NEWS & EVENTS

A 21-Year-Old with Top Secret Access? It’s Not as Rare as You Think POLITICO The leak of secret military documents last week sent shockwaves through the Pentagon, but Defense Department officials are less surprised by the revelation April 13 that the Justice...

By Greg Hadley The push to create a new Space National Guard got a major boost last week as a bipartisan team of Senators offered new legislation—even as the Pentagon works to craft details on a competing plan. Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Marco Rubio...

Nineteen Republican senators have introduced a bill that would reinstate military members involuntarily separated from the services for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine.

Any full-time service member welcoming a new child can now take up to 12 weeks of free parental leave during the 12 months that follow, according to a congressionally mandated policy the Pentagon released last week.

Radar Sweep U.S. News & World Report The Pentagon on Jan. 10 announced it is formally ending its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for troops after President Biden signed into law a massive defense spending bill that required the measure’s termination, bringing a close to the...

By Greg Hadley The Senate passed the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Dec. 15, sending the annual policy bill to President Joe Biden for his signature. But Biden could still opt to veto the bill over a controversial provision requiring the Pentagon to...

The final language in the annual defense policy bill hasn't been released yet, but one thing seems increasingly certain: Congress will end the military’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate soon. Republicans on Capitol Hill have been calling for the rule's demise for weeks.

The Air Force chief of staff is warning that the U.S. military must "change" if it wants to stayahead of China and Russia. “Our adversaries have continued to advance their capabilities at thesame time we’ve been using some of the same capabilities...

Military.com The Defense Department said it will cover travel and transportation expenses for service members and dependents who need to travel to obtain an abortion following a Supreme Court ruling in June striking down constitutional protections for the procedure....

By Greg HadleyThe total number and rate of suicides among service members, particularly among Active-dutytroops, declined from 2020 to 2021, the Pentagon announced in its annual suicide report—asmall sign of progress amid a general trend upward in the past decade. In...