How Legendary Gen. John Pershing Fought a Racist Law ... and Won "As I have promised them protection, I very much desire to carry out my word."
Hegseth Orders End to Race Consideration in Admissions at Military Service Academies Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered all military service academies to no longer consider race, ethnicity or sex for...
Pentagon Committee Created to Direct Book Banning in Service Branches The Pentagon dramatically expanded efforts to censor and remove books with topics such as diversity and anti-racism by...
The First Black Medal of Honor Action Is Brought to Life in the Latest AUSA Graphic Novel William Harvey Carney actions amid some of the most intense combat of the Civil War would earn him the respect of his fellow...
Pending Report on Veterans' Access to Parks Censored to Comply with Trump's Anti-Diversity Orders Mentions of race, gender and, in some cases, disabilities have been scrubbed from an upcoming report from a federal task...
Secret Recordings Show President Roosevelt Debating Military Desegregation with Civil Rights Leaders More than a year before Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt heard arguments from the civil rights leaders of the...
Shaving Waivers Revoked by Massachusetts Guard in Change Disproportionately Impacting Black Troops The Massachusetts Army National Guard has abruptly rescinded long-standing medical waivers that allowed certain soldiers to...
Army Enlisted Academy Bars Students from Writing About Women and Minorities The 10-month Sergeants Major Academy at Fort Bliss, Texas, includes multiple major projects in its curriculum, including two...
Book Purge at Service Academy a 'Blatant Attack' on Free Speech, Democratic Lawmakers Say The call came in the days after the U.S. Naval Academy got rid of nearly 400 volumes from its Nimitz Library collection on...
How This 101-Year-Old Tuskegee Airman Helped Keep the 'Red Ball Express' Running During WWII Nearly 75% of soldiers assigned to the Red Ball Express were Black, and collectively, they did yeoman's work until the...
Upcharging on Food, Selling Booze: The Army's Plan to Privatize Dining The Army is preparing to overhaul its food service system in a move that could strip away government-run dining facilities...
Air Force Leader Says Troops Must Be Ready to 'Kill People and Blow Sh-- Up' Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force David Flosi, the service's top enlisted leader, didn't mince his words in an internal...
Coast Guard Temporarily Relieves Commanding Officer of Cutter Tampa Cmdr. Walter Krolman, who has led the medium endurance cutter Tampa for two years, was relieved for "loss of confidence,"...
Will the Military Draft Come Back? Will the U.S. military draft return? Learn the current status, how a draft would work and what recent events mean for the...
Veterans' Advocates Warn of Low Morale Amid LA Deployment: 'This Is Not What We Signed Up For' Ever since President Donald Trump seized control of the California National Guard and deployed thousands of troops to Los...
![](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-04/1time%20AUSA%20medal%20of%20honor%20comic%201200.jpg?itok=ePa905ar ""Medal of Honor: William Carney" from the Association of the U.S. Army.")
![Members of the California National Guard keep an eye out as thousands participate in the "No Kings" demonstration in downtown Los Angeles](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-06/trib-california-national-guard-1800.gif.jpg?itok=UOf5fy6L "Members of the California National Guard keep an eye out as thousands participate in the "No Kings" demonstration in downtown Los Angeles on June 14, 2025. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times/TNS)")