Trump Watches Army Demonstration at Fort Bragg as He Faces Criticism for Deploying Military to LA
FORT BRAGG, N.C. — President Donald Trump watched the U.S. Army demonstrate a missile strike, a helicopter assault and a building raid at Fort Bragg on Tuesday, celebrating the 250th anniversary of that branch of the military while he deployed members of another — the U.S. Marines — to Los Angeles to join the National […]
‘Ready, Not Woke’: Republican Criticism Hits a Nerve Amid Army Recruiting Woes
Once sacrosanct, the military has increasingly become a political punching bag in Washington, D.C., but the country’s largest service has lately started taking some swings of its own. “We are a ready Army, not a ‘woke’ Army,” Army Secretary Christine Wormuth told reporters Tuesday. “What I’m trying to talk about now is how that drip, […]