Rebecca Kheel

Transgender Military Kids Face 'Profound Harm' from Health Care Restrictions, Lawsuit Alleges

President Donald Trump signed an executive order giving the Department of Defense the “secondary name” of the Department of War – a workaround for the fact that a formal name change requires an act of Congress.

Jackson was quietly demoted to captain in 2022, three years after his retirement from the Navy, following an inspector general report that substantiated allegations of inappropriate and unprofessional behavior on the job.

Immigration Detentions of Military Family Members Spark Lawmaker Probe

The reinstallation marks the latest effort by the Trump administration to reverse the work of a congressionally mandated commission charged with scrubbing tributes to the Confederacy from the military.

Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., has filed an amendment to the annual defense policy bill that would formally change the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War.

The order requires Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to create a specialized unit within the D.C. National Guard “dedicated to ensuring public safety and order in the nation's capital.”

Guardsmen have mostly been patrolling tourist areas not known for high crime rates, such as the National Mall and a transit hub near Capitol Hill called Union Station, as well as several Metro stations throughout the city.

Four soldiers have been charged in an alleged sexual assault that took place in the barracks at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state last year, a spokesperson for the Army Office of Special Trial Counsel confirmed to Military.com.

What started as an 800-troop mission for the D.C. National Guard has ballooned to more than 2,000 troops as Republican governors from six states have pledged to send hundreds of their Guardsmen as reinforcements.

A program to relocate vulnerable Afghans, including allies who helped the U.S. during the war and families of American service members, that was dismantled by the Trump administration would be reestablished under a bipartisan bill.

Fleet Master Chief John Perryman, who has been the senior enlisted adviser for Fleet Forces Command since 2021, has been chosen to succeed James Honea as master chief petty officer of the Navy when Honea retires in September.

Judge Paul Friedman granted a preliminary injunction that the Federal Education Association, or FEA, and affiliated unions sought to block Trump's order to end collective bargaining agreements in wide swaths of the government.

'What Was the Point of All of It?': Commission Probing Afghan War Hears from Veterans

Notably, the order's text also paves the way for more guard deployments from other states and overall increases by giving Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth authority to activate troops at "such numbers as he deems necessary."

After nearly half a year without a Senate-confirmed uniformed leader, the Navy has a new top admiral.

In a 54-44 vote Tuesday night, the Senate confirmed Sam Brown, an Army veteran and failed Senate candidate, to be VA under secretary for memorial affairs.

More than 150 years after the first regiments of Buffalo Soldiers were formed, a bipartisan pair of senators is looking to bestow Congress' highest honor on the storied Black troops.

In a 52-46 party-line vote, the Senate approved former Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier to become the under secretary of the Air Force.

The legislation stoked strong opposition from Democrats accusing Republicans of trying to privatize the VA as Republicans insisted they are trying to give veterans more options in their care.