Pentagon Unveils New Parental Leave Policy After Delay Caused Uncertainty for Troops Both parents are now offered up to 12 weeks of leave after welcoming a new child, as well as any doctor-approved convalescent...
Defense Department Raises On-Base Child Care Fees Pentagon officials cited staff recruitment and retention as reasons for the increases.
Applications Are Now Open for the DoD's Paid Private Fellowship Program for Military Spouses The fellowship aims to place "career-ready spouses with civilian employers for 12 weeks of professional training, networking...
Pentagon Isn't Tracking Whether Privatized Housing Is Sickening Families, Watchdog Finds An internal Pentagon inspector general report released Dec. 9 estimated that less than .03% of the department's 211,826...
More than Half a Million Troops, Families, Exposed to 'Forever Chemicals,' Watchdog Group Says An internal DoD report published said roughly 175,000 people were affected each year, but an advocacy group says the number...
Republicans Tee Up Challenge to Open Transgender Military Service Ahead of House Majority Republicans have railed against so-called "woke" policies they argue are contributing to the military's recruitment and...
Inside Google's Quest to Digitize Troops' Tissue Samples The tech giant has long sought access to a priceless trove of veterans’ skin samples, tumor biopsies and slices of organs...
Spiraling Confidence in Military Is Being Driven by Perceived Politicization, Survey Finds There was also a stark partisan split in the extent to which respondents saw "woke" policies and extremists in the military...
Pentagon Getting First Senate-Confirmed Watchdog in 7 Years The Senate voted 92-3 to confirm Robert Storch, the current inspector general at the National Security Agency, to become the...
Pentagon Scrubbing All Policies of Language That Stigmatizes Mental Health Conditions Editing is underway on all DoD "issuances" to eliminate outdated language regarding mental health care and treatment.
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...