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After the January 6 Capitol insurrection, the Pentagon ordered all service branches to discuss extremism with the troops. But observers say that's only... -
Jay Price/WUNCBase leaders say fewer than half of the soldiers who qualify for the vaccine have decided to get it. The Army has rolled out a campaign to persuade them.
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When Sontina Barnes joined the Army in 1993, she was looking for something new.“I was a junior at N.C. State and I was burned out,” she recalled.At the… -
The Marine Corps established Wounded Warrior Battalions to aid troops with the worst mental and physical injuries. But Marines in the battalions who are...
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When James Dantzler graduated high school in 1966, he found no one was hiring young men who were likely to be drafted for the Vietnam War. So he joined…
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Pentagon leaders were concerned about extremism in the military even before the Jan. 6 insurrection. But new Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said he...
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Doug and Helen Lovern met while serving in the Air Force in the early 1970s. They worked night shifts together in the intensive care unit while stationed…
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Though President Biden signed an executive order allowing transgender people to serve in the military, would-be recruits are waiting for the Pentagon to...
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Mike Bressler and Raymond Mangelsdorf never served in the same unit, or even the same branch of the armed forces, but roughly a decade after deploying to…
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The pandemic has forced some veteran-owned businesses to close. But other veteran entrepreneurs say their military experience has helped them withstand...
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Patti Elliott remembers her youngest son Lucas was always “kind of an adrenaline junky.”He started shooting with a high-powered rifle competition team at…
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The University of North Carolina System has signed a new collaborative agreement with the Army’s 18th Airborne Corps, which is based at Fort Bragg.It will…
