VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Trails of Purpose, a Chesapeake-based nonprofit that uses horses to support military members, is preparing to expan…
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The U.S. will support its allies and partners when they defend themselves against coercion and bullying in the Western Pacific, Secretary of D…
A U.S. guided-missile destroyer and a Canadian frigate transited the Taiwan Strait on Saturday, U.S. 7th Fleet announced. USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-…
A Mississippi lawmaker has called on veterans leaders to remove the rainbow flag for LGBTQ+ Pride month from the row of American flags at the entrance to the Biloxi VA Medical Center. WLOX-TV reports U.S. Rep. Mike Ezell sent a letter about the flag to the Veterans Affairs secretary and interim director of the Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System. Ezell says he believes everyone should be treated with respect but he takes issue with any flag flying at a VA facility that promotes social policy positions or political statements. A VA spokesperson says the flag is simply a symbol of inclusion.
The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is still operating off the coast of Guam, providing support for disaster relief operations for the U.S. territ…
The chief diversity officer of the nation’s oldest state-supported military college has turned in her resignation amid a debate over the school’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. Jamica Love started the job at the Virginia Military Institute in July 2021. That was a month after a report found that VMI had failed to address institutional racism and sexism. Love’s hiring has been part of recent efforts toward diversity, equity and inclusion at the school. However, some conservative alumni have criticized the direction the school is taking. Love's resignation was announced Thursday by the school's superintendent. She declined to comment in an email on Friday.
The following is the 2022 report from the Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey. The report to Congress is an annual summary of the health of …
Rastafari gain sacramental rights to marijuana in Antigua and Barbuda, celebrate freedom of worship
Fort Bragg shed its Confederate namesake Friday to become Fort Liberty in a ceremony some veterans view as a small but important step in making the U.S. Army more welcoming to Black service members. The change is the most prominent in a broad Department of Defense initiative to rename military installations bearing the name of confederate soldiers. It was prompted by the 2020 George Floyd protests. A naming commission estimates the cost of renaming the base will be about $6.37 million. The commission visited the base and met with and members of the surrounding community to solicit their input. The North Carolina base was originally named in 1918 for Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg.