Trump Moves to Close Gaps in San Diego Border Fence, But Environmental Concerns Linger
The border wall system running through San Diego County has been one of the most fortified stretches in the southwest for decades, beginning with a border security push in the 1990s and continuing with miles of replacement fencing constructed during President Donald Trump’s first administration. But some spots remain where there is no fence at all, […]
Army War College Is Editing Website to Obey Anti-DEI Order as Trump Reshapes Defense
The U.S. Army War College’s website, since at least Wednesday evening, has shown only one page: a notice about ongoing content removal under the Trump administration’s new guidelines to scrub mentions of diversity, equity and inclusion. Under Department of Defense instructions, the notice states vaguely, “certain posts have been removed, are in a process of […]
How the Trump Administration Is Erasing History and Ignoring the Wishes of Descendants of Confederate Leaders
Jennifer Barnhill is a columnist for Military.com writing about military families. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently renamed Fort Liberty, North Carolina, choosing the name Fort Bragg. Not that Bragg, though. The base had long been called Fort Bragg in honor of a Confederate general, but it was changed in 2023 following a congressional mandate to […]
'People Are Very Scared': Trump Administration Purge of JAG Officers Raises Legal, Ethical Fears
Current military lawyers and legal experts told Military.com the administration’s firings of the Air Force, Army and Navy’s top judge advocates general politicizes and sets an alarming precedent for a crucial job in the military, all as President Donald Trump has mused about using the military in unorthodox and potentially illegal ways. Trump and Defense […]
Trump Begins Firings of FAA Air Traffic Control Staff Just Weeks After Fatal DC Plane Crash
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has begun firing several hundred Federal Aviation Administration employees, upending staff on a busy air travel weekend and just weeks after a January fatal mid-air collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Probationary workers were targeted in late night emails Friday notifying them they had been fired, David Spero, president […]
Black Hawk in Deadly Collision May Have Turned Off Location Monitor, But Trump Blames Air Traffic Control System
President Donald Trump on Thursday blamed the deadly collision of a passenger jet and Army helicopter last week on what he called an “obsolete” computer system used by U.S. air traffic controllers. He vowed to replace it after NTSB officials told members of Congress that advanced surveillance technology available on the helicopter was turned off. […]
West Point Eliminates Student Clubs Related to Gender or Race After Trump Order
The U.S. Military Academy at West Point has axed at least a dozen extracurricular clubs geared toward women and minority students amid an ongoing audit aimed at aligning with the Trump administration’s crackdown on diversity programs in federal institutions. Col. Chad Foster, West Point’s deputy commandant, issued the directive Tuesday, ordering the immediate dissolution of […]
Trump Wants to Undo Diversity Programs. Some Agencies React by Scrubbing US History and Culture
TUSKEGEE, Ala. (AP) — The tails of the Alabama Air National Guard’s F-35 Lightnings are painted red, like those of the Guard’s F-16s before them. It’s an homage to the famed Alabama-based unit of the Tuskegee Airmen, who flew red-tailed P-51 Mustangs during World War II. The squadron, which trained in the state, was the […]
The Loneliest General: Silence Surrounds Gen. Mark Milley Amid Trump Retaliation
President Donald Trump focused his ire and retaliation on one person in the very first minutes of his presidency, even before his inauguration concluded — retired Army Gen. Mark Milley, the highest-ranking and most visible officer in the military during the president’s first term in office. On Jan. 20, as Trump was sworn in, Milley’s […]
Trump Orders 1,500 Active-Duty Troops to Border Ahead of Pentagon Security Plan Deadline
The Pentagon is surging approximately 1,500 active-duty troops to the southern U.S. border under orders from President Donald Trump to assist in flying migrants out of the country as well as building barriers, as the commander in chief flexes his new authority and attempts to make good on a campaign promise to curb immigration into […]