Jay Price
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American Homefront
The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning to eliminate 25,000 vacant positions and implement the largest reorganization of its giant health care system in three decades
Steve Walsh
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American Homefront
Yasmine De La Rosa
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U.S. Marine Corps
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The formation of the Western Hemisphere Command is intended to bolster the Administration's military priorities, including border security and targeting suspected drug cartels in the Caribbean. -
Veterans with male breast cancer will face additional requirements to obtain VA care and disability benefits. The agency says the Biden Administration falsely classified men’s breasts as reproductive organs. -
Not only is the federal shutdown affecting many troops' paychecks, it's interrupting training and causing supply shortages. -
Groups that provide food aid and financial help to military families have seen a surge in demand this month. -
The Defense Civilian Training Corps serves as a "talent factory" for the Department of Defense. -
The Trump Administration's immigration crackdown has left thousands of Afghan allies without optionsThe Administration has slowed or stopped programs that allowed people who fought alongside the U.S. to come to America. -
Vulcan Elements CEO John Maslin stands on the company's factory floor in Research Triangle Park, N.C. The two year old company has signed more than $10 million in deals with every branch of the military for its rare earth magnets. -
The newly-designated military zones, which include sites in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, allow troops to detain migrants and others who trespass. -
Amid complaints about living conditions, the Navy may let private contractors take over its barracksThe Navy's drive to privatize barracks concerns some observers, who note problems with the military's earlier effort to privatize on-base family housing. -
Troops will now face tougher rules to get exceptions to the daily shaving requirement. That could especially affect Black men with a skin condition that makes shaving painful and potentially disfiguring.
The American Homefront Project collaborated with the PBS documentary series American Veteran to profile men and women who have served in the U.S. military.