Trump Moves to Close Gaps in San Diego Border Fence, But Environmental Concerns Linger Trump’s push for border security has already altered the landscape at the San Diego- Tijuana border, with U.S. troops...
Navy Plans to Deploy Second Destroyer to Patrol Waters Off US and Mexico This Week An official, who was given anonymity to discuss military plans, told Military.com that a second destroyer will deploy from...
Vance Promotes Trump's 'Whole Government' Immigration Crackdown During Visit to US-Mexico Border Vice President JD Vance visited the U.S.-Mexico border and said that arrests for illegal crossings had fallen sharply because...
Mexico Sends Drug Lord Caro Quintero and 28 Others to the US as Officials Meet with Trump Team Mexico has sent 29 drug cartel figures, including drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, who was behind the killing of a U.S. DEA...
Joint Chiefs Chairman Heads to US-Mexico Border to Assess Rapid Military Buildup Gen. CQ Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is visiting troops along the U.S.-Mexico border to assess the military...
Military's Border Mission Now Includes Coordinated Patrols with Mexican Counterparts The joint effort underscores the Trump administration's push to have an aggressive posture on the border, a part of a key...
Trump Administration Labels 8 Latin American Cartels as 'Foreign Terrorist Organizations' President Trump has made securing the U.S.-Mexico border among his top priorities, vowing to carry out mass deportations...
Thousands of US and Mexican Troops Are at The Border. Here’s Where They Are and What They’re Doing Thousands of troops have been deployed to both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border in response to President Trump’s border...
Trump’s Pause on Mexican Tariffs Hinges on Slowing Fentanyl. Can Mexico’s National Guard Succeed? Nearly all of the fentanyl that arrives in the U.S. from Mexico does so through ports of entry in San Diego County, Imperial...
Mexico Deploys the First of 10,000 National Guard Troops to US Border After Trump's Tariff Threat A line of Mexican National Guard and Army trucks rumbled along the border separating Ciudad Juárez and El Paso, Texas, among...
Ranger School Is Getting a New Fitness Assessment The Army's elite Ranger School, long regarded as one of the most grueling leadership courses in the military, is rolling out...
How a World War II Tail Gunner Survived a Midair Collision Without a Parachute Sgt. James Raley's account came almost three months to the day after he improbably survived that fall from the skies over...
Not Just for US Veterans: 7 Medical Breakthroughs the VA Gave to the World With the VA facing job cuts, it's important to remind not only veterans, but also lawmakers, health officials and the...
Hegseth, Top Officials Violated 'Basic Operational Security' with Signal Chat on Yemen War Plans Experts who spoke with Military.com said it's highly unlikely that operational details at the level Goldberg described would...
Veterans Fear Trump Administration Plans to Privatize VA Health Care Veterans are increasingly getting care from private medical providers, who are then paid by the VA. It's an effort to create...
![](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-03/va%20debakey%20legend%201200.jpg?itok=FugzVuVV ""The father of modern cardiovascular surgery," Dr. Michael E. DeBakey was a World War II veteran and helped create the modern VA medical system. (Dept. of Veterans Affairs)")
