senate Standoff, Austin Warns Delaying Senate confirmation of generals and admirals awaiting promotions right now will ripple down into future rounds of...
'We Can Think of Few Things as Irresponsible': 7 Former Defense Secretaries Blast Hold on Military Promotions Seven former defense secretaries who served in administrations from both parties are warning that a Republican senator's hold...
Pentagon Approving New Rules for Mental Health Access More Than a Year After Passage of Law Requiring Changes The Pentagon is moving forward with a series of changes to mental health care access required by a 2021 law that was passed...
There Are Too Many Generals and Admirals, a Senator Stalling Military Promotions Argues While a single senator cannot prevent confirmations, a hold significantly delays confirmations because the Senate needs to...
Transgender Troops Spark Dueling Bills and Potential Clash on Capitol Hill A new bill, sponsored by Rep. Sara Jacobs, D-Calif., would ensure anyone who meets occupational standards can serve in the...
Key Senator Presses DoD on Protecting Service Members from Medical Debt Sen. Elizabeth Warren pressed for answers on whether the DoD has implemented recommendations from a report produced by the...
You Can Record With StoryCorps' Military Voices Initiative in 2023 in These States In 2020, former Army cavalry scout and sniper Garett Reppenhagen spoke with StoryCorps -- a nonprofit that chronicles the...
Amid the Rising Tide of Hate, What Happened to Countering Extremism in the US Military? "Those in positions to cause change inside the military and out must embrace the long road ahead to fully address extremism...
Renewed Military ID Cards Can Be Sent by Mail in New Pilot Program Active-duty troops can now log in to renew their family members' military ID cards in a pilot program allowing the IDs to be...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...