This Week, Fort Pickett Will Replace Its Confederate Name, a First for an Army Base Following Renaming Commission Fort Pickett will be redesignated Fort Barfoot, honoring Col. Van T. Barfoot, a World War II Medal of Honor recipient with...
Gun Buying Restrictions on Base Are Needed to Reduce Suicides, Pentagon Panel Says On-base stores in the U.S. sold 113,200 firearms in 2021, according to figures provided to Military.com by the exchange...
The Story Behind the US Military's Cold War-Era Goose Platoons In 1986, the U.S. military realized the potential for guard geese at its European Air Defense installations and placed 900 of...
USOs Across the Country Are Mysteriously Shutting Down USO officials have pointed to a general reprioritization of resources, citing low foot traffic at recently closed locations...
Army Will Check for Mold in All Barracks and Facilities as Service Grapples with Housing Conditions Over the next two months, the active-duty component of the Army will inspect all the buildings in its inventory for mold...
Some Airmen Will Be Allowed to Swap Base Assignments Again Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force JoAnne Bass teased the policy change at the Air and Space Force Association's Air...
These Are the Most Popular Bases New Soldiers Are Volunteering For The most popular duty station by far is Alaska, home of the newly revamped 11th Airborne Division.
Arlington Confederate Memorial Should Be Removed and USS Chancellorsville Renamed, Panel Says The 108-year-old monument should be stripped and removed down to its granite base plate, the commission will tell Congress in...
West Point and Naval Academy Should Scrub Names of Confederate Officers, Panel Tells Congress The Naming Commission released the latest of its recommendations to rid the military of tributes to secessionists who fought...
Navy Would Test Saving Money by Offering Meat Alternatives Under House Bill Options for vegan meat substitutes could be coming to Navy chow halls overseas under a pilot program recently advanced by...
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...
