The Oldest-Ever Buffalo Soldier Enlisted in 1910 and Lived to Fight in 2 World Wars Retired 1st Sgt. Mark Matthews was a soldier who saw the U.S. Army evolve from horse-mounted cavalry to diesel-driven...
The Golden 14: How Black Women Exploited a Loophole to Serve During World War I The Golden 14 were attached to the USS Triton during World War I and served as the Navy's first enlisted Black women.
The Trailblazing Nurses Who Kept the Tuskegee Airmen Flying As the U.S. war machine churned to life during World War II, the need for manpower began to push the limits of the...
Their Relatives Were Black Heroes. They Fear the Military Won't Celebrate Their Stories Anymore. When Tarence Bailey Sr. received a formal memo from the Maryland National Guard declining to support a celebration for...
No Flyover or Band for Frederick Douglass Celebration. Maryland Guard Says It Violates Pentagon Policy. A formal memo from the Maryland National Guard's Joint Operations Center, dated Feb. 7, said the reserve component would be...
To These Black Retirees, the Federal Civil Service Now Under Attack Was a Path to the Middle Class The federal civil service that President Donald Trump and Elon Musk are dismantling has been a way for people of color, in...
Tuskegee Airman and Legendary World War II Fighter Pilot Harry Stewart Dies at 100 Harry Stewart Jr. would survive World War II as one of only four Tuskegee Airmen with three air-to-air victories in a single...
The Former Slave Who Stole a Confederate Ship to Achieve His Family's Freedom One year after the first shots of the Civil War were fired at nearby Fort Sumter, the Planter’s three white officers went...
2 Black Marines Who Broke Racial Barriers During WWII Died Within Days of Each Other Cosmas Eaglin Sr. and Nathaniel "Nate" Boone joined the segregated Montford Point Marines during World War II and were...
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...
Bragg Soldiers Who Cheered Trump's Political Attacks While in Uniform Were Checked for Allegiance, Appearance As President Donald Trump viciously attacked his perceived political foes, he whipped up boos from the gathered troops...
Deep Workforce Cuts at VA, Pentagon Backed by Republican Spending Bills House Republicans are on track to allow job cuts at the Pentagon and Department of Veterans Affairs to proceed in the annual...
Army Officials Pushed Back on Pop-Up MAGA Shop Ahead of Fort Bragg Trump Speech Ahead of President Donald Trump's rally-style appearance at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on Tuesday, Army officials raised...
Guard Soldiers Deployed in Trump's LA Crackdown Aren't Getting Paid Yet According to more than a dozen Guardsmen across four units who spoke to Military.com, none has received formal activation...
Pentagon Encourages Troops to Join Immigration Enforcement, Border Security Job Training Program Hegseth ordered the Pentagon to "prioritize and broadly advertise" opportunities troops who are nearing separation or...