How This 101-Year-Old Tuskegee Airman Helped Keep the 'Red Ball Express' Running During WWII Nearly 75% of soldiers assigned to the Red Ball Express were Black, and collectively, they did yeoman's work until the...
US Naval Academy Ends Affirmative Action in Admissions The change in policy was made in February by Vice Adm. Yvette Davids, the academy's superintendent, in response to an...
The Golden 14: How Black Women Exploited a Loophole to Serve During World War I The Golden 14 were attached to the USS Triton during World War I and served as the Navy's first enlisted Black women.
Lawmakers Demand Trump Administration Restore Removed Webpages Celebrating Troops A group of Senate Democrats will be sending a letter demanding that President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete...
Defense Department Webpage on Jackie Robinson Goes Down, Then Returns amid Diversity Purge The page on Robinson includes biographical information about his Army service during World War II, which occurred prior to...
Navajo Code Talker Videos, Photos, Stories Removed to Comply with Trump Diversity Purge The Marine Corps has removed more than a dozen videos, photos and stories about Navajo Code Talkers as part of an ongoing...
Army Deleting Online Content Related to Women, Minorities Using Key Words Like 'Respect' and 'Dignity' The deletion of photos, video and other content is part of an order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that all the military...
VMI Board Opted Out of Extending First Black Superintendent's Contract Retired Army Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins will step down in June from his post as the first Black superintendent of the Virginia...
Former Defense Chiefs Call for Congressional Hearings on Trump's Firing of Senior Military Leaders The five men — who represented Republican and Democratic administrations over the past three decades — said the dismissals...
Air Force Deletes 'CQ' Brown Quote, COVID-19 History and Bias Lesson from New Handbook The new handbook, which was reissued last week, eliminated more than just mentions of diversity within the pages -- some of...
Hegseth Has Ordered a Combat Standards Review. It's Unclear How It Might Apply to All the Services. It's a move that underscores Hegseth's broader push for higher standards in the military, but also one that reflects the long...
'In No Way Incompatible': Service Academy Alums Sign Letter Supporting Transgender Cadets, Midshipmen Alumni representing every academy and a broad spectrum of generations have signed onto an open letter aimed at providing...
Military Retirees Say They Were Denied Extended GI Bill Benefits Despite Supreme Court Ruling The officers had extensive service under the Montgomery and Post-9/11 GI Bills yet were not given an extra 12 months of...
Why You Should Buy a Tank You can buy surplus military vehicles, and yes, that includes tanks. Here's how to get the hottest set of wheels (sorry...
No Deal: White House Says DC's F-16 Transfer to Maryland Is Off the Table A deal last year to transfer an F-16 Fighting Falcon squadron from the District of Columbia Air National Guard to Maryland...
