Task Force Calls for Permanent National Guard Force to Protect DC The security review recommended establishing a permanent National Guard quick reaction force, or QRF, for all of D.C.
Key Lawmakers Question Justification for Keeping Troops at Capitol Through Spring The U.S. Capitol Police asked the Defense Department to keep thousands of troops in D.C. for up to two more months.
Guard Members Who Deployed for the Inauguration Are Getting a Brand-New Award In all, some 26,000 National Guard troops deployed to Washington, D.C., to support President Joe Biden's inauguration.
Military Reviewing Request to Keep Guard Troops in DC Another 2 Months Capitol Police made the request a day after the agency announced it had uncovered a plot to attack the U.S. Capitol.
Guard General Blames Pentagon Restrictions for Delayed Military Response to Capitol Riot Maj. Gen. Walker told a Senate committee that he could have sent Guard members to support law enforcement hours earlier.
Pentagon Eyes Plan to Intensify Social Media Screening in Military Background Investigations The Pentagon is looking for a new way to screen social media as part of its background check process.
DC, Capitol Police 'Stunned' at Slow National Guard Response During Jan. 6 Riot Lawmakers grilled security officials Tuesday over their failure to defend the U.S. Capitol from a mob of insurrectionists.
Veterans Used Their Military Training to Plot Violence in Capitol Riot, Feds Say Leaders remain concerned that extremist groups are actively working to recruit those about to join the military.
Keep White Supremacists Out of the Military by Never Letting Them In The military-to-civilian ratio among the mob actually outpaces that of veterans in Congress, but just barely.
'Beijing Biden Is Not My President:' Troops' Social Media Posts in Spotlight After Capitol Riots Much of the organization for the protest that preceded the Capitol attack occurred on social media.
Marine Recruiter Who Wrote ‘Memoir’ About Teenage Recruit Sentenced to Prison Nearly a year after then-Gunnery Sgt. Christopher Champagne self-published a memoir about his inappropriate relationship with...
Five Chinese Nationals Charged with Covering Up Midnight Visit to Michigan Military Site U.S. authorities charged five Chinese nationals with lying and trying to cover their tracks, more than a year after they were...
Air Force Has a Problem Recruiting for Special Warfare Jobs, New Report Finds The Rand Corp. released a study detailing the issues the Air Force has faced in getting recruits to join Special Warfare...
1,000 Active-Duty Soldiers Called Up to Assist with Hurricane Helene Response The 1,000 troops, an Infantry Battalion Task Force formed from the XVIII Airborne Corps, are from the 82nd Airborne Division...
Army Testing Robot Dogs Armed with Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Rifles in Middle East The Army was testing at least one armed quadrupedal unmanned ground vehicle at an installation in Saudi Arabia.