The Debate Over ‘Illegal Orders’ Misses the One Group That Can’t Speak: Today’s Troops The national back-and-forth over what public leaders can or shouldn’t say about “illegal orders” has dominated headlines for...
When Lawmakers Lecture the Military: Why the “Unlawful Orders” Video Invites Confusion A group of Democratic lawmakers released a video telling service members they must refuse unlawful orders, a message that is...
The Feres Doctrine, Part III: Calls For Reform Feres has survived for decades despite criticism from judges across the ideological spectrum and repeated attempts in...
The Feres Doctrine, Part II: The Human Cost Behind the legal phrase “incident to service” are families left without justice. From a Navy nurse who died in childbirth to...
The Feres Doctrine, Part I: How It Took Root The Feres doctrine began as a narrow judicial limitation on the Federal Tort Claims Act but has grown into a rule that blocks...
Study: 2025 is One of Deadliest Years for Veterans on Death Row Veterans receiving the death penalty continues to be a controversial issue and 2025 is shaping up to be one of the deadliest...
Victims of Alleged Sexual Misconduct at Fort Hood to Take Legal Action Against Army The new allegations at Fort Hood come the same year as another Army doctor, Maj. Michael Stockin, was sentenced to prison for...
9th Circuit Weighs In On Guard Deployment To Oregon The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has stepped into the fight over President Trump’s attempt to send National Guard troops into...
Trump's Use of the National Guard Sets Up a Legal Clash Testing Presidential Power President Donald Trump has already pushed traditional boundaries by using the National Guard domestically, envisioning a...
Prosecutors Seek to Have Ex-Green Beret Accused of Failed Venezuelan Plot Back in Custody Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to revoke the release of a former Green Beret who is accused of planning a failed...
Exclusive: John Ripley, the Marine Who Blew Up the Dong Ha Bridge, to Receive the Medal of Honor More than 50 years after hanging beneath a Vietnam bridge to stop a North Vietnamese armored invasion, Marine Col. John...
From Iraq to Iran: How Congress Handed Over War Powers to the Presidency The 9/11 attacks were a sea change in U.S. foreign policy and diminished congressional authority, with partisanship on...
Left Face Down in the Mud: How an Air Force Veteran, Amputee Found Hope A life-changing injury and having to raise three kids alone made Jason Morgan more resolute in the long run.
After the Knock on the Door: How TAPS Supports Military Families for Life After a service member dies, families face a lifetime of grief. TAPS founder Bonnie Carroll explains how the organization...
SNL Mocks Iran Conflict as Pete Hegseth Calls It a ‘Situationship’ “This isn’t a war, it’s a situationship.” SNL skewers tensions with Iran in a wild press briefing sketch starring Colin Jost...
