Nov 15 Watch 4:54 Female vets who disabled bombs find a path to healing: ‘Not everything in life is going to hurt you’ How do former service members cope with one of the most stressful jobs in the military? Judy, Ty and Jamie, three female veterans who served in the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit, offer their Brief but Spectacular takes on post-traumatic growth… Continue watching
Nov 15 WATCH LIVE: Trump delivers remarks about supporting veterans and military families By Jill Colvin, Associated Press President Donald Trump is expected to speak about supporting veterans and military families around 1:30 p.m. ET. Watch live here. Continue reading
Oct 30 What the U.S. troops deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border can and can’t do By Astrid Galvan, Associated Press The troops will not be allowed to detain immigrants, seize drugs from smugglers or have any direct involvement in stopping a migrant caravan that is still about 1,000 miles from the nearest border crossing. Continue reading
Sep 03 1 U.S. service member killed, 1 wounded in insider attack in Afghanistan By Associated Press The Pentagon has identified the soldier killed in Afghanistan Monday as Army Command Sgt. Maj. Timothy A. Bolyard, age 42, from Thornton, West Virginia. Continue reading
Aug 15 Watch 8:43 How the Pentagon joins forces with Silicon Valley startups By Mike Cerre The U.S. military has been closely connected with Silicon Valley since it "started-up" in the 1960s. More recently, the Defense Department has set up an innovation base of sorts to get closer to the new technology companies they need to… Continue watching
Aug 13 Watch 6:27 Massive defense policy bill takes steps to restrain Trump President Donald Trump signed a sweeping defense authorization bill Monday that offers a statement of policy as well as spending priorities totalling more than $700 billion. Nick Schifrin joins Amna Nawaz to discuss the scope beyond the wars in Iraq… Continue watching
Aug 13 What’s in the defense authorization act? By Nick Schifrin President Donald Trump is scheduled to sign the bill around 2:30 p.. ET in Fort Drum, New York. Watch live here. Continue reading
Aug 09 For now, Army suspends discharges of immigrant recruits By Martha Mendoza, Garance Burke, Associated Press The U.S. Army has stopped discharging immigrant recruits who enlisted seeking a path to citizenship — at least temporarily. Continue reading
Aug 09 Sons feel mixed emotions after North Korea returns dad’s dog tag By Robert Burns, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The lone military identification tag that North Korea provided with 55 boxes of human remains last month belonged to Master Sgt. Charles H. McDaniel, an Army medic from Indiana who was killed in the opening months of the… Continue reading
Jul 25 U.S. acts to release $195M in suspended military aid to Egypt By Associated Press The United States has decided to release $195 million in military aid to Egypt after withholding the assistance last year over human rights concerns, the State Department announced Wednesday. Continue reading