'He's Going to Have to Explain It': Surprise Defense Secretary Pick's History Takes Center Stage Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's surprise pick to be the next defense secretary, has an extensive history of...
In War, Female Troops Develop Chronic Pain at Higher Rates. So Do Military Wives, Study Finds. Research that sought to determine how a high-operations tempo affects female service members found an unexpected result for...
How Shannon Kent Became a Trailblazer Among US Special Operations Forces This is an excerpt from "SEND ME: The True Story of a Mother at War" by Marty Skovlund Jr. & Joe Kent.
Including Women in Security Missions Prevents Violence, Boosts Intel, Report Finds Beyond making missions more effective, purposefully empowering women could serve as a boon to U.S. forces as they continue to...
Pregnant Soldiers Across US Get Expanded Access to Free Maternity Uniforms as Part of Army Pilot Program Pregnant soldiers based in the U.S. may have easier access to maternity uniforms after a recent expansion of a program...
The First 5 Women to Fly Combat Missions for the United States It's been 30 years since the first women to fly combat missions for the U.S. military took off from the flight deck of the...
Navy Redesigns Its Pregnancy Policy to Give Sailors More Choice, Career Stability The new policy says that sailors who become pregnant while on sea duty will now be able to choose two-year orders to a shore...
How the Army Plans to Prevent 'Another Fort Hood' by Dispatching Survey Teams to Brigades Cohesion Assistance Teams, or CATs, which were first stood up in 2020, have been fine-tuned to help commanders with the...
Kate Winslet Stars as Model-Turned-WWII Military Photographer in 'Lee' Kate Winslet ("Titanic") stars as Lee Miller in "Lee," a new film that depicts Miller's shift from artistic fashion...
'Looking for a Husband, Boyfriend, Attention': Study Reveals Sexism Faced by Women in Army Special Operations There are 2,300 women serving in Army special operations -- mostly in support roles -- making up 8% of a military community...
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...