No Timeline for Trans Vet Surgeries, VA Says 2 Years After Announcing Coverage Anti-transgender sentiment is on the rise among the political right, with hundreds of bills being introduced in state...
Transgender Troops Spark Dueling Bills and Potential Clash on Capitol Hill A new bill, sponsored by Rep. Sara Jacobs, D-Calif., would ensure anyone who meets occupational standards can serve in the...
Republicans Tee Up Challenge to Open Transgender Military Service Ahead of House Majority Republicans have railed against so-called "woke" policies they argue are contributing to the military's recruitment and...
Retired Navy SEAL and Trailblazer for Transgender Troops Detransitioning, Critical of VA Care Chris Beck, subject of a memoir and documentary on his transition to becoming Kristin Beck, faulted the mental health care he...
Vet Sues Over Coverage Denial for Daughter Gender Transition A U.S. military veteran and his daughter are filing a lawsuit challenging a federal rule they said prevents the daughter from...
The VA Said It Would Cover Gender Affirmation Surgeries. Trans Vets Are Still Waiting. The life-and-death stakes of gender affirmation are closely tied to alarming numbers of suicides and suicidal ideation in the...
Soldiers Facing Discrimination from State Laws Could Request Transfers Under Draft Army Policy The policy would ostensibly sanction soldiers to declare that certain states are too racist, too homophobic or too sexist to...
How Navy Veteran Monica Helms Created the Transgender Pride Flag Monica Helms is a Navy submarine veteran, transgender rights advocate and prolific author.
'I'm Pretty Much Leading a Double Life:' Nonbinary Troops and the Pentagon's Next Frontier The Pentagon has quietly been researching how it could allow nonbinary troops to serve more openly.
Pentagon Quietly Looking into How Nonbinary Troops Could Serve Openly Someone who is nonbinary identifies as neither male nor female, oftening using "they" and "them" as their pronouns.
US Sends 2,000 Guard Troops, 100 Aircraft to Unprecedented NATO Exercise Aimed to Deter Russia Germany is preparing to host the biggest air deployment exercise in NATO's history, a show of force intended to impress...
Researchers Say Military Service Is the 'Single Strongest' Predictor of Violent Extremism The new analysis comes as the Pentagon and the services try to grapple with the idea of extremism within the ranks.
Cutting Weight: Marine Infantry Battalions to Shrink 10% by End of the Summer The service's "Force Design 2030" initiative will shave the current infantry battalion size from 900 down to 811 by September...
Feds Sue for Millions in Damages After Osprey Incident at San Diego Airport More than three years after a civilian skydiving aircraft collided with an MV-22 Osprey sitting on a San Diego runway, the U...
Green Berets Have Struggled for Years with Recruiting, Internal Data Shows As Green Beret recruiting has faltered for years, the Army has also been chipping away at the size of its elite units.
