Hegseth, who often cites Scripture and has criticized "secular humanism" in the military, said the new Office of Religious Affairs will directly oversee chaplains and report to him.

Japanese police arrested a U.S. Marine in the alleged robbery and murder of a woman on Okinawa, officials said Sunday.

The investigations by attorneys general follow a recent bankruptcy filing in the face of civil lawsuits, falling revenues, and impending debt payments.

A new report from the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of the Inspector General found mental health care at San Antonio’s Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital failed to meet the agency’s standards in several categories.

Four years ago Vladimir Putin commanded Russian forces to invade Ukraine, producing a rupture with the United States and Europe the world has not seen since the Cold War. The war has turned into a long battle of wills in which Russia refocused its entire state machinery to achieve one purpose: Outlast the West, at any cost necessary. The Kremlin is waging a war not only on Ukraine, but against global order.

Women make up the fastest-growing group of U.S. veterans. But fewer than half of female veterans are enrolled in VA health care, and some women are hesitant to even self-identify as former service members.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s campaign to eliminate diversity programs is prompting concern among Black service members who say their qualifications and patriotism are being called into question. Writing in The Atlantic, Clint Smith said many of the roughly two dozen Black military personnel he interviewed felt disrespected or pressured to leave.

The Army is cross-training medics and working to improve its practices for canine casualty care more broadly to meet the new challenges of warfare.

As the country marks the 25th anniversary of 9/11, people across the city honor those who died in the attacks and the wars that followed.

A yearly effort by Texas Parks and Wildlife focuses on veterans.