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
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Her Medal of Honor was once revoked. Now her base is being renamed.
Fort Walker, named in 2023 after Civil War Union surgeon Mary Walker, will revert back to Fort A.P. Hill. For her family, the retraction feels familiar.
By Hope Hodge Seck
Pentagon begins outreach to reenlist troops booted for COVID vaccine
The Defense Department is offering back pay to service members who were involuntarily separated after refusing the COVID-19 vaccine.
Navy divers, Polish forces to aid in recovery of missing US soldiers
Maj. Gen. Curtis Taylor, commanding general of the 1st Armored Division, said it would be a “long and difficult recovery operation.”
US shipbuilding in a ‘perpetual state of triage,’ watchdog says
Both Navy testimony and a government watchdog report this week highlighted the lackluster progress of U.S. shipbuilding during the past 20 years.
By Zita Ballinger Fletcher
Second aircraft carrier on the way to join fight against Houthis
The aircraft carrier Carl Vinson is being deployed to the Red Sea, where it will help the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group combat Houthi rebels.
By Riley Ceder
Air Force monitoring bases for compliance with DEI executive orders
The service will send teams to nine bases to ensure compliance with the president's executive orders targeting diversity, equity and inclusion.
By Riley Ceder
DOD civilian employees given $1 spending limit for travel cards
The Pentagon is freezing travel and government credit cards for civilian employees to comply with DOGE's cost-savings initiatives.
By Riley Ceder
Trump to launch new White House office focused on shipbuilding
The president said the new effort will focus on ways to "resurrect the American shipbuilding industry."
US troops, Afghan allies say executive orders endanger their families
They hoped to see their families escape the Taliban and settle in the United States. But two executive orders put those dreams on hold.
By Riley Ceder
Troops arrive at Guantanamo Bay to prepare migrant detention center
Marines and soldiers will prepare a detention center at Guantanamo to hold up to 30,000 migrants.
By Riley Ceder
Amid tense presidential transition, Army chief focused on warfighting
Facing questions about new military executive orders, the Army chief of staff said only that he was focused on preparing the service for future conflict.
By Todd South