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...
A Black Medic Wounded on D-Day Saved Dozens of Lives. He's Finally Being Posthumously Honored Waverly Woodson Jr. was wounded while still on the landing craft. But for the next 30 hours he treated 200 wounded men all...
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...
A Military Family's Push to Get a War Hero the Recognition He Deserved Despite recommendations from a number of officers, it would take Fred McGee until after his death in 2020 for McGee's actions...
Black Enlisted Airmen Face Court-Martial at Much Higher Rates than White Peers, Study Finds Despite the alarming numbers, the Rand Corp. study released earlier this month found that the underlying causes of that trend...
Lawsuit Alleging Racial Bias in VA Benefits Decisions Allowed to Move Forward by Federal Judge The lawsuit at issue was filed by a Vietnam veteran who alleges that the VA spent decades improperly denying his claims for...
A Promising Air Force Officer Took a Stand Against Racism. Now, His Career Is in Political Jeopardy. Col. Ben Jonsson's promotion is now in jeopardy as he becomes the latest casualty of Republicans' war on "wokeness" in the...
Buffalo Soldiers Receive New VA Headstones Following Army Decision to Overturn Convictions More than 100 years after they were convicted of mutiny and murder and hanged for the 1917 Houston Riot, 17 Black soldiers...
Pentagon Diverts $1 Billion from Army Barracks to Fund Border Mission The Pentagon is shifting $1 billion meant for maintaining and renovating Army barracks to instead fund its surge of troops to...
Coast Guard Vet Turned Porn Actress Pleads Guilty to Killing Man in Cuyahoga Valley National Park A Coast Guard veteran who later became an actress in adult films admitted to killing a man in the Cuyahoga Valley National...
Coast Guard Fires Commander of Its Largest Operational Base Garrison commander Capt. David Melton was responsible for logistics, personnel support, facilities and naval engineering, and...
Services Ordered to Cut PCS Moves by 50% over Next 5 Years The services are tasked with cuts that amount to an initial 10% of the $5 billion PCS budget in 2027 and that increase...
Hegseth Orders Review of Defense Department's Support for Homeschooling A memo released Tuesday directs the Defense Department to examine its educational support and resources for families who...
