Leaders of Army, Marine Corps, Joint Chiefs Confirmed by Senate Amid Monthslong Blockade by Tuberville
The Senate approved new chiefs for the Army and Marine Corps on Thursday following its approval of the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Wednesday night. The trio of military leaders are the first officer promotions the Senate has confirmed in more than six months since Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., started blocking […]
Bedbugs, Brown Water, Squatters: Military Barracks Blasted over Horrid Living Conditions, Lack of Accountability
Military barracks with plumbing so bad that the entire building smelled of methane, and water so disgusting it wasn’t considered safe to drink. Those were among the findings by the Government Accountability Office after it visited 12 military installations to examine the living conditions of troops in base housing. The watchdog agency published the conditions […]
Democrats Circumvent Tuberville as Senate Moves to Finally Confirm Leaders of Army, Marine Corps, Joint Chiefs
The Marine Corps, Army and Joint Chiefs of Staff are poised to get full-time leaders as a months-long stalemate in the Senate centering on the Pentagon’s abortion policy begins to soften. The Senate on Wednesday began a series of votes that could end in the confirmations of Gen. Charles “C.Q.” Brown to be chairman of […]
West Point Sued over Using Race as an Admissions Factor in the Wake of Landmark Supreme Court Ruling
West Point was accused in a federal lawsuit Tuesday of improperly using race and ethnicity as factors in admissions by the same group behind the legal challenge that resulted in the U.S. Supreme Court striking down affirmative action in college admissions. Students for Fair Admissions claims the U.S. Military Academy sets benchmarks for how many […]
Republican Derrick Anderson, Former Green Beret, to Run for Democrat-Controlled US House Seat in Virginia
RICHMOND, Va. — Derrick Anderson, a U.S. Army combat veteran and attorney, announced plans Monday to again seek the Republican nomination for a Virginia congressional seat that could be a key to determining party control of the U.S. House. The former Green Beret pledged in a statement to run a “tireless, heartfelt, and genuine” campaign […]
Innovation Overload: Army Units Are Drowning in Ideas
The opinions expressed in this op-ed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Military.com. If you would like to submit your own commentary, please send your article to opinions@military.com for consideration. Walk into the headquarters of any operational Army unit on any Army base in the United States, and you’ll eventually […]
Watch Out for Backroom Warmongers Urging NATO Entanglement in Ukraine
The opinions expressed in this op-ed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Military.com. If you would like to submit your own commentary, please send your article to opinions@military.com for consideration. Recent proposals encouraging initiatives to increase NATO membership for Eastern European nations are antagonistic, ill-timed and of questionable […]
Army Noncommissioned Officers May No Longer Get Promoted Before Required Schooling Under New Policy
The Army is dramatically scaling back a two-year-old policy that allowed noncommissioned officers to be promoted before they attended an academy required for their next rank, according to a policy memo recently issued to the force. In January, active-duty enlisted soldiers and their full-time counterparts in the Army Reserve will no longer be able to […]
Sergeant Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Fatal Shooting Still in Army 4 Months Later
A sergeant who was sentenced in May to 25 years in prison for fatally shooting a Black Lives Matter protester in Texas is still in the Army, according to the service. Daniel Perry fatally shot Garrett Foster during an Austin protest in July 2020. The law firm representing Perry told Military.com it is aiming to […]
Army Temporarily Suspends Reenlistment Bonuses for Soldiers After Hitting High Retention Rates
The Army is ending its reenlistment bonus, at least for a short while, as the service experiences notably high retention rates. A Sept. 12 internal Army Military Personnel Center message shared with Military.com detailed that the Selective Retention Bonus Program was shut down on “the effective date of this message.” This past April, the Army […]