Missile Defense Agency’s FY26 budget targets homeland missile defense
The request includes funding for systems designed to defend the homeland against intercontinental ballistic missiles from Iran and North Korea.
By Jen Judson
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Thousands of LGBTQ+ vets were promised pardons. Only 4 have succeeded.
Former President Joe Biden pledged to use his clemency powers to right ‘an historic wrong.’ Why did it fall so short of its promise?
By Leah Rosenbaum
Amid coronavirus pandemic, Navy’s top leaders address the fleet
The brief address — 74 seconds — addressed sweeping changes in how personnel and their families will travel and work over the next 60 days,
By Carl Prine
Paratroopers returning from Afghanistan enter quarantine
“We’re working with MWR, we’re going to get them a gym that they can go into and make sure they have DFAC access," 82nd officials said.
By Kyle Rempfer
Explainer: If coronavirus started in bats, why aren’t they dead?
Bats are amazing creatures.
By Marcos E. García-Ojeda, University of California, Merced
Explainer: How do you test for coronavirus?
Dr. Maureen Ferran has the answers.
By Maureen Ferran, Rochester Institute of Technology
USS Constitution halts public tours, museum shutters amid coronavirus pandemic
Officials say that no sailors on board the famous frigate have tested positive for COVID-19.
By Carl Prine
NEX out of hand sanitizer? Vodka won’t protect you from coronavirus, shipmate
Tito's Vodka and Dr. Jeffrey Gardner are in agreement.
By Jeffrey Gardner, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Navy Reserve postpones drill this weekend amid coronavirus crisis
They will be allowed to reschedule their drill weekend for a later date.
By Carl Prine
Air Force details how coronavirus travel restrictions will affect airmen
The movement restrictions cover all types of official travel, including permanent changes of station, temporary duty, and government-funded leave.
Air Force Academy begins dismissing cadets over coronavirus
Gen. Dave Goldfein and his wife Dawn also traveled to Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland to find out what the base and families there need to fight coronavirus.
Explainer: How coronavirus disrupts the blood supply chain
Every day, the U.S. needs 36,000 units of red blood cells, 7,000 units of platelets, and 10,000 units of plasma.
By Anna Nagurney, University of Massachusetts Amherst