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The Selective Service System promotes registration through these transit billboards, as well as TV and radio public service announcements.

Should Women Be Drafted? Congress May Have to Decide Soon

As more military jobs are opened to women, Congress may face the question of whether to require women to register for the Selective Service.This is part 2…

Cars line up at a March food distribution event at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio.

As Their Spouses Lost Jobs In the Pandemic, More Troops Began Relying On Emergency Food Aid

A new report says military families are relying more on food banks and other emergency aid, partly because military spouses lost their jobs or had their hours cut during the pandemic.

Sailors and civilians at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard follow social distancing requirements as they attend a Memorial Day ceremony May 19.

The COVID-19 Pandemic Is Altering This Year's Memorial Day Tributes

The coronavirus pandemic has led groups around the country to cancel or scale back commemorations of America's war dead.America will recognize its fallen…

A VA cemetery crew lifts a steel casket from the ground containing remains of an unknown U.S. service member, more than six decades after it was buried.

No Longer 'Unknowns': The Military Is Exhuming and Identifying Bodies of Korean War Victims

Using DNA and other new technology, scientists hope to identify the remains of more than 600 U.S. service members buried in a Hawaii veterans cemetery.At…

Female Marine Corps recruits line up during boot camp at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California. The first class of female recruits arrived at San Diego in 2021, ending almost a hundred years when the boot camp accepted only men.

Despite a defeat in Congress, advocates say they'll keep pushing for women to register for the draft

Congress dropped a controversial measure that would require women to register for the Selective Service. Men are required to register once they turn 18.

Air Force cadets sit 8 feet apart from each other during their graduation ceremony in Colorado Springs, Colo. Spectators were not allowed, and cadets didn't march on stage to receive their diplomas.

Seated 8 Feet Apart With No Audience Present, Air Force Cadets Celebrate Their Graduation

Vice President Mike Pence addressed the cadets in person, but parents and others were limited to watching the ceremony online.Speaking to a class of…

Minor Infractions In Uniform Can Keep Vets On the Street

Hundreds of thousands of service members leave the military each year — some with a black mark on their records that'll prevent them from getting the…

Concertina wire installed by U.S. Marines remains on the beach near the U.S.-Mexico border fence in San Diego.

Troops Have Installed Miles Of Concertina Wire At The U.S./Mexico Border, And More May Be Coming

President Trump is considering sending a new round of troops to the southern border. The military withdrew some service members from the border in…

Amber Bohlman served as a logistical vehicle operator in the Marine Corps from 2005-2009. She and her partner Peter Folsom tried to conceive for years. While the VA has expanded its IVF eligibility to include couples who aren't legally married, Bohlman is still excluded because her fertility issues have not been linked to her military service.

A new VA policy covers fertility treatments for more vets, but some are still excluded

The VA now pays for IVF treatment for unmarried and LGBTQ veterans. But they still must prove their fertility problems are service-related.

The Fort Meade, S.D. VA hospital, built in 1956, is among the facilities that would close under the VA restructuring plan. It would be replaced by a new hospital approximately 30 miles away in Rapid City.

The VA wants to close and replace older hospitals. But there's opposition in some communities.

The sweeping makeover of the VA's health care system would affect dozens of hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, and other facilities.

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