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
For Defense Firms, Brexit Could Be Europe’s Sequester
A British departure from the European Union could slow arms purchases and collaboration across the continent.
Pay & Benefits
Defense Rolls Out Phased Retirement For Civilian Employees
The decision by the government’s largest department could prod other agencies into offering the nearly four-year-old benefit to eligible workers.
Defense
Is Long-Term Immigration Detention Illegal?
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether detained migrants can be held for longer than six months without a bail hearing.
Defense
Clinton’s Likely Defense Secretary Wants More U.S. Troops Fighting ISIS and Assad
If the cards fall where many think they will, 2017 could be the year of the no-bomb zone.
Defense
The Translators Promised Visas But Made Into Refugees by the U.S. Army
Muhammad was laid off in 2014, and everything went downhill from there.
Defense