Military Leaders Warn of Risks to Armed Forces' Readiness in Temporary Funding Bill The vice chiefs of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force said that if they don't get additional funding, they at least...
US Soldiers Seen as More Trustworthy Than Judges, New Poll Finds Survey recipients were asked specifically about soldiers, but the word was intended to represent all U.S. troops.
Troops Who Deployed to the US-Mexico Border Are Getting a Medal The award is designated for troops who "encounter no foreign armed opposition or imminent hostile action."
Military Leaders Pledge to Keep Standards High as Ranks Grow The Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps all plan to increase their personnel levels in fiscal 2019.
Upcoming U.S. Troop Deployment Could Be Last for Afghanistan The Army’s 4th Infantry Division will be sending a total of about 2,800 soldiers to Afghanistan in separate deployments this...
Army and Marine Leaders Weigh Test Data on Female Combat Performance The head of Army Training and Doctrine command discussed the studies the service has done to gauge how women would perform in...
Gates Accuses White House of 'Semantic Backflips' on Combat in Iraq The White House has engaged in "semantic backflips" on whether U.S. troops are engaged in combat, former SecDef Gates charged...
Head of SpecOps Command: Decision on Women in Combat Imminent The commander of U.S. Special Operations Command said today that his recommendation on women serving in direct-action combat...
Carter: Opening Combat Jobs to Women 'Makes Sense' Trump faces calls from some conservatives to undo the women-in-combat provisions, which affects a large portion of the...
Carter to Decide in January on Whether to Open Combat Jobs to Women Defense Secretary Ashton Carter didn’t say whether any of the services asked for exceptions to the order to open up all...
Navy Orders Forcewide Housing Inspections After Secretary 'Appalled' by Guam Barracks Conditions Navy Secretary Phelan visited Guam earlier this month and was "appalled" after seeing the conditions of an Air Force barracks...
Air Force Wants Private Company to Take Over its On-Base Hotels The Department of the Air Force, which includes the Space Force, will start accepting requests for proposals this summer...
2 Elite Marine Corps Pilots Reveal What It's Like to Fly a F-35B Fighter Jet In his role as a pilot with the Marine Corps air demonstration team, Maj. Craig Norris flew the F-35B Lightning II at...
Ken Burns Reveals Why He Chose to Tell the Story of 'The American Revolution' Legendary documentary filmmaker Ken Burns once called the Civil War "the most important event in American history," because...
Veterans’ Protests Planned for D-Day Latest in Nearly 250 Years of Fighting for Their Benefits Veterans were not always politically popular, nor were they treated well by the federal government.