He was a military man straight out of central casting: 6 foot 5, stoic, and certain. His call sign, bestowed on him during the Vietnam War, was “Warrior.” My nickname for him was “Dadmiral,” and for ...

Being a Marine and later an international aid and human rights worker taught me how to read a room. Vietnam. Beirut. Somalia. Bosnia. Rwanda. Iraq. Afghanistan. Survival depended on noticing what ...

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When Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth summoned hundreds of generals and admirals from around the world to Quantico, Virginia, last September, he delivered a blunt message: Things were changing fast in ...

If not for what happened on Sept. 11, 2001, Valeria Casillas probably would not have joined the military. But in the surge of patriotism following deadly terrorist attacks on New York City and outside ...

The life-affirming embrace of the wilderness has always filled me with wonder, its green arms making me feel more vital and connected with every plant, bug, and scurrying creature. My father was a ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs opened an Inspector General probe in February in response to a War Horse investigation alleging that veterans were being cut off from one-on-one therapy at VA ...

Filipino laborers excavate a trench in the Philippine city of Marawi during a search for three U.S. servicemen executed by Japanese forces in 1942. A Virginia-based nonprofit partnered with Filipino ...

The soldier wakes at 6 a.m. after getting only three or four hours of sleep. He showers, shaves, and puts on his uniform by 7 a.m., even as his head pounds from a traumatic brain injury. Sometimes, ...

When Mayra Diaz opened the door of her Army barracks room in 2022, she didn’t realize it was the beginning of the end of her military career. She had never met the soldier standing in front of her, ...

I secured my M-16 to my rack after a long, scorching day on the rifle range and touched my stomach. Cramps should be arriving any day—but they weren’t. How many weeks had it been? Where was my period?

The fall lasted only seconds, but the consequences would span a lifetime. Under the cover of darkness in Balad, Iraq, Army Sgt. Will Fisher was moving into position for an overnight mission. He fell ...