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Rear Adm. Alvin Holsey (left) speaks with Ensign Dimitri Foster aboard the USS Lake Champlain in 2018. Holsey - one of the Navy's few Black admirals - heads the One Navy Task Force

Why Are There So Few Black Admirals In The Navy? Some Blame A Culture Of Discrimination

The One Navy Task Force is looking at why only a handful of African Americans reach top jobs. It's also examining discrimination in all aspects of Navy…

Government Data Hack Called 'National Security Disaster'

The recent hack of data held by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management has raised concerns that the identities of undercover intelligence officers…

Sailors steer the USS Gabrielle Giffords as the ship comes into San Diego.

Congress Deciding Whether To Double Down On Navy's Speedy But Troubled Combat Ship

The speedy, high-tech Littoral Combat Ship has been plagued with delays, mechanical problems and cost overruns.Congress is getting ready to decide the…

Army recruits take their Oaths of Enlistment at Fort Lee, Va. June 22.

COVID-19 Has Forced The Army To Rethink And Step Up Its Virtual Recruiting Efforts

The Army is holding its first nationwide virtual recruiting campaign, after the COVID-19 pandemic forced it to scale back face-to-face interactions and…

Capt. Brett Crozier, commanding officer of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, (left) washes dishes aboard the ship on Thanksgiving 2019. Crozier was relieved of his command after urging the Navy to take stronger action to combat a COVID-19 outbreak on the ship.

Friends And Former Crewmembers Continue To Show Support For Fired Navy Captain

More than two weeks after Capt. Brett Crozier was relieved of command of the aircraft carrier USS Roosevelt, friends and former shipmates are voicing…

Protesters opposed to the Trump Administration's military transgender ban march in Washington, D.C. in a July 2107 demonstration.

Some Troops Rushed To See Doctors Before The Military's New Transgender Policy Took Effect

The policy bans transgender recruits and prevents current troops from transitioning to another sex unless they were diagnosed with gender dysphoria before…

Karockas Watkins of the Huntsville/Madison Chamber of Commerce talks with the local board and staff of BancorpSouth in Hunstville, Alabama in 2020. Watkins heads the chamber's task force on diversity, equity. and inclusion.

'Little comments, outright inappropriateness': Why minority military families may feel unwelcome off-base

A survey found widespread concern from Black, Latino, and Asian military families about inequality in cities where bases are located.

Air Force personnel and civilian volunteers worked side-by-side on Christmas Eve 2019 to operate NORAD's Santa tracking hotline. In 2020, the operation will be scaled back because of the pandemic.

NORAD Preps For A Scaled-Back Version Of Its 65 Year Tradition: Tracking Santa

Personnel from Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs will try to fill in for the volunteers who normally field children's phone calls on Christmas Eve.

Retired Navy senior chief Leah Stiles leads a group of incoming officers on the final night of induction season September 15, 2011.

Responding to sailors' pleas, the Navy is working on a program to prevent and treat eating disorders

Some service members and health experts say the Pentagon isn't doing enough to address eating disorders, which are sometimes linked to the military's strict weight limits.

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