Female Teens Don't See Themselves in the US Military. Here's Why, According to Pentagon Surveys. Surveys find that just 21% of American females ages 16 to 21 were qualified to serve in the U.S. military compared with 25%...
'We Saw the Opportunity': Pentagon Says Syria Strikes Were Possible After Assad and Russia Left Pentagon officials say that the massive strikes against more than 75 Islamic State terrorist group targets in Syria over the...
Health Care for Transgender Military Kids Could Be Banned by Must-Pass Defense Bill Transgender children of service members could lose access to gender-affirming health care through the military health system...
Sen. Joni Ernst Wants to Hear from Hegseth on Sex Assault in the Military and Women in Combat Unlike most of her Republican Senate peers, Ernst is not only a sexual assault survivor but also served in combat as an Army...
Assad's Fall in Syria Is a 'Fundamental Act of Justice,' But Also 'a Moment of Risk,' Biden Says The U.S has about 900 troops in Syria and Biden said he intends for those troops to remain, adding that U.S. forces on Sunday...
Military Leaders Are Rattled by a List of 'Woke' Officers That a Group Urges Hegseth to Fire The list compiled by the American Accountability Foundation includes 20 general officers or senior admirals and a...
Inside the Military's LGBTQ+ Witch Hunts For those caught up in the witch hunts that rooted out LGBTQ service members, the disgrace is everlasting.
Trump's Army Secretary Pick Is a Former Cavalry Officer, Yale Classmate of JD Vance President-elect Donald Trump has named businessman and Iraq War veteran Dan Driscoll as his pick for Army secretary...
Austin Endorses Women in Combat Jobs and Exhorts West Point Cadets to Defend the Constitution Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin used a speech at West Point Wednesday to forcefully endorse having women in combat roles and...
The US Military Takes Pride in Religious Diversity. Would Things Change if Pete Hegseth Takes Charge? The U.S. military has strived over recent decades to present itself as religiously diverse, welcoming personnel of all faiths...
Defense Department to Review List of Medical Conditions that Disqualify Potential Recruits from Serving The review follows changes over the last three years that expanded waivers for 51 conditions.
Frantic Refugees, Helicopters Pushed Overboard: Memories of the Fall of Saigon 50 Years Later Fifty years later, the surreal images of U.S. sailors and Marines scrambling to push, drag and muscle helicopters overboard...
Reports of Civilian Deaths in Yemen Are Mounting. The Pentagon Is Remaining Mostly Silent. After reports of two major strikes against targets inside Yemen, officials at U.S. Central Command are refusing to discuss...
Trump Locks In Future of Michigan Air Base with New Fighter Jet Announcement President Donald Trump landed in Michigan and shared a hug with a longtime antagonist, Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, as...
48 Hours with Marines and Soldiers on the US Southern Border Amid President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, military assets and personnel are increasingly being relied upon for a...
![Marines at the border wall](http://images03.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-04/staff-border-wall-marines-wire-1800.jpg?itok=a3dIOHTu "Marines were deployed here to reinforce barriers during President Donald Trump's first term, but they were not armed with the long guns their Guardian Angels carry now, NPR reported. An old policy from the very unit these Marines come from said Guardian Angels must watch over their units' security with an "ambush mentality." (Drew F. Lawrence/Military.com)")