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.
How the Government Shutdown Impacts Veterans and the VA While most vets won't be impacted by the ongoing government shutdown, concerns may ramp up the longer it persists.
Hegseth Wants 'Male Standard' for Combat Roles. Many Female Veterans Say That's Already the Case Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in an address to the military’s top leaders waded back into a topic that nearly derailed his...
The Forgotten Military Vehicles of ‘M*A*S*H’ Between all the martini-fueled hijinx and medical drama, “M*A*S*H” featured some pretty special military vehicles.
Hegseth's Decision on Wounded Knee Medals Sparks Outrage in Native American Communities Native American communities that had long wanted the removal of military honors for the soldiers involved in the 1890 Wounded...
Airman Confronts and Shoots Armed Neighbor on Deadly Rampage, Iowa Officials Say Harrison Friar, a senior airman, was with his wife and children at their home in Glenwood on the evening of Aug. 6 when they...
