'You Can't Fix the Problem If You're in Denial:' The Military's Surge of Fentanyl Overdoses Fentanyl is 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine, and tiny amounts can kill.
Hegseth Wants $50,000 for 'Emergency' Paint Job to Move into Military Family Housing, Lawmakers Say While it is not unprecedented for a defense secretary to live in military housing, it is far more common for them to find...
Transgender Troops, Confronting Shifting Policies of Acceptance, Just Want to Serve Transgender troops' right to serve -- perhaps even to fight and die for a nation they volunteered to defend -- has been...
Pentagon Caught Flat-Footed on Trump's Bombshell Proposal to Seize Gaza, Potentially with US Troops Pentagon officials have spent most of the early days of Trump's second term reacting to executive orders or policy...
Cold Snap, Flooding Cause Chaos for Patients at Defense Department's Flagship Hospital Temperatures in the low teens and aging infrastructure may be to blame for flooding that affected the Bethesda, Maryland...
Defense Department Declares 'Identity Months Dead,' Barring Black History Month and Others The Trump White House has issued a proclamation recognizing February as Black History Month around the same time the Defense...
Defense Secretary Hegseth Says 'All Options Will Be on the Table' When Asked About Military Strikes in Mexico President Donald Trump designated cartels operating in Mexico as foreign terrorist organizations on Jan. 20 during a slew of...
Travel Reimbursements for Troops to Get Abortions, Fertility Treatments Nixed by Pentagon Without any public announcement, the Pentagon's travel regulations were updated this week to remove the language allowing...
Trump's Army Secretary Pick Avoids Culture War Issues in Senate Confirmation Hearing President Donald Trump's unconventional pick for Army secretary, Dan Driscoll, appeared poised for a smooth confirmation...
Pentagon Agency Pauses Celebrations for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Black History Month and More The Defense Department's intelligence agency has paused observances of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Pride Month, Holocaust...
Tennessee Man Shot Dead After Flipping Middle Finger at War Memorial Albert Sturgill Jr., 63, was confronted by a group while gesturing at the flag and monuments at Cumberland County Veterans...
Chicago Braces for Potential National Guard Deployment Amid Trump Threats Illinois politicians are sounding an alarm and bracing for possible National Guard deployments to Chicago amid President...
9/11 Air Defense Stories You Might Not Know As hijacked planes turned into weapons on September 11, 2001, inside a quiet Air National Guard facility in upstate New York...
Is Trump's Troop Buildup in US Cities a Declaration of War — or Something Else? As President Donald Trump goads Democratic-led cities, Americans are grappling with a fundamental question of American...
Navy Demotion Reversed for GOP Congressman Who Government Watchdog Found Abused Subordinates Jackson was quietly demoted to captain in 2022, three years after his retirement from the Navy, following an inspector...
![A drug user prepares heroin, placing a fentanyl test strip into the mixing container to check for contamination](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2023-02/ApNewsroom_Opioid_Epidemic_Test_Strips_97115.jpg?itok=LdzYuaXF "A drug user prepares heroin, placing a fentanyl test strip into the mixing container to check for contamination, Wednesday Aug. 22, 2018, in New York. If the strip registers a "pinkish" to red marker then the heroin is positive for contaminants. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)")
