Deny Who We Are or Harm Our Country? The Impossible Choice Facing Transgender Service Members Burying oneself and constantly being on guard not to let slip who you really are takes a mental and physical toll.
I Was Fired, and Thousands of Veterans Are Next Unless We Act "A community of people with special expertise in teamwork and effectiveness is a valuable asset to the government, and they...
Fear and Chaos Hit Military Families After Sudden Firings of Top Leaders There is fear, chaos and sadness overwhelming military families behind the scenes. It's being driven by the sudden firing of...
Speak Up Before VA Health Care Is Gutted While controversy swirls around last week's mass firing of 1,000 Department of Veterans Affairs' employees, a far greater...
Punishing Military Officers for Political Reasons Endangers Our Troops and Threatens National Security Recent actions taken against the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley are more than punitive...
We Military Spouses Don't Want Special Treatment. We Just Want to Work. The recent federal hiring freeze, put in place by President Donald Trump on his first day in office, has made it even harder...
Art and Arms: 2 Aspects of Resistance in Ukraine's Fight for Freedom In Ukraine, everyone has a war story. It may not be combat, but it is the constant burden of destruction.
Congress Needs to Support the VA and Firearms Industry's Partnership to Prevent Veterans' Suicides Last month, House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill., sent a searing letter to Veterans Affairs...
It's Time for US Troops to Leave Syria "There are roughly 4,500 U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria today, and they represent a potentially significant strategic...
Military Diversity Is Not the Problem "The main reason for concern about the U.S. military and its performance has to do with the variety of U.S. commitments and...
Banned Books, School Walkouts, Child Care Shortages: Military Families Confront Pentagon's Shifting Rules At a public school, the protest might have led to a detention and maybe some revoked after-school privileges. But on a...
Air Force, Navy Warn Troops About Political Speech Amid Trump Administration Changes New memos from the Air Force and the Navy warn troops to watch their political speech online and in person, and even...
Jury Acquits Navy Command Master Chief of Sexually Assaulting Teen Girl A six-member jury has acquitted a career Navy man of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old relative during a sleepover at his...
The 5 Most Realistic Army Movies, According to an Army Historian It might surprise some war movie fans to know that at least one Army historian doesn't think there's anything special about...
The Still-Living Janitor Who Received a 'Posthumous' Medal of Honor Army Pvt. William Crawford was declared killed in action and was awarded a posthumous Medal of Honor, which was presented to...