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In a November ceremony, the San Diego LGBT Center added seven veterans to its Wall of Honor, which commemorates San Diego LGBTQ veterans in hopes their "courage, bravery and sacrifices" will inspire future generations.

LGBTQ vets celebrate their progress, but also worry Trump may reverse it

Many LGBTQ veterans served secretly at a time when they could have been kicked out of the military because of their sexual orientation. Some worry those days could return.

Clinical Manager Danielle Floyd looks through a journal at A Woman’s Choice in Danville, Virginia. The clinic provides the book for patients to write messages to other who will come after them.

In states with fewer abortion restrictions, providers are seeing a growing number of service members

A longstanding federal ban prevents military doctors from performing abortions in most cases, leaving troops to seek the procedure at private clinics.

Specialist Douglas Reece conducts anti-extremism training aboard the destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur in the East China Sea on March 22, 2021. The training was part of a worldwide Defense Department stand down ordered by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin after several service members and veterans were among the crowd at the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

The military is likely to end its anti-extremism efforts after four years of uncertain results

Republicans have dismissed the Biden Administration's anti-extremism efforts as an unnecessary distraction for the military.

Robyne (left) and her son Zander, 17, talk about new challenges to military families with trans kids. The family, who lives near San Diego, will lose access to insurance coverage for Zander's gender-affirming healthcare because of legislation passed by Congress.

Military families scramble as Congress ends coverage of gender-affirming care for minors

A provision in the Pentagon budget bill cuts off TRICARE coverage of gender-affirming health care for military dependents under 18.

Crews erect a new Fort Liberty sign outside one of the base's gates in June 2023, as the Fort Bragg name was officially replaced. The military spent more than $6 million on the change, which is now being undone.

In reinstating the name of Fort Bragg, the Army hopes to skirt a ban on Confederate namesakes

The base, known as Fort Liberty since 2023, originally was named for Confederate General Braxton Bragg. The Army says it now will be named for a World War II private, Roland Bragg.

The USS Gettysburg pulls into Souda Bay, Greece, Dec. 8. The cruiser returned to sea in December as the first ship to emerge from a controversial years-long modernization process.

Details remain murky on why a Navy cruiser launched a missile at a U.S. aircraft in the Red Sea

The Dec. 22 missile attack from the USS Gettysburg is the first friendly fire incident in decades. The crew members of the F/A-18 ejected safely before the missile struck.

Demonstrators gather in San Antonio in July, shortly after Vanessa Guillen's body was found near Fort Hood.

Four years after Vanessa Guillen's death, advocates are cautiously optimistic about military reforms

The military has a new system to investigate sexual harassment complaints, after Guillen's family said her complaints weren't taken seriously.

Donald Harris of Fairview, N.C., shows a video a neighbor took of him being lifted up to a Black Hawk helicopter to escape the rising floodwaters of Helene.

In the North Carolina mountains, the VA is making house calls to veterans still isolated from Helene

While conditions have improved after the storm hit in September, some veterans remain without electricity and cut off by damaged roads.

Major General Matthew P. Beevers, the adjutant general of the California Military Department, signs a solar panel during an energy resilience event at National Guard Joint Forces Training Base in Los Alamitos in August 2023. (Photographs by David Loeffler, California National Guard Public Affairs)

Among the Trump Administration's first Pentagon cuts: Programs that respond to climate change

Experts say the Defense Department's decision to de-emphasize climate change will harm national security.

Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins talks to agency employees February 6 in Washington, D.C. Collins has announced plans to reduce the VA workforce by more than 70,000 people.

As former VA workers lament their sudden firings, the agency says thousands more job cuts are coming

Until recently, the VA was adding thousands of employees to try to keep up with increased demand for veterans' medical care. Now, it's in the process of firing thousands.

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