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...
Carter Opens All Military Jobs to Women in Historic Move Defense Secretary Carter went against the opposition of Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford to open up all military...
No Decision Yet on Sending More Troops to Afghanistan: White House The White House has yet to sign off on the call by the U.S. commander in Afghanistan for more troops.
Overruled on Women in Combat, Marine Corps Prepares to Integrate Units The U.S. Marine Corps lost its bid to keep some combat fields closed to women, but officials said the service will waste no...
Air Force to Roll Out New Battlefield Airmen Incentive Pay The pilot program will allow the service to study whether the incentive pay helps retain airmen in high-performing fields.
Opening Combat Jobs to Women Will Mean Lower Standards: Marine General Marine Gen. John Kelly broke ranks with Pentagon brass Friday on the issue of whether ground combat jobs should be open to...
Almost 300 Female Marines in Previously Closed Combat Jobs Lt. Gen. Glenn Walters hailed the progress that Marines have made in integrating the ranks.
Fired: Joint Chiefs Chairman, Top Navy Leader, Air Force Vice Chief, Service Judge Advocates General In a historic and unprecedented move, the Trump administration on Friday night fired the Joint Chiefs chairman, the Navy's...
Thousands of Pentagon Civilian Workers Will Be Fired Next Week as Trump Purge Begins The massive round of firings is part of an "initial effort" to cut the Defense Department's civilian workforce by 5% to 8%...
VA Crisis Line Employees Among Those Fired Amid Federal Workforce Purge Of the 1,000 employees fired last week from the Department of Veterans Affairs, some were employees who had worked for the...
What's in Store for VA Disability Benefits with New Office of Management and Budget Chief? New OMB Director Russell Vought has contributed to two conservative playbooks that advocate for the revamping of veterans'...
Fort Moore Was Named After My Parents. A Letter Mom Wrote Shows Why It Shouldn’t Go Back to Benning My Dad was a commander in the Vietnam War. My Mom changed how the military cares for widows.
