16+ min ago   (640+ words) Legislators in the House and Senate have introduced bills that would give veterans wider access to treatments for brain injuries at facilities outside the Department of Veterans Affairs. Reps. Jack Bergman, R-Mich., and Sarah Elfreth, D-Md., rolled out their proposed…...

1+ hour, 28+ min ago   (318+ words) The National World War II Memorial in Washington, dedicated to the 16 million members of the U.S. military, will be closed for the next five months, the National Park Service said last week. The agency said the closure is set to address…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (825+ words) President Donald Trump fired rhetorical warning shots at several governments across the globe this week. Nations from Scandinavia to the Middle East found themselves in Trump's crosshairs, as he also doubled down on his desire to assert U.S. dominance across the…...

4+ day, 54+ min ago   (414+ words) The U.S. Army is resuming the hiring of religious support workers for the chaplain corps after backlash from last year's move to cancel contracts. On Tuesday, the Army posted position openings for a Catholic administrative religious education coordinator and a Catholic…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (337+ words) A Georgia airman earned an Air Force Achievement Medal for helping local law enforcement in the capture of a fugitive wanted for murder. Airman 1st Class Ryland Perez-Settle, a fire team member assigned to the 822nd Base Defense Squadron, recognized his friend…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (354+ words) The Pentagon has launched a formal review of the "effectiveness" of women in ground-combat positions, nearly a decade after the Department of Defense ended a ban that had excluded them from front-line infantry, armor and artillery units. "The Institute for…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (626+ words) In October, President Donald Trump stated that the United States would resume nuclear testing "immediately," a claim he made as the U.S. had adhered to a voluntary moratorium since 1992. Nearly three months later, it is not clear what, if anything, has…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1044+ words) With the ousting of Venezuelan President Nicol's Maduro on Saturday, U.S. President Donald Trump cited the Monroe Doctrine, the 200-year-old lodestar of U.S. diplomacy " which the Obama administration declared dead in 2013. "We have superseded it by a lot," Trump told reporters Saturday....

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (261+ words) A member of a veteran parachuting group who was descending onto the field for the annual Armed Forces Bowl college football game Friday appeared to get tangled in a wire before plummeting into the crowd, according to multiple reports. The…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (625+ words) President Donald Trump said he's dropping " for now " his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, a move that comes after legal roadblocks held up the effort. "We will come back, perhaps in a…...