Deny Who We Are or Harm Our Country? The Impossible Choice Facing Transgender Service Members Burying oneself and constantly being on guard not to let slip who you really are takes a mental and physical toll.
I Was Fired, and Thousands of Veterans Are Next Unless We Act "A community of people with special expertise in teamwork and effectiveness is a valuable asset to the government, and they...
Fear and Chaos Hit Military Families After Sudden Firings of Top Leaders There is fear, chaos and sadness overwhelming military families behind the scenes. It's being driven by the sudden firing of...
Speak Up Before VA Health Care Is Gutted While controversy swirls around last week's mass firing of 1,000 Department of Veterans Affairs' employees, a far greater...
Punishing Military Officers for Political Reasons Endangers Our Troops and Threatens National Security Recent actions taken against the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley are more than punitive...
We Military Spouses Don't Want Special Treatment. We Just Want to Work. The recent federal hiring freeze, put in place by President Donald Trump on his first day in office, has made it even harder...
Art and Arms: 2 Aspects of Resistance in Ukraine's Fight for Freedom In Ukraine, everyone has a war story. It may not be combat, but it is the constant burden of destruction.
Congress Needs to Support the VA and Firearms Industry's Partnership to Prevent Veterans' Suicides Last month, House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill., sent a searing letter to Veterans Affairs...
It's Time for US Troops to Leave Syria "There are roughly 4,500 U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria today, and they represent a potentially significant strategic...
Military Diversity Is Not the Problem "The main reason for concern about the U.S. military and its performance has to do with the variety of U.S. commitments and...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
