Coast Guard to get first MQ-9 drones
Current and former officials are heralding the move as a game-changer in the fight against smuggling.
By Carla Babb
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Appeals court throws out plea deal for alleged 9/11 mastermind
Friday's decision undoes an attempt to wrap up more than two decades of military prosecution beset by legal and logistical troubles.
That day: Veterans share where they were on Sept. 11, 2001
Veterans share their accounts of what happened on Sept. 11, 2001.
By Sarah Sicard
In a year of restrictions, virus changes Sept. 11, too
In a year when the coronavirus pandemic has reshaped countless American rituals, even the commemoration of 9/11 could not escape unchanged.
New book accuses Trump of blasting top military generals as ‘pussies’ for defending foreign alliances
The comments in Bob Woodward's newest release come amid numerous reports of Trump bad-mouthing troops and veterans behind the scenes at the White House.
Close the Pentagon — it’s too big of a target
Why maintain a highly concentrated target for adversaries?
By James Hasik
IAVA and the Leadership Conference on the US Postal Service
Civil rights and veterans organization leaders urge voters to contact their representatives to support the Postal Service against attacks by the administration.
By Vanita Gupta and Jeremy Butler
Iraqi leader says country still needs US help to counter ISIS threat
Iraq’s prime minister said Monday ahead of a much anticipated trip to Washington that his country still needs U.S. assistance to counter the threat posed by the Islamic State group.
The GI Bill, private colleges and the unfortunate practice of ‘swapping’
Private colleges should stop treating GI Bill tuition and fee benefits as the equivalent of a scholarship, says the author of this commentary.
By Andrew Norris