'Complete Purge': On-Paper Exemptions to Transgender Troop Ban Are Worthless, Advocates Say While the ability to get an exemption exists on paper, the criteria are so narrow and contradictory that, in practice...
In Lawsuit Filing, Pentagon Says Transgender Troops Can't Serve Unless They Meet a Warfighting Need The policy memo was included in the latest court filing in a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's executive order...
Justice Department Files Complaint Against Judge Weighing Challenge to Trump’s Transgender Troop Ban The Justice Department has filed a complaint accusing a federal judge in Washington of misconduct during hearings over...
Federal Judge Appears Inclined to Block Transgender Military Ban After 2 Days of Court Arguments A court hearing on the Trump administration's efforts to ban transgender people from the military has wrapped up for now...
'Unadulterated Animus': Judge Tears into Trump Administration at Hearing on Transgender Military Ban Judge Ana Reyes was hearing arguments as part of a lawsuit filed by two LGBTQ+ advocacy groups on behalf of several...
Transgender Recruits and Gender-Affirming Health Care Restricted by Hegseth Memo All military services must pause accepting recruits with histories of gender dysphoria and halt some gender-affirming health...
The VA Said It Would Cover Gender Affirmation Surgeries. Trans Vets Are Still Waiting. The life-and-death stakes of gender affirmation are closely tied to alarming numbers of suicides and suicidal ideation in the...
Transgender Troops, Confronting Shifting Policies of Acceptance, Just Want to Serve Transgender troops' right to serve -- perhaps even to fight and die for a nation they volunteered to defend -- has been...
How Trump's Moves to End Protections for Transgender People Could Hurt Veterans Health Care In one of his first moves in office last month, Trump signed an executive order that railed against "ideologues who deny the...
Navy Already Rejecting Transgender Recruits After Trump Order A Navy memo dated the day after Trump signed his order directed recruiters to reject transgender applicants immediately...
Trump Pardons Former Army Officer Convicted of Disobeying COVID-19 Safety Rules President Trump pardoned a former junior Army officer who was found guilty in a 2022 court-martial of violating orders to...
He Was a Sailor. I, a Marine. Our Romance Was Forbidden by Regulation. I was the new “WM”—Woman Marine—on deck, and I felt the weight of all eyes watching me for every right or wrong move I made...
American Military Jeeps Are Rising from the Ashes in Vietnam A company called Van Daryl is rebuilding the Jeeps the American military left behind in Vietnam, and you’ll hardly recognize...
Pentagon Weighs Bigger Army as Service Sees Early Recruiting Success As of Monday, the Army had brought in 59,875 new active-duty enlisted soldiers with a total goal of 61,000 for fiscal 2025...
Space Command Headquarters in Colorado 'Not Sustainable' Without New Construction, GAO Finds The political fight over Space Command's future in either Alabama or Colorado has been a partisan tug-of-war for more than...
