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'Time is passing': Federal budget cuts have slowed efforts to find missing Vietnam-era troops
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (1057+ words) Budget cuts have sharply reduced the Defense Department's efforts to find and recover troops who went missing in previous wars. And the impact is hitting one group of families especially hard: those of the missing from the Vietnam era. "Southeast…...
Service branches partially reinstate vaccine mandate after flu sickens hundreds of trainees
3+ week, 5+ day ago (476+ words) In April, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth changed Pentagon policy to make flu shots voluntary for all military personnel, declaring that mandatory influenza vaccines "weaken our war-fighting capabilities." Within weeks, recruits at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio started…...
Lesser known and underfunded, dozens of small on-base Army museums face an uncertain future
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (975+ words) At the foot of the Rockies in Colorado Springs, a low building sits tucked beside the Fort Carson visitor center, partly hidden behind a static display of old tanks. With its metal roof, buff brick walls, and dark breezeway, it…...
On Memorial Day, loved ones remember another kind of war casualty: Vets sickened by Agent Orange
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (718+ words) On a nippy spring morning at Birch Hill Cemetery in Fairbanks, Benno Cleveland looked down at the gravesite he's picked out for himself. He chose to be buried between his father, who served in World War II, and James Akhivana,…...
As attack drones grow more common in warfare, it's harder for medics to treat battlefield injuries
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (635+ words) U.S. combat medical troops are learning from their counterparts in Ukraine about the challenges drones have brought to the battlefield....
As small attack drones become vital in warfare, the U.S. is trying to catch up to other countries
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (969+ words) For years, the U.S. military has been fielding small drones equipped with cameras that let troops see, for instance, over nearby hills or inside treelines. Now, though, the U.S. is trying to catch up to geopolitical adversaries such as Russia and China,…...
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4+ mon, 9+ hour ago (19+ words) A new law tightens work requirements for SNAP benefits. Advocates fear veterans will be left hungry The American Homefront Project...
Advocates worry that the military's DEI purge may discourage sexual harassment and assault reports
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (741+ words) Soon after the Trump administration moved to end federal DEI programs in early 2025, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth followed with directives for the military. He banned DEI policies, and bases removed content spotlighting race, sex, color, or ethnicity. Some say it…...
When immigration agents wear military-style gear, it may be more about looks than function
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (882+ words) Among the initial demands Democrats made to end the partial federal government shutdown was that federal immigration enforcement agents start dressing like law enforcement officers, rather than a paramilitary force. The military look has raised questions for months as videos…...
30 years after the Navy retired its last battleship, President Trump wants to build them again
6+ mon, 2+ day ago (808+ words) One of America’s last battleships, USS Wisconsin, is moored on the Elizabeth River in Norfolk, Virginia. Now a floating museum, the ship’s most recent battle was winning Good Morning America’s Great Christmas Light Fight this past holiday season. USS Wisconsin…...