Steve Walsh
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American Homefront
Shipbuilders are pursuing a variety of measures to find more workers, including a marketing partnership with Major League Baseball.
Jacob Hutchinson
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U.S. Marine Corps
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The U.S. military is going to Gaza, hoping to deliver food from a football-field-sized floating dockThe mobile dock can deliver up to two million meals a day, but key questions about the mission remain unanswered. -
The U.S. will bestow Congressional Gold Medals on members of a secret Army unit that carried out what came to be known as psychological operations. -
Each threatened shutdown can lead to stress in the military community about missing paychecks and losing access to federal programs. -
A lack of barracks space - as well as poor living conditions in some barracks buildings - are contributing to complaints about sailors' quality of life. -
Congress is considering whether to override a VA policy that says veterans who need financial fiduciaries may be reported to the FBI’s background check system. -
The Navy stopped short of invoking the extremism rules against Bryce Henson, who has appeared at rallies alongside the Proud Boys and posted threatening messages online. -
The Transgender American Veterans Association is suing the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, two years after the department said it would provide gender affirmation surgery. -
A Pentagon report finds that troops' suicides are often preceded by legal or administrative troublesAbout a quarter of all suicide deaths occur among troops caught up in legal or administrative battles - sometimes for minor infractions. -
A long-term study hopes to shed light on an array of vague symptoms that can affect veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. -
After a string of high-profile deaths and disappearances, the Army is trying harder to find soldiers who fail to report for duty.
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.