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3 Air Force cadets who refused vaccine won’t be commissioned

May 21, 2022 at 4:00 p.m.

Three cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy who have refused the COVID-19 vaccine will not be commissioned as military officers but will graduate with bachelor's degrees, the academy said...

Air Force Academy cadets throw their hats in the air as the Air Force Thunderbirds fly over the U.S. Air Force Academy's 58th graduation commencement on June 2, 2016 at Falcon Stadium in Colorado Springs.

4 Air Force cadets may not graduate due to vaccine refusal

May 14, 2022 at 1:14 p.m.

According to the military, as many as 20,000 service members have asked for religious exemptions. Thousands have been denied.

With COVID mission over, Pentagon plans for next pandemic

April 10, 2022 at 11:45 p.m.

A COVID-19 patient was in respiratory distress. The Army nurse knew she had to act quickly.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin appears ...

Pentagon may need more budget funding to help Ukraine

March 28, 2022 at 9:43 p.m.

The Pentagon may have to ask Congress for additional money to support Ukraine's battle against Russia’s invasion, including to replenish America's arsenal for weapons sent to Kyiv, officials said Monday.

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Sexual assault reports increase at U.S. military academies

February 17, 2022 at 6:24 p.m.

Reported sexual assaults at the U.S. military academies increased sharply during the 2020-21 school year, as students returned to in-person classes during the coronavirus pandemic.

People inspect a destroyed house following ...

Biden says IS leader killed during U.S. raid in Syria

February 3, 2022 at 7:22 a.m.

The leader of the violent Islamic State group was killed during an overnight raid carried out by U.S. special forces in Syria鈥檚 northwestern Idlib province, President Joe Biden said Thursday.

U.S. military weighs penalties for those who refuse COVID vaccine

November 1, 2021 at 8:43 p.m.

As deadlines loom for military and defense civilians to get mandated COVID-19 vaccines, senior leaders must now wrestle with the fate of those who flatly refuse the shots or are...

Military suicides rise 15% as senior leaders call for action

September 30, 2021 at 3:18 p.m.

The number of U.S. military suicides jumped by 15% last year, fueled by significant increases in the Army and Marine Corps that senior leaders called troubling. They urged more effort...

Army Gen. Mark Milley defends calls to Chinese at end of Trump presidency

September 28, 2021 at 5:52 p.m.

The Biden administration on Monday renewed efforts to shield hundreds of thousands of immigrants who came to the United States as young children from deportation, the latest maneuver in a...

U.S. military leaders favored keeping troops in Afghanistan

September 28, 2021 at 10:29 a.m.

In their first congressional testimony on the tumultuous final months of America鈥檚 longest war, top U.S. military officers on Tuesday acknowledged misjudging the fragility of Afghanistan鈥檚 army and said they...

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