Military

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth restored the name of another military base after the Biden administration removed its Confederate ties.

European leaders are expressing deep concern over reports that President Trump plans to withdraw approximately 20,000 U.S. troops from Europe.

Transgender service members will be removed from the U.S. military no later than June, according to a memo.

President Donald Trump has announced plans to recover billions of dollars' worth of U.S. military equipment left in Afghanistan following the 2021 withdrawal.

China is constructing an extensive underground military command center near Beijing, signaling potential preparations for conflict.

The Trump administration is making sweeping changes to military leadership, prioritizing combat readiness and war-fighting capabilities over the social policies that had become a focus in recent years.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth renamed North Carolina's Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg.

President Donald Trump called for the "immediate dismissal" of the Board of Visitors for the Army, Air Force, Navy, and Coast Guard, and declared that service academies have been "infiltrated by Woke Leftist Ideologues."

On February 5, 2025, Representatives Rob Wittman (R-Va.) and Eugene Vindman (D-Va.) introduced the Support Military Families Act, aiming to exempt military spouses employed by the federal government from the recent return-to-office mandate. This legislation addresses concerns arising from President Donald Trump's executive action requiring federal employees to resume in-person work.

The U.S. Army announced that it exceeded its recruitment goals and finished December 2024 with the highest number of recruitment in over a decade.