Airman Accused in International Murder-Kidnapping Conspiracy Targeting Haitian Island Federal prosecutors say a young Air Force enlistee and a Texas civilian planned to recruit vulnerable people, buy weapons...
The Debate Over ‘Illegal Orders’ Misses the One Group That Can’t Speak: Today’s Troops The national back-and-forth over what public leaders can or shouldn’t say about “illegal orders” has dominated headlines for...
When Lawmakers Lecture the Military: Why the “Unlawful Orders” Video Invites Confusion A group of Democratic lawmakers released a video telling service members they must refuse unlawful orders, a message that is...
The Feres Doctrine, Part III: Calls For Reform Feres has survived for decades despite criticism from judges across the ideological spectrum and repeated attempts in...
The Feres Doctrine, Part II: The Human Cost Behind the legal phrase “incident to service” are families left without justice. From a Navy nurse who died in childbirth to...
The Feres Doctrine, Part I: How It Took Root The Feres doctrine began as a narrow judicial limitation on the Federal Tort Claims Act but has grown into a rule that blocks...
Study: 2025 is One of Deadliest Years for Veterans on Death Row Veterans receiving the death penalty continues to be a controversial issue and 2025 is shaping up to be one of the deadliest...
Victims of Alleged Sexual Misconduct at Fort Hood to Take Legal Action Against Army The new allegations at Fort Hood come the same year as another Army doctor, Maj. Michael Stockin, was sentenced to prison for...
9th Circuit Weighs In On Guard Deployment To Oregon The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has stepped into the fight over President Trump’s attempt to send National Guard troops into...
Trump's Use of the National Guard Sets Up a Legal Clash Testing Presidential Power President Donald Trump has already pushed traditional boundaries by using the National Guard domestically, envisioning a...
Could the US Bring Back the Draft? Who Would Be Called First — and Who Qualifies Could the U.S. bring back the draft? Here’s how Selective Service works today, who would be called first and why only about...
VA Study: Ozempic, Other GLP-1 Drugs May Fight Addiction Across Every Major Substance For the more than 48 million Americans with substance use disorders, including a disproportionate share of veterans, GLP-1...
US Navy Sends Submarines Under Arctic Ice for 100th Time in Milestone Exercise The U.S. Navy has reached a Cold War-era milestone in the Arctic, deploying two Virginia-class submarines beneath the polar...
After the Knock on the Door: How TAPS Supports Military Families for Life After a service member dies, families face a lifetime of grief. TAPS founder Bonnie Carroll explains how the organization...
Exclusive: John Ripley, the Marine Who Blew Up the Dong Ha Bridge, to Receive the Medal of Honor More than 50 years after hanging beneath a Vietnam bridge to stop a North Vietnamese armored invasion, Marine Col. John...
