Transgender Recruits and Gender-Affirming Health Care Restricted by Hegseth Memo All military services must pause accepting recruits with histories of gender dysphoria and halt some gender-affirming health...
The Trump Administration is Throwing More Pentagon Reporters out of Their Workspaces The decision, which the Pentagon Press Association called “unreasonable,” continues a pattern of hostility toward journalists...
The Next Frontier for Warfighters Might Be Implants in Their Brains. Is the Pentagon Ready for the Consequences? The potential medical applications of access to the brain for treating ailments are far-ranging, but pressure to compete with...
Lost Years and Missed Opportunities: How the Pentagon Squandered the Chance to Combat Brain Injuries Early pushback from military leaders and lengthy debate in the military medical community about TBI and its often-concurrent...
As US Troops and Families Go Hungry, They Don’t Trust the Pentagon for Help Thousands of active-duty service members struggle daily with hunger related to financial hardship, though the true scope of...
Hegseth Wants $50,000 for 'Emergency' Paint Job to Move into Military Family Housing, Lawmakers Say While it is not unprecedented for a defense secretary to live in military housing, it is far more common for them to find...
Our Next War in Afghanistan Is Already Looming. And It May Be Even Harder. The dangers that kept the U.S. in Afghanistan for so long are accumulating again, little more than a month after troops left...
Transgender Troops, Confronting Shifting Policies of Acceptance, Just Want to Serve Transgender troops' right to serve -- perhaps even to fight and die for a nation they volunteered to defend -- has been...
Pentagon Caught Flat-Footed on Trump's Bombshell Proposal to Seize Gaza, Potentially with US Troops Pentagon officials have spent most of the early days of Trump's second term reacting to executive orders or policy...
Defense Department Declares 'Identity Months Dead,' Barring Black History Month and Others The Trump White House has issued a proclamation recognizing February as Black History Month around the same time the Defense...
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...
Coast Guard Ranks: A Complete Guide to Enlisted and Officer Ranks Explore U.S. Coast Guard ranks from seaman to admiral. Learn about the rank structure, pay grades, insignia, and promotion...
Prosecutors Seek to Have Ex-Green Beret Accused of Failed Venezuelan Plot Back in Custody Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to revoke the release of a former Green Beret who is accused of planning a failed...
Battle Of The Bulge Veteran Celebrates 101st Birthday With Dream Flight So, when the World War II veteran, Battle of the Bulge soldier and guard at the Nuremberg Trials, had an opportunity to fly...
Did Sherrill Violate Naval Academy’s Honor Code? Classmates Speak out About Notorious Cheating Scandal Mikie Sherrill, a New Jersey Democratic congresswoman running for governor, says she did not cheat but was penalized because...