Stolen Valor Among Small Businesses Lying About Being Veteran-Owned Targeted by Iowa Senator Sen. Joni Ernst's bill has received support from some veterans groups, including the American Legion.
Showdown Looming: Senate Takes Moderate Route, House Pushes Culture Wars in Annual Defense Bill The two chambers will now have to find common ground on the starkly different versions of the National Defense Authorization...
Pet Moving Costs Could Be Covered on Your Next PCS Congress allowed the new military PCS entitlement in the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act.
Fertility Testing, Artificial Insemination Would Be Available to Troops Under Proposed Bill With the fiscal 2024 National Defense Authorization bill, Congress is taking steps to broaden assisted reproductive...
Court-Martial Convictions Would Need Unanimous Jury Verdicts Under Measure Added to Defense Bill The amendment would change one of the last ways the military justice system differs from civilian courts after a series of...
GOP Uses Must-Pass Defense Bill to Thwack at Abortion, Transgender Troops as Legislation Passes House The traditionally bipartisan bill became a battleground for culture war issues this year after far-right lawmakers threatened...
Senate Plan Would Force the Army to Revert to Old Fitness Test But Would Allow New Events The change to the test was penned by Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., who successfully lobbied the committee to amend the draft...
Recruits Wouldn't Be Tested for Marijuana Under Proposed Defense Bill Amendment Rep. Matt Gaetz has filed an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that would bar the military services from...
Bulletproof Safe Rooms in DoD Schools: Lawmakers Look to New Tactics to Protect Kids A bipartisan pair of lawmakers wants to install bulletproof safe rooms in the schools that serve military children, amid...
Cavalry Soldiers at Fort Carson Can't See Doctors in the Early Morning Under New Rules An armor officer at Fort Carson, Colorado, this week issued a new set of policies to his formation effectively banning...
'Broken and Alone': Father Pens Scathing Letter to Top Brass After Losing Airman Son to Suicide A grieving father who lost his son -- an airman at Cannon Air Force Base -- to suicide this month has written an open letter...
The Marine Corps Tried to Redesign Its Physical Training Uniform. After 3 Years, It's Abandoning the Project. The Marine Corps has ended a plan to revamp its physical fitness uniform, according to the service. The initiative lasted...
Another High-Profile Firing at West Point, This Time Due to Criminal Sexual Conduct Allegations A senior civilian staffer at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point has been fired after being arrested on a felony charge...
How Four Nuns Became the First Native American Women to Serve in the US Military Today, American Indians and Alaska Natives serve in the Armed Forces at five times the national average — with the women...
