May is Military Appreciation Month, and tucked within it is one of my favorite observances: Military Spouse Appreciation Day, the Friday before Mother’s Day, or May 9 this year. Over the past ...

WASHINGTON − Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the military to look into how its fitness standards have changed since 2015 – the year the military announced it would open all its jobs ...

And though spending in South Korea went up only 1.4% in 2024, Seoul has the “highest military burden in East Asia,” at 2.6% of GDP, the institute said. Taiwan, an island democracy of some 23 ...

Military academies could increasingly show what President Trump wants to see from public schools and colleges. While K-12 districts and universities are fighting back against book removals ...

Have you supported a military spouse in your life lately? Getty Many people understand the hard work, bravery and selflessness that members of the military dedicate to their service. But not as ...

As President Trump expands the use of the military in immigration enforcement, this nearly 150-year-old law has come into sharp focus. The Posse Comitatus Act was designed to limit the use of ...

Global military expenditure rose by 9.4% in 2024 to $2.7 trillion, the steepest yearly rise since the end of the Cold War, according to data compiled by the global security think tank Stockholm ...

From 2005 to 2023, the number of women serving active-duty roles in the U.S. military rose by 12%, while the number of men fell by more than 10%, according to Pentagon data. A third of active-duty ...

When Denise learned in February that she might have to pay out of pocket for her weekly therapy sessions, the military veteran from Virginia started to panic. She’d been seeing her psychologist ...

While there is a growing consensus that new military spending is likely to offer some boost to European economies in the near term, just how much will depend on how well that money is spent and where.