Department of Defense

The Army will soon launch a one-year pilot program designed to improve services for sexual assault victims. The pilot, part of a planned redesign of...

Suicides among members of the National Guard, which had appeared to be on the decline in 2019, rose in 2020, according to the latest Defense...

A group of Senate Democrats wants to establish a nonpartisan, independent commission to review the war in Afghanistan. They are co-sponsoring the...

Officials are bracing for a possible government shutdown this week after Senate Republicans blocked legislation that would have extended the current...

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender service members forced out of the military amid "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” will be granted full Department of...

A congressional commission tasked with recommending new names for defense installations that commemorate Confederate leaders and symbols has launched...

President Joe Biden and senior U.S. military officials are defending ongoing U.S. military evacuation efforts in Afghanistan amid ongoing chaos in...

The Defense Department will begin requiring active-duty service members to receive the COVID-19 vaccine starting in mid-September or upon FDA approval...

The Defense Department is reminding veterans they can apply to correct inaccuracies or injustices in their military records. That includes an upgrade...

The Pentagon is asking Congress to allow it to move $521 million from Air Force, Army and Navy facility restoration and modernization accounts as a...

The Pentagon is looking to shift $4.3 billion in the defense budget to help pay for the deployment of troops to the southern border, the pandemic...

The U.S. military’s mission on the southern border will extend for at least a fourth year, officials announced. Up to 3,000 troops will be deployed to...