GOP Uses Must-Pass Defense Bill to Thwack at Abortion, Transgender Troops as Legislation Passes House The traditionally bipartisan bill became a battleground for culture war issues this year after far-right lawmakers threatened...
Plan to Slash Military Medical Billets Based on Faulty Analysis, Federal Watchdog Says A 2019 proposal to trim 10,739 medical personnel from the ranks failed to use the criteria it developed to assess wartime...
What the DoD Can Learn from Alleged Jack Teixeira Classified Document Leaks "It's often easier and reassuring to blame a flawed individual, but addressing institutional and systemic failings can...
Growth of SkillBridge Transition Program Paused After Overwhelming Popularity The Pentagon has temporarily stopped accepting new civilian employers into the SkillBridge career transition program during...
Bulletproof Safe Rooms in DoD Schools: Lawmakers Look to New Tactics to Protect Kids A bipartisan pair of lawmakers wants to install bulletproof safe rooms in the schools that serve military children, amid...
Advocates Say More Change Is Needed After Pentagon Releases New Exceptional Family Member Plan The Exceptional Family Member Program, which connects military families with necessary resources for kids and adults who have...
Details of Chinook Crash That Injured 22 Troops Corrected by Pentagon The Pentagon on revised its narrative of what happened during a helicopter incident in northeastern Syria that left 22...
'Unacceptable': Pentagon Highlights Supervisors' Role in Racial Bias Across Services The review revealed that "significant racial disparities exist across the investigative and military justice systems"
The US Military Is So Worried About Generic Pills That It Reportedly Wants to Do Its Own Testing to Make Sure They're Safe The Department of Defense is talking with Valisure, a lab that specializes in checking the quality of pharmaceuticals...
Researchers Say Military Service Is the 'Single Strongest' Predictor of Violent Extremism The new analysis comes as the Pentagon and the services try to grapple with the idea of extremism within the ranks.
Tennessee Man Shot Dead After Flipping Middle Finger at War Memorial Albert Sturgill Jr., 63, was confronted by a group while gesturing at the flag and monuments at Cumberland County Veterans...
Chicago Braces for Potential National Guard Deployment Amid Trump Threats Illinois politicians are sounding an alarm and bracing for possible National Guard deployments to Chicago amid President...
9/11 Air Defense Stories You Might Not Know As hijacked planes turned into weapons on September 11, 2001, inside a quiet Air National Guard facility in upstate New York...
Is Trump's Troop Buildup in US Cities a Declaration of War — or Something Else? As President Donald Trump goads Democratic-led cities, Americans are grappling with a fundamental question of American...
Navy Demotion Reversed for GOP Congressman Who Government Watchdog Found Abused Subordinates Jackson was quietly demoted to captain in 2022, three years after his retirement from the Navy, following an inspector...