Defense Secretary Releases Plan to Keep Top Jobs Filled Amid Senate Blockade of Promotions In a memo dated Aug. 2, Austin recommended several ways to "mitigate the harms caused by the hold" that Sen. Tommy Tuberville...
Army Becomes Latest Service with No Top Officer as Senate Hold Persists Gen. Randy George, the service's No. 2 officer, stepped in as acting chief of staff on Friday as Gen. James McConville...
Army, Navy Will Be Latest Services Without Chiefs as Senator Maintains Block on Confirmations Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville is set to retire next week, while Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday will...
Military Spouses Deliver Petition Calling for End to Tuberville Blockade on Senior Officer Promotions The spouses, organized by advocacy group the Secure Families Initiative, delivered a petition signed by more than 550...
Base Air Show Featuring Scantily Clad Models Raises Questions About Justification for Drag Show Ban Instagram was flooded with pictures and videos of the models alongside sports cars, on the runway posing in front of cargo...
Alabama Chairman Releases Hold on Air Force Personnel Funds, But Space Command Standoff Continues Efforts to shuffle DoD funding remain caught up in a contentious fight over where Space Command will be headquartered.
Pentagon Defends Abortion Policy Ahead of Senate Fight over Defense Bill Republicans are pushing for a vote on an amendment from Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, that would reverse the Pentagon's abortion...
GOP Uses Must-Pass Defense Bill to Thwack at Abortion, Transgender Troops as Legislation Passes House The traditionally bipartisan bill became a battleground for culture war issues this year after far-right lawmakers threatened...
Alabama Lawmaker Blocks Pentagon Budget Moves to Force Decision on Space Command Basing The move by Rep. Mike Rogers has put the Air Force in a bind as it faces a personnel funding shortfall and looks to extend...
What Veterans Can Expect When Running for Office for the First Time No matter what you did in the military, running for Congress can change everything, as former naval flight officer Hillary O...
Upcharging on Food, Selling Booze: The Army's Plan to Privatize Dining The Army is preparing to overhaul its food service system in a move that could strip away government-run dining facilities...
Air Force Leader Says Troops Must Be Ready to 'Kill People and Blow Sh-- Up' Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force David Flosi, the service's top enlisted leader, didn't mince his words in an internal...
Coast Guard Temporarily Relieves Commanding Officer of Cutter Tampa Cmdr. Walter Krolman, who has led the medium endurance cutter Tampa for two years, was relieved for "loss of confidence,"...
Will the Military Draft Come Back? Will the U.S. military draft return? Learn the current status, how a draft would work and what recent events mean for the...
Veterans' Advocates Warn of Low Morale Amid LA Deployment: 'This Is Not What We Signed Up For' Ever since President Donald Trump seized control of the California National Guard and deployed thousands of troops to Los...
![Members of the California National Guard keep an eye out as thousands participate in the "No Kings" demonstration in downtown Los Angeles](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-06/trib-california-national-guard-1800.gif.jpg?itok=UOf5fy6L "Members of the California National Guard keep an eye out as thousands participate in the "No Kings" demonstration in downtown Los Angeles on June 14, 2025. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times/TNS)")