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VA eliminates gender-identity initiatives, reclassifies LGBTQ+ care coordinators
The Department of Veterans Affairs is eliminating activity geared toward veterans’ gender identities and reclassifying its LGBTQ+ care coordinators, according to an internal memo made public this week. The purpose of the June 12 memo, it says, is to bring the department into compliance with...
US Army fugitive arrested in Spain after decades on the run
A former U.S. Army soldier convicted of rape, desertion and indecent assualt was arrested in Spain nearly 30 years after fleeing his unit in Germany, ending one of the longest-running manhunts in U.S. Marshals history, the agency announced last week. Jesse Bussey, who had been...
Apache going down near Oman a sign of air combat evolution, analysts warn
With any air left in lungs likely heaving from adrenaline, the crew members may have blown bubbles, feeling which way the small pockets of air traveled against their face. Submerged in darkness and feeling around a cockpit becoming a watery tomb, the direction of the...
Senate committee proposes 3.6% military pay raise, rejecting White House request for more
Lawmakers must soon hammer out the differences in their proposals for fiscal 2027 military pay raises, as the Senate has rejected the Trump administration’s request for higher, tiered pay raises — a proposal agreed to by a House committee. The Senate Armed Services Committee has...
Senate advances effort to investigate use of JAG officers as immigration judges
An effort is advancing in the Senate to demand a probe into how Judge Advocates General were used by the Justice Department last year to serve as immigration judges and special assistant U.S. attorneys. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., introduced a proposal mandating the U.S. Comptroller...
Hegseth announces review of US troops in Europe, scorns some allies
BRUSSELS — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a new review of America’s troop deployments in Europe on Thursday and threatened to withhold some U.S. dues to NATO if “free riding” allies did not meet their defense spending commitments. Hegseth, addressing defense ministers at NATO...
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