The department said the change was made in order to comply with executive orders and the updates would "have no impact whatsoever on who VA treats or works at VA."| Military.com
The department has pledged it will meet an end-of-the-year deadline early for halting spinal cord injury research that used macaque monkeys as test subjects.| Military.com
The Army is set to phase out its unit-level athletic trainers -- civilian specialists tasked with providing immediate care and rehabilitation for soldiers with minor musculoskeletal injuries -- by the end of the current fiscal year, according to an internal email obtained by Military.com.| Military.com
The testing cycle, which was scheduled to begin Saturday and go through April 15, will be pushed back to March 3 and will continue through May 1, the Air Force said in a statement.| Military.com
The Senate voted 52-48 to confirm Gabbard to the job of director of national intelligence, giving her the responsibility of delivering President Trump's daily intelligence briefing and overseeing the nation's 18 intelligence agencies.| Military.com
A review of content taught at the Department of Defense Education Activity schools has resulted in restrictions of lessons on sexuality, Black History Month, and a Union soldier who was born a woman and served in the Civil War.| Military.com
A decade of declining recruitment numbers for the Army is almost entirely attributable to a significant drop in male recruiting as female enlistments have remained relatively flat, internal service data reviewed by Military.com shows.| Military.com
Americans still think highly of veterans, but a majority would recommend against joining the military, particularly in the enlisted ranks.| Military.com
This year's survey found that 51% of respondents said they would encourage friends and family who were considering joining the military to do so.| Military.com
Of the five Defense Department service branches, only two met their active-duty enlisted recruiting goals for fiscal 2023.| Military.com
The shift in demographics for incoming recruits would be irrelevant to war planners, except it coincides with an overall shortfall of about 10,000 recruits for the Army in 2023.| Military.com
