The Air Force's Faltering Effort to Get More Diversity Among Officers May Be Out of Time The diversity targets set in 2022 marked the first time in nearly a decade that the service had amended the benchmarks for...
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...
On Veterans Day, Harriet Tubman Gets Formal Recognition of Her Military Service In addition to her work leading slaves to freedom via the Underground Railroad, Tubman headed reconnaissance parties and...
Republicans Spent Years Slamming 'Woke' Military Policies. The Election Could Give Them the Chance to Act. As the presidential and congressional campaigns enter their final stretch before Nov. 5, GOP vows to undo wokeness are...
Hundreds of Veterans Kicked Out of Military for Being Gay Will Have Discharges Upgraded The upgraded discharges will unlock VA benefits for hundreds of veterans for the first time.
Months After Biden’s Promise to Pardon Thousands of LGBTQ Veterans, Only 8 Have Applied The dismally low numbers are disappointing advocates who say the promise of Biden’s pardons raised hopes that thousands of...
Navajo Corporal Becomes First Marine Authorized to Wear Traditional Native Hair Cpl. Bradford Flores is honoring his culture by growing his hair out -- and the Marine Corps authorized it.
Active-Duty Families Seek Transparency on Hate Crimes and Racism in Military Communities The Secure Families Initiative says that troops need information on crimes, compassionate moves and school programs to make...
Clarence Sasser, Vietnam Medic Awarded Medal of Honor for Treating Troops Under Fire, Dies at 76 After returning to the U.S. from Vietnam, Sasser received his Medal of Honor from President Richard Nixon in 1969, in a...
'Something Bigger than Yourself': Defense Secretary Austin Pitches Service to Historically Black College Austin's call to service comes amid a yearslong recruiting slump as the military service branches desperately try to fill the...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
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...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
