Military families seek out food assistance amid shutdown anxiety
"We expected an increase, but didn't quite expect this," said Dorene Ocamb, Armed Services YMCA chief brand and development officer.
By Karen Jowers
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Navy hits historic recruiting numbers with more ads, tattoo approvals
Fiscal 2025 was the best recruiting year for the Navy since 2002. The head of Navy recruiting credited the feat, in part, to streamlining tattoo approvals.
By Hope Hodge Seck
House bill would force DoD to list deployed numbers around the world
The Secretary of Defense will lose travel funding unless the numbers are made public under the proposed language in the FY21 NDAA from the House.
By Aaron Mehta
Soldiers in Fort Bragg’s SERE course experience COVID-19 outbreak
About 82 of the 90 cases were students, with the rest being cadre.
By Kyle Rempfer
Pentagon to get more control over nuclear weapons funding under Senate proposal
Critics of the plan say it would give the Pentagon too much control over the Energy Department's budget process.
By Aaron Mehta
Despite pandemic, Air Force continues long-range Bomber Task Force missions in Europe
Long-range bomber missions launched from the continental U.S. "ensure that as we continue to refine what I’ll call our muscle memory to operate across Europe,” said Air Force Gen. Jeff Harrigian.
By Diana Stancy
Airman found dead at RAF Mildenhall
Staff Sgt. Jeremiah Johnson, flight sergeant with the 100th Security Forces Squadron, “was truly an amazing Airman, leader and friend to everyone he met,” base commander says.
By Kent Miller
Congress moves to block Trump’s Germany troop withdrawal plans
Congress is readying proposals to rebuke President Donald Trump’s plans to pull about 10,000 U.S. troops from Germany amid concerns it will weaken NATO.
By Joe Gould
Here’s how the Space Force will be organized
The Space Force will be comprised of three major commands devoted to training, procurement and operations.
By Valerie Insinna
Lawmakers demand answers on reports of Russian bounties for American military lives
Top House leaders say intelligence officials must brief all lawmakers as soon as possible, given the serious nature of the charges.
Officials continue to throw Capt. Brett Crozier under the bus for outbreak on Navy carrier
Unlike Capt. Brett Crozier, other military and civilian officials have not been held accountable for the response to the coronavirus outbreak on the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, says the author of this commentary.
By Lawrence J. Korb