More Ink on Heads, Fingers Allowed in Updated Coast Guard Tattoo Policy The service announced two updates to its tattoo policy this week, adding new locations for finger and head tattoos.
Pentagon Abandons Its Support for Merging the Commissary and Exchange Systems A new cost analysis has determined that the 2018 calculations for a projected $1.7 billion in savings no longer apply.
Military Would Get Boost for Sexual Assault Reform and Pacific Capabilities in Senate Budget Bill The spending bill unveiled by the Senate Appropriations Committee would give the Pentagon $725.8 billion for fiscal year 2022...
Pentagon Official Says He Resigned Because US Cybersecurity Is No Match for China Nicolas Chaillan cited the Pentagon's reluctance to make cybersecurity and AI a priority as a reason he quit.
Troops to Get 'Climate Literacy' Education Under Pentagon's New Climate Change Plan Newly published plans are part of an overall White House strategy to meet a growing weather threat.
Senators Tear into Pentagon Nominee to Oversee Chaplains as Being Anti-Christian Fulton is a West Point graduate who was the first openly gay member of the academy's Board of Visitors, and she has led...
Pentagon Mandates COVID-19 Vaccine for Civilian Workers The memo says those who had COVID-19 infections are “not considered fully vaccinated” for the purposes of the mandate.
Thousands of Internet Suggestions Poured in for Replacing Confederate Names on Bases, and Not All Were Nice The effort requires the U.S. military to remove names of Confederates on bases, ships, buildings and streets that commemorate...
Generals Were Blindsided by the Afghan Army's Big Quit, But Enlisted Troops Saw it Coming Rep. Ruben Gallego wanted to know why U.S. intelligence appeared to be clueless on the lack of resistance put up by a U.S...
US Troops Go to Court Seeking Vaccine Exemption for Those Who've Had COVID-19 The service members want the Defense Department to exempt those with natural immunity from the coronavirus vaccine order.
Marine Sergeant Sentenced to Confinement, Dishonorable Discharge and Reduction in Rank for Lejeune Killing Dakota Honstein pleaded not guilty and was acquitted of the most severe charge -- murder, also known as Article 118 in...
Here Are All the Big Cuts and Changes Coming to the Army The service's aim is to streamline the force while investing in emerging technologies that Army officials say are critical to...
Problems with Privatized Household Goods Shipments Prompt Hegseth to Order Immediate Changes The directive from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth follows a rash of issues with a contract meant to privatize the Defense...
A Single Server Holds All Navy Pay and Promotion Data. DOGE Canceled a Contract to Upload It to the Cloud. The Navy has been in a yearslong struggle to modernize its critically important human resources computer systems that...
Cots, MREs, Per Diem: Army Offers New Details for Soldiers Sent to Massive D.C. Military Parade Thousands of soldiers flying or busing into Washington, D.C., next month will be sleeping on cots, eating mostly MREs (and...