Danger pay for US troops could double, expand to more regions
The U.S. defense budget request for Fiscal Year 2027 has raised the prospect of an increase in the monthly stipend paid out to troops in dangerous regions.
By Hope Hodge Seck
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The US Army wants to manufacture meatless proteins in combat zones
The service "is exploring how the emerging alternative-protein sector can help meet several objectives, including enhancing food supply chain resilience."
By Michael Peck
Army unit lifts sex ban, cancels order prohibiting ‘rubbing, humping, grinding’
One Germany-based Army unit was barred from engaging in a laundry list of sexual acts and forms of physical contact, all in the name vehicle and equipment upkeep.
By J.D. Simkins
Trump’s top military and veterans tweets of 2018
Among more than 3,000 tweets this year, the president included a handful of major defense and veterans policy announcements.
Nation’s oldest World War II vet dies at age 112
A family member says the nation’s oldest World War II veteran who was also believed to be oldest living man in the U.S. has died in Texas.
Army vet police officer in subway battle: ‘I’m trying to survive’
A police officer on patrol alone says he was just “trying to survive” as he fought off homeless men who came at him in a caught-on-video confrontation in a New York City subway station Sunday night.
New York National Guard’s military funerals top 11,000 in 2018
The New York National Guard says it will have provided military funeral honors for more than 11,000 veterans and military members by the time 2018 ends next week.
Bring it on! New Taliban video shows intense training for cheer squad competition
Taliban training video documentation is the gift that keeps on giving.
By J.D. Simkins
Yes, Collman. There is a Santa Claus.
The 7-year-old who spoke to Trump about Santa still believes in the jolly chimney spelunker. And NORAD tracked him, too!
Court advances lawsuit from PTSD-affected Army veterans with ‘bad paper’ discharges
The Army lawsuit follows a similar Navy lawsuit last month; both seek to restore benefits to veterans.
By Tara Copp, AP
Here’s how veterans have saved at least $4 million shopping at the online exchange
Veterans have spent more than $60 million at one online military exchange.
By Karen Jowers
Painting stolen in WWII is heading from US to Ukraine
The FBI seized the painting after a retired couple transported it to Washington, D.C., to be auctioned last year.
By Collin Binkley, Associated Press