Military families seek out food assistance amid shutdown anxiety
"We expected an increase, but didn't quite expect this," said Dorene Ocamb, Armed Services YMCA chief brand and development officer.
By Karen Jowers
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Navy hits historic recruiting numbers with more ads, tattoo approvals
Fiscal 2025 was the best recruiting year for the Navy since 2002. The head of Navy recruiting credited the feat, in part, to streamlining tattoo approvals.
By Hope Hodge Seck
Airman’s cocaine bust conviction overturned on workout powder appeal
A judge decided government prosecutors did not adequately consider the airman's defense that the flagged substance could've been tainted pre-workout power.
By Hope Hodge Seck
Hegseth terminates women’s advisory group, slams ‘divisive agenda’
A Sept. 17 memo signed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directs the “formal disestablishment” of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services.
By Hope Hodge Seck
In reversal, Pentagon keeps women’s advisory group, adds four more
A 75-year-old committee advocating for women in the military will be revived as part of a phased return of 39 DOD groups put on pause earlier this year.
By Hope Hodge Seck
One man’s memory sparks search for US soldiers he saw executed in WWII
Retired firefighter Benjamin Broadwell Hagans, 96, has emerged as an eyewitness to the savage executions of three soldiers in 1942, The War Horse reports.
By Ken McLaughlin, The War Horse