Defense Department Raises On-Base Child Care Fees Pentagon officials cited staff recruitment and retention as reasons for the increases.
Military's COVID Vaccine Mandate to Be Repealed by Annual Defense Bill The military's COVID-19 vaccine mandate would be repealed under a compromise must-pass annual defense bill unveiled Tuesday...
The Army Keeps Booting COVID Vaccine Refusers as Shot Requirement May Be Dropped The Army has kicked out 1,841 active-duty soldiers for refusing inoculation, according to the latest service data released...
Ukraine Has the Edge Against Russia as Winter Descends, US Defense Secretary Says As winter comes to eastern Europe, Ukrainian forces backed by the U.S. and its allies have the upper hand on Russia and its...
Pentagon ‘Disappointed’ It Failed Audit Again Despite Inching Closer to Success The department, the largest federal agency, has made slight progress since 2021 toward a "clean" audit.
US Inspectors in Ukraine Won't Be Near the Front, Pentagon Says U.S. defense personnel inspecting foreign weapons shipments inside Ukraine won't be close to the front-line fighting...
Republicans Vow to Put 'Woke' Military in Crosshairs if They Win in November Republicans will have more opportunities to take aim at Biden administration defense policies they've decried as "woke,"...
Even More Young Americans Are Unfit to Serve, a New Study Finds. Here's Why. The updated figures paint a picture of what is currently plaguing military recruiters in many of the service branches, with a...
The Pentagon Released Its First Ever Social Media Policy. Here's What You Need to Know The Pentagon released its first ever force-wide social media policy on Monday evening, intending to make clear what online...
Faced with a Rise of Extremism Within Its Ranks, the US Military Has Clamped Down on Racist Speech, Including Retweets and Likes Less than a month after the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin took the...
Trump Is Renaming 7 Army Installations. Here Are the Stories Behind the Names Being Scrubbed. President Donald Trump's announcement is the administration's latest move in its concerted effort to shift the people and...
Veteran Who Fired at Gunman and Inadvertently Killed Utah Protester Was a Safety Volunteer, Organizers Say Police said that the permit for the protest did not specify that there would be armed security, and that the role and...
Air Force Lowered Annual Recruiting Goal Due to Budget Woes, But Still on Track to Hit Target This Month The Air Force had to reduce its target recruiting goal by several thousand airmen due to ongoing congressional budget delays...
‘They’re Taking Shirly’: An Army Sergeant Thought His Family Was Safe. Then, ICE Deported His Wife. For tens of thousands of U.S. service members with undocumented family members, there’s no guaranteed protection from...
Air Force's Bunker-Buster Bomb Could Take Out Iran Nuclear Facility, But Israel Hints at Other Options The Israeli campaign to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons will be considered a failure if the centrifuges deep...