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The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning to eliminate 25,000 vacant positions and implement the largest reorganization of its giant health care system in three decades.
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The formation of the Western Hemisphere Command is intended to bolster the Trump Administration's military priorities, including border security and targeting suspected drug cartels in the Caribbean.
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The Pentagon said January was the Army's best recruiting month in 15 years. That continued an upswing in military enlistments that began before Trump's election.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a review of combat physical standards. Women who've served in combat jobs say ten years of experience has proven they're up to the task.
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Neil Frye, who was 20 years old when he was killed, was a mess attendant on the USS West Virginia when it was attacked at Pearl Harbor.
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The federal firings have affected an estimated 6000 veterans, who make up a disproportionate share of the government workforce.
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Experts say the Defense Department's decision to de-emphasize climate change will harm national security.
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The base, known as Fort Liberty since 2023, originally was named for Confederate General Braxton Bragg. The Army says it now will be named for a World War II private, Roland Bragg.
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The North Carolina base was renamed Fort Liberty in 2023 as part of a national effort under the Biden administration to remove names that honored Confederate leaders. The base’s original namesake, Gen. Braxton Bragg, was a Confederate general.
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Republicans have dismissed the Biden Administration's anti-extremism efforts as an unnecessary distraction for the military.
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In the North Carolina mountains, the VA is making house calls to veterans still isolated from HeleneMore than a month after Helene, the Asheville VA Medical Center is still sending teams out to check on thousands of military veterans in western North Carolina. Many have serious health problems and are isolated and having trouble getting around.