Pentagon Adds Exemptions to Requirement for All Troops to Get the Flu Shot The Pentagon has stepped back from the policy that requires all troops to get the flu shot every year by introducing...
Maine Mass Shooting Survivors Refile Lawsuit After Pentagon Watchdog Report Cites Army Negligence Eighteen people were killed in Lewiston in October 2023 when Robert Card opened fire at a bowling alley and a bar and grill.
Trump Says US Has Carried Out Another Fatal Strike Targeting Alleged Drug-Smuggling Boat “Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking illicit narcotics, and was transiting along a known narcotrafficking...
Pentagon Steps up Media Restrictions, Now Requiring Approval Before Reporting Even Unclassified Info Journalists who don't abide by the policy risk losing credentials that provide access to the Pentagon.
Pentagon plan pits U.S. Marines against California off-roaders and civilian pilots The Pentagon has proposed restricting civilian air traffic above much of the Johnson Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Area to...
Pentagon Says Troops Can Only Be Exempt from Shaving Their Facial Hair for a Year Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered that troops who need an exemption from shaving their facial hair for longer than a...
Senate Democrats Raise Concerns over Pentagon Plan to Use Military Lawyers as Immigration Judges The letter, sent to the military services and provided to The Associated Press, comes two weeks after Defense Secretary Pete...
Americans Mark the 24th Anniversary of the 9/11 Attacks with Emotional Ceremonies America marked the 24th anniversary of the deadly attacks with solemn ceremonies in New York, at the Pentagon and in...
Hegseth and Caine Visit Puerto Rico as US Steps Up Military Operations in the Caribbean The arrival comes more than a week after ships carrying hundreds of U.S. marines deployed to Puerto Rico for a training...
Trump Gives DoD ‘Secondary’ Name as Department of War, Circumventing Congress President Donald Trump signed an executive order giving the Department of Defense the “secondary name” of the Department of...
Army Expands Combat Patch Eligibility as Modern Deployments Redefine Combat Service The Army expanded combat patch eligibility, recognizing soldiers in modern deployments where risk is high even without...
You Took Separation Pay Years Ago. Now the VA Wants It Back From Your Disability Check. Under federal law, a veteran cannot receive both separation pay and VA disability compensation for the same period of service...
25 Years: Nephew Remembers P.O.W. Navy Pilot Dieter Dengler Who Escaped Vietnam Dieter Dengler, who died about 25 years ago, was "bigger than life."
Could the US Bring Back the Draft? Who Would Be Called First — and Who Qualifies Could the U.S. bring back the draft? Here’s how Selective Service works today, who would be called first and why only about...
3 Big PCS Changes Are Coming at Once. Here’s What Service Members Need to Know Before Peak Season. In 2026, three major changes are affecting military household goods moves: a new permanent agency to run the system, the end...
![Protest outside the Muñiz Air National Guard Base in Carolina, Puerto Rico](http://images05.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-09/ApNewsroom_Puerto_Rico_Protest_56090.jpg?itok=M5YLlovF "A demonstrator holds a sign that reads in Spanish, "No to the militarization of Puerto Rico" during a protest outside the Muñiz Air National Guard Base in Carolina, Puerto Rico, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)")
