Deny Who We Are or Harm Our Country? The Impossible Choice Facing Transgender Service Members Burying oneself and constantly being on guard not to let slip who you really are takes a mental and physical toll.
'Complete Purge': On-Paper Exemptions to Transgender Troop Ban Are Worthless, Advocates Say While the ability to get an exemption exists on paper, the criteria are so narrow and contradictory that, in practice...
In Lawsuit Filing, Pentagon Says Transgender Troops Can't Serve Unless They Meet a Warfighting Need The policy memo was included in the latest court filing in a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's executive order...
Justice Department Files Complaint Against Judge Weighing Challenge to Trump’s Transgender Troop Ban The Justice Department has filed a complaint accusing a federal judge in Washington of misconduct during hearings over...
Federal Judge Appears Inclined to Block Transgender Military Ban After 2 Days of Court Arguments A court hearing on the Trump administration's efforts to ban transgender people from the military has wrapped up for now...
'Unadulterated Animus': Judge Tears into Trump Administration at Hearing on Transgender Military Ban Judge Ana Reyes was hearing arguments as part of a lawsuit filed by two LGBTQ+ advocacy groups on behalf of several...
Transgender Recruits and Gender-Affirming Health Care Restricted by Hegseth Memo All military services must pause accepting recruits with histories of gender dysphoria and halt some gender-affirming health...
The VA Said It Would Cover Gender Affirmation Surgeries. Trans Vets Are Still Waiting. The life-and-death stakes of gender affirmation are closely tied to alarming numbers of suicides and suicidal ideation in the...
Transgender Troops, Confronting Shifting Policies of Acceptance, Just Want to Serve Transgender troops' right to serve -- perhaps even to fight and die for a nation they volunteered to defend -- has been...
How Trump's Moves to End Protections for Transgender People Could Hurt Veterans Health Care In one of his first moves in office last month, Trump signed an executive order that railed against "ideologues who deny the...
Drill Sergeant Under Investigation After Having Soldiers Do Push-Ups Under MAGA Flag The Army has launched an investigation after a drill sergeant posted a video showing soldiers being hazed beneath a MAGA flag...
Taller Boots, Shorter Eyelashes: Air Force Releases Stricter Uniform Guidelines The new set of rules comes amid a widespread push started earlier this year by Air Force leadership to place more emphasis on...
Alabama Military Base Redesignation Ceremony Set for This Week After Hegseth Orders Renaming The base’s new namesake is Capt. Edward W. Rucker, a Missouri native who was called into service in 1916 and saw action in...
Here Are the 596 Books Being Banned by Defense Department Schools The list was released by the order of a federal judge as part of the ACLU's lawsuit against the Department of Defense...
Retired Army Officer Pleads Guilty to Leaking National Defense Info on Foreign Dating Website David Slater, after retiring from the Army, was an Air Force employee assigned to U.S. Strategic Command at Offutt Air Force...
![One Station Unit Training at Fort Benning, Georgia](http://images03.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-07/mil-army-training-osut-fort-benning-1800.jpg?itok=SV_PURDB "Trainees experience day of One Station Unit Training, known as the "First 100 Yards," June 27, 2025 at Sandhill, on Fort Benning, Georgia. (U.S. Army photo by Patrick A. Albright)")
