Author: Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY

Ashton Carter, who served as Defense secretary in the final two years of the Obama administration, died on Monday after a ‘sudden cardiac event.’

The Department of Defense estimates sexual assaults among women service members surged 35% from 2018 to 2021, despite promises to curb the problem.

The Pentagon’s “senior mentor” program, left for dead more than a decade ago, is once again flourishing. Critics blast it as an ol’ boys network.

The Army faces the worst recruiting environment in 50 years. The military service won’t make its goal for soldier recruits; its force could shrink.

The retired officer, Gary Volesky, responded to a tweet Jill Biden sent about abortion. “Glad to see you finally know what a woman is,” he wrote.

The soldier’s mother says the error shows how little the Army cared for her son. The Army apologized, but it comes amid a crisis in military suicides.

There were 17 suspected suicides among soldiers in Alaska in 2021, more than previous two years combined. The Army is rushing resources there.

Sexual assault survivors win: “Provisions included in this year’s NDAA are the most transformative military justice reforms in our nation’s history.”