Army Makes It Harder for Commanders to Deny Soldiers Leave for Abortions The strict new policies strip company-level commanders, usually a captain, of any authority to deny a soldier's request to...
Survey Finds a Decline in Well-Being Among Military Families Amid Stress and Loneliness A biennial survey finds the number of military families that would recommend service continues to decline.
A Maryland Housing Development Is Going Up Beside Army Land Polluted by Bio-Weapon Testing A new housing development is going up near Fort Detrick, Maryland, and the Army is considering a series of engineering...
What You Need to Know About Virginians' Fight to Restore Benefits for Families of Vets Veterans' families are geared up for Friday's special session of the Virginia General Assembly to review the massive changes...
New Rule Gives Maximum Pell Grants to Children of Fallen Service Members A new rule takes effect July 1 that expands higher education benefits to more children of fallen service members, while also...
Democrats Push Pentagon on Birth Control for Service Members as Defense Bill Looks to Ease Access As studies show service members continue to struggle to access birth control, a group of Senate Democrats is pushing the...
How One Marine Veteran Takes Care of the Children of America's Fallen Joe Lewis and Angels of America's Fallen want to keep the children of military personnel and first responders on the right...
Active-Duty Families Seek Transparency on Hate Crimes and Racism in Military Communities The Secure Families Initiative says that troops need information on crimes, compassionate moves and school programs to make...
The Army Made Her Plead Guilty or Face Prison for Being Gay. She's Still Paying the Price. LGBTQ veterans and advocates want justice for discrimination and are frustrated that an upcoming VA change for so-called bad...
Veterans and PTSD: What Military Families Should Know The first step to helping a loved one cope with a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder is research.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
![Mona McGuire with a portion of her discharge certificate.](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2024-06/1time-mona-mcguire-discharge-certificate-1200.jpg?itok=Tc6wF_wJ "Mona McGuire was 19 when she started as a military police officer. Less than a year later, the Army ended her career "under other than honorable conditions" and "for the good of the service in lieu of court-martial" when she admitted during an interrogation that she was gay. (Photo courtesy of Mona McGuire; Excerpts of DD-214 Certificate of Discharge)")
