Events Expanding to Mark 100 Years Since John Glenn's Birth Glenn, who died in 2016, was the first American to orbit Earth, making him a national hero in 1962.
Senate Approves Army Veteran as VA's Deputy Secretary Donald Remy, the NCAA's chief operating officer, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in a 91-8 vote.
Black Female WWII Unit Hoping to Get Congressional Honor An Army battalion that made history as the only all-female, Black unit to serve in Europe during World War II is set to be...
Lawmakers Pitch New Voting System for US Troops Stationed Overseas A bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate would create a paper or electronic trail of votes from service members overseas.
Warren Extracts Agreement for Nominees to Refuse Defense Industry Work for 4 Years The initiative is one step of Warren's broader work to stop contractors from hiring former senior government officials for...
In Military Authorization Vote, Quakers Claim a Victory Founded in 1943, the Quaker group — whose tradition often refers to members as “friends” — has long taken an anti-war posture...
Female Vets in Congress Decry Proposal to Disband Pentagon’s Advisory Panel on Women Two senators and four House members told Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin that they owe their careers to the ground-breaking...
Capitol, Symbol of Democracy, Off-Limits on Independence Day Lawmakers have struggled over the past year with their own mixed emotions over the shuttered doors.
Sexual Assault Prosecutions Should Change in 2023, Commission Recommends A Pentagon commission has recommended major changes to how sexual assaults and related crimes are prosecuted in the military...
Armed Services Chair Faces Tough Decision on Removing COs from Military Prosecutions The chairman of the HASC says his panel will consider a separate bill and insert language into the defense policy bill to...
Trump Reportedly Weighs Immediate Discharge of All Transgender Troops. Here's What That Would Mean. The proposed plan, as first reported by the Times of London, would entail signing an order within days of Trump taking office...
The Best Amazon Black Friday Week 2024 Deals for Service Members, Veterans and Their Families America’s favorite shopping holiday isn’t just a single day, or even a weekend, anymore. Here’s how U.S. service members...
Overseas Troops to See Fewer Sweets, More Sweet Potatoes on Their Holiday Tables This Year For some unexplained reason, the Defense Logistics Agency is shipping 800% more sweet potatoes overseas than it did last...
For Soldiers at Fort Carson, Food Is Scarce As Americans gather for Thanksgiving feasts, soldiers at Fort Carson, Colorado, are contending with a far less festive...
Musk, Ramaswamy Proposal to Slash Spending Could Include VA Medical Services Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy confirmed that they plan to target "unauthorized" federal spending, a category that includes...