House Panel Approves Measure to Require Women to Register for Draft A House panel on Wednesday approved by a narrow margin an amendment to a defense bill to require women to register for the...
Senators Back 1.6% Troop Pay Raise, Women in Draft, Health Care Reform A key Senate panel OK'd a 1.6 percent pay raise for troops, requiring women to register for the draft and overhauling Tricare...
Bill Requiring Women to Register for the Draft Passes Senate A provision that would require women to register for the military draft alongside men was included as part of the massive...
Sebastian Junger's Draft Proposal: Service with Non-Military Options Mandatory national service, writer-producer Sebastian Junger argues, "would give young people a very valuable lesson."
Marines to Buy Bulletproof Panels for Recruiting Stations A year after a terror-motivated mass shooting in Chattanooga, Tennessee the Marine Corps has begun to shore up recruiting...
Marines Study African-American Youth 'Mindset' in Recruiting Push In its latest effort to improve recruiting strategies and diversify the force, the Marine Corps is conducting a research...
Military Tattoo Policies May Thwart Potential Recruits: Carter Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said he is concerned the current tattoo policies are turning away otherwise good recruits.
Recruit Hospitalized After Fall from Balcony at Parris Island A recruit was hospitalized after a fall from the second story of a building at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island.
Military to Boost Recruiting with Better Ads, School Access The DoD plans a new advertising campaign and warnings to schools blocking recruiters in a drive to broaden the appeal of...
Congress May Not Require Women to Register for Draft Congress appears to favor another study commission rather than taking a vote on the issue of having women register for the...
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...
