Stymied in the Trump Era, Lawmakers Launch New Attempt to Make VA Motto Gender-Neutral A bipartisan group of lawmakers is again moving to change the Department of Veterans Affairs' motto to be more inclusive...
Lawmakers Want to Know How US Will Keep Up Terror Fight After Afghanistan Pullout As the U.S. prepares to withdraw from Afghanistan, lawmakers and others are trying to figure out how to keep it from becoming...
Congress, Not Courts, Should Decide the Future of the Military Draft, Justice Department Says The Biden administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a petition calling for the men-only draft registration to...
Lawmakers Rush to Introduce Relief Bills as Military Toxic Exposures Come to Light Advocates and some lawmakers stress that the stars are aligned to pass significant legislation.
Lawmakers Are Worried COVID-19 Did Long-Term Damage to Military Training Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle say they are worried the military is only beginning to see how the pandemic has...
'Fighting on All Fronts': Deported US Veterans Cautiously Optimistic Biden Will Bring Them Home At least 250 veterans were deported or in deportation proceedings between 2013 and 2018, according to a GAO report.
Lawmaker Blames 'Lack of Urgency' for Sluggish Military Records Processing Some lawmakers are fed up with the National Personnel Records Center, falling behind by nearly 500,000 military record...
New Book on Navy Reading List Prompts Senator to Introduce Bill Banning Racial Bias Training Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., has introduced a bill aiming to squash racial bias training in the military.
Armed Services Committee Lawmaker Investigated Over Alleged Sexual Relationship With Teen: Report Rep. Matt Gaetz is reportedly under investigation from the Justice Department on whether he had a sexual relationship with a...
Lawmakers Urge Biden to Back Legislation to Locate GWOT Memorial on National Mall A group of post-9/11 veterans in Congress is pushing President Joe Biden to back a measure to build the planned Global War on...
Trump Wants a Department of War. A House GOP Amendment Would Give Him One. Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., has filed an amendment to the annual defense policy bill that would formally change the name of the...
F-35 Pilot Was on Phone for Nearly an Hour with Engineers Before Ejection and Fiery Crash The 39-page crash report, released this week, detailed the circumstances of the fiery crash, which completely destroyed the F...
All Services Now Issue Form DD214-1 to Departing Reservists The military's reserve components now issue departing reservists a new record that summarizes their periods of active and...
Veteran Stole $244K in Disability, Then Faked Drowning Death in Maine, Feds Say Gregory P. Heimann Jr. will be returned to Maine, where he will face a charge of making false statements to the government.
US Deportation Flights Hit Record Highs as Carriers Try to Hide the Planes, Advocates Say Immigration advocates gather like clockwork outside Seattle's King County International Airport to witness deportation...