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These are just some of the stories that our newsroom has doggedly covered, serving as a watchdog for the military community while telling the stories of current and retired service members and their families. That includes deep, months-long investigations revealing wrongdoing, and carefully crafted features that help our community share a bit of who they are.

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Army Capt. Jeremy Kuykendall and his wife Kate, cradle their daughter

Unsupervised: Military Child Care Centers Slow to Report Abuse with Little Oversight

A patch in the home of retired missileer Paul Hunke

They Stood Sentry over America's Nuclear Missile Arsenal. Many Worry It Gave Them Cancer.

Aaron Provost Illustration for Military.com

Toxic Exposure Screenings: Vets Report Spotty Follow-Up on Questionnaire Meant to Boost Health Care and Benefits

USS Boxer body illustration

Poisoned Water: How a Navy Ship Dumped Fuel and Sickened Its Own Crew

Courtroom extremism illustration

What the Pentagon Has, Hasn't and Could Do to Stop Veterans and Troops from Joining Extremist Groups

Latest Investigations and Features

U.S. Army Reserve Officer Training Corps instructor arrives at the ROTC building on a university campus

Kings of Campus: How Some Army Instructors Use Their Clout to Prey on College Cadets

To the young students in the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), the officers who run the programs on college...

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Charles Del Pizzo III

Marine Corps Blames Pilot Error for Crash of Malfunctioning F-35 in South Carolina Forest

An F-35B Lightning II fighter jet that crashed in South Carolina last year had an electrical malfunction, and the pilot...

Illustration of frustrated man on computer

Canceled Appointments, Unexplained Mixups – Veterans Facing Challenges Getting VA Mental Health Care

Veterans say they often can't get individual therapy appointments to accompany psychiatric medical care, and when they do...

New recruits enlist in the Missouri Air National Guard

Prep Courses, Policy Tweaks Largely Drove the Military's Recruiting Success in 2024

Despite the wins this year, between ambitious goals for 2025 and deeper issues relating to Generation Z, the services may not...

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine holds a news conference in Springfield, Ohio

Neo-Nazi Group Led by 2 Ex-Marines Pushed and Cheered Haitian Pet-Eating Claims Gripping Ohio City

Armed and hidden behind masks, aside from its leaders, Blood Tribe marched under swastika flags in Springfield weeks prior to...

Active-duty US military personnel sieving woodland soil for human remains

Airmen's Search for Remains Recalls Top Secret WWII Mission to Turn Planes into Flying Bombs

U.S. airmen in England assisted with an archaeological dig aimed at finding the remains of an Army pilot lost there during...

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Military Headlines

Woman displaced with her children checks the fire next to their tent in the Gaza Strip.

UN Halts Aid Shipments Through Gaza's Main Crossing After Looting. It Blames the Crisis on Israel

The bodies of Syrian army soldiers lie next to a vehicle after being killed in combat.

Syria Launches Counterattacks in an Attempt to Halt Insurgents' Surprise Advance

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump

Trump's Picks for Key Positions in His Second Administration

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Zelenskyy Says NATO Offer for Ukraine-Controlled Territory Could End 'Hot Stage' of War

The USS Zumwalt at the Huntington Ingalls shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi.

Stealth Destroyer to be Home for 1st Hypersonic Weapon on a US Warship

Divers survey the area around HMNZS Manawanui on the southern coast of Upulo, Samoa.

Crew Mistakes Caused the Sinking of a New Zealand Navy Ship off Samoan Coast, Inquiry Finds

A woman collects the remains of her destroyed house.

Battered by War and Divisions, Lebanon Faces a Long List of Challenges After Ceasefire Deal

Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., speaks with The Associated Press.

Democratic Lawmakers From Connecticut Report Thanksgiving Bomb Threats Against Their Homes

Wu Qian is China's Defense Ministry spokesperson

High-Ranking Military Official in China Placed Under Investigation, Defense Ministry Says

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Opinion

Diversity Day march on Buckley Air Force Base, Colo.

Military Diversity Is Not the Problem

"The main reason for concern about the U.S. military and its performance has to do with the variety of U.S. commitments and...

Veteran Career Fair in Washington, D.C.

Veterans Are Much More than ‘Feel Good’ Hires And Shouldn’t Be DEI Tokens

More companies have opened their doors to veterans in recent years, often as part of a broader push for diversity, equity and...

Drill Instructor motivates an enlistee

We Need to Normalize Talking About How the Brain Responds to Severe Stress in the Military Community

The fact that our brain's "survival mode" encodes memories so strongly, clearly and vividly also creates vulnerability to...

The presidential seal is visible as President Donald Trump, background, speaks

Trump's Dangerous Words Demand Action

Recent calls by political leaders for the deployment of military forces to manage Election Day unrest should deeply concern...

Combination images of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump

The Biggest Foreign Policy Challenges Facing Harris and Trump

As the U.S. presidential election looms, many questions still remain about how either Vice President Kamala Harris or former...

Marine awaits confirmation before marshaling a MV-22B Osprey to the runway on Peterson AFB

Setting the Record Straight on the V-22 Osprey

The crash of a CV-22 Osprey, call sign Gundam 22, off the coast of Japan in November 2023 has generated a wave of unfair...

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