DOD imposes burdensome rules, retaliation on home day cares, moms say
The Pentagon said military families can help solve the child care shortage, but providers say over-the-top rules are driving them away.
By Jennifer Brookland, The War Horse
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Hegseth blasts ‘fat troops’ in rare gathering with military brass
Before hundreds of top brass, Hegseth pledged to create more fitness and grooming rules and encouraged commanders to quit if they don’t like his policies.
By Carla Babb
Commentary: Deportation threat disrespects the service of noncitizen warriors
Those who defend or defended this country shouldn't worry they'll be asked to leave it, the author writes.
By Mark Footerman
Pentagon IG opens evaluation of Air Force Academy sexual assault prevention office
The Defense Department’s inspector general on Tuesday announced it will review the Air Force Academy’s troubled sexual assault prevention and response program.
Auditors review $1.3B project at Offutt Air Force Base
The $1.3 billion construction of a new headquarters for the U.S. Strategic Command at Offutt Air Force Base is being audited by the Defense Department.
This new blood test can detect traumatic brain injury in troops
The first blood test for use in evaluating TBI fills a critical need, military experts say.
By Kathleen Curthoys
'Different spanks for different ranks': Lawmaker questions lack of courts-martial for Air Force generals
A leading lawmaker has called out the Air Force for never court-martialing a single general officer in its entire history, suggesting it shows higher-ranking airmen face different standards of punishment.
DoD IG: Too soon to tell if Trump’s South Asia strategy will break the Taliban
The Pentagon made key changes to its military strategy in Afghanistan during 2017, but its effects are yet to be felt, according to the Department of Defense Inspector General.
By Kyle Rempfer
US says detainee studied in Louisiana, became ISIS fighter
He was an unruly college student in Louisiana where he mixed booze and gambling with classes on electrical engineering. A decade later, he was guarding an Islamic State oil field in Syria and storing bomb-making files and military handbooks on thumb drives.
Pentagon 2019 budget: Here's what the military wants to buy
President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2019 budget request includes planes, ships, trucks and many, many bombs.
By Tara Copp, AP
Budget boost in hand, Pentagon skips cost-saving base closure request
The Pentagon is taking a break from BRAC.
By Joe Gould