Pentagon codifies fitness standards across branches
The new regulations spell out testing timelines, standards for troops in combat arms specialties and guidelines for pregnancy and postpartum fitness.
By Eve Sampson
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They served through America’s post-9/11 wars. 25 years later, what did that service mean?
Nearly 3 million Americans served in the wars that followed Sept. 11. Three veterans reflect in The War Horse about what they saw, lost and still carry.
By David Roza, The War Horse
Man sentenced to life in killings featured in ‘The Fort Bragg Cartel’
In 2020, a Delta Force soldier and an Army veteran were found shot in the woods of a North Carolina base.
By Eve Sampson
Opinion
America wants the hero, not the human
If America and the DoD truly want to “support our troops,” they must start acknowledging the human beings inside the uniform, this military spouse writes.
By Alexa LeCureux
Iran war escalation raises concern over civilian death toll
The recent escalation of the Iran war has cast renewed attention on its civilian toll after Iran reported four killed and dozens wounded at a wedding.
By Menna AlaaElDin and Kanishka Singh, Reuters
West Point ordered professors not to teach human causes of climate change, lawsuit says
A West Point professor is suing the academy, alleging officials fired him after ordering instructors to stop teaching about anthropogenic climate change.
By Eve Sampson