Defense
The Navy Is Rigging Locusts to Sniff Out Bombs
Although dogs’ noses remain the gold standard for chemical detection, bugs' simpler neurological system make them easier to engineer and control.
Defense
How the Cold War Forced NASA to Make Its Jupiter Spacecraft Solar-powered
If NASA had its way, it would never have chosen this path.
Defense
The Federal Government Confronts Its Bias
A new program at the Department of Justice will train thousands of officers and attorneys on the way prejudice affects law enforcement.
News
John McCain Goes Straight Talk Express on Defense Personnel Reform
Republican senator riffs on "abysmal" USAJOBS site and the Pentagon’s "perverse bureaucratic culture."
Defense
The Civilians Killed in U.S. Airstrikes
Between 64 and 116 civilians and more than 2,000 militants have been killed outside war zones, the White House said.
Defense
Air Force Officers Give New Details for F-35 in War With China
For the first time, key officers lay out how they’d deploy the stealth F-35 and F-22 in an all-out war with China.
Defense
Bikini Islanders Still Deal With Fallout of U.S. Nuclear Tests, 70 Years Later
In the summer of 1946, the U.S. government detonated the first of many atomic bomb tests in the Marshall Islands. Seventy years of radiation exposure later, residents are still fighting for justice, and a government compensation program is broke.
Defense
The U.S. Military's Welcome for Transgender Troops
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced Thursday that U.S. armed forces will no longer prevent transgender people from serving openly.
Defense
All-Clear at Joint Base Andrews
The base in Maryland lifted its lockdown after it instructed all personnel to shelter in place because of a report Thursday of an active shooter.
Defense
Is America's Foreign-Policy Pendulum Swinging Back to Intervention?
After Obama’s two terms in office, will his successor push America back toward a more robust engagement with the world?
Defense
John Kerry: "We Are Not Frozen in a Nightmare"
Defending the Obama Administration’s geopolitical record, the secretary of state laid out a vision of an America that is globalist, engaged, and deeply interventionist.
Defense
House Republican Report Reveals New Details About the 2012 Benghazi Terror Attacks
The report did not find any evidence of wrongdoing against Hillary Clinton and alleges a lack of preparedness among administration officials.
Defense
Homeland Security is Considering Asking Foreign Visitors to Hand Over Their Social Media Information
The government is weighing a proposal to ask foreign visitors to disclose their social media accounts when entering or leaving the country.
Defense
An Imminent End to the Military’s Ban on Transgender Americans
A formal announcement from the Pentagon is expected some time in July.
Defense
Expand the Draft to Women – Or Repeal It? A Long Constitutional Debate Continues
Congress is debating the power of government to use a military draft. An Ole Miss historian explains how this power is rooted in our nation's founding document.
Management
What Would a Bunch of Vets Tell the Presidential Candidates If They Were Trapped on an Elevator Together?
Don’t privatize VA health care, and don't treat us like political props, among other things.
Defense
Iwo Jima, Misidentified
The Marine Corps has acknowledged it wrongly identified one of the six men in the iconic World War II image, USA Today reports.
Defense
The Military Can’t Train To Fend Off the Worst Cyber Attacks on Infrastructure — Yet
Digital wargames that ‘truly represent a realistic and relevant threat’ are coming in 2019.
Defense
The Army is Soliciting Fashion Advice on How to Cuff Shirt Sleeves
A pilot sleeve-rolling program is underway at the Army base in Fort Hood, Texas,
Management