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Active-duty service members were among those detained during a crackdown by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration on an unlicensed, “underground” nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado. About 200 people were in the venue when DEA agents, as well as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, raided the club early Sunday morning. The agencies seized drugs and weapons and detained 114 undocumented...[Read More]

MONTEREY, Calif. — The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) recently hosted U.S. Navy Adm. Stuart Munsch, commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe, U.S. Naval Forces Africa, and Allied Joint Forces Command, Naples, for a thought-provoking discussion, Feb. 4, 2025, as the latest distinguished speaker to address NPS students in the Secretary of the Navy Guest Lecture series.

Leaders of nonprofits that have advocated for stronger polices to bolster diversity in the military and keep extremists out of the ranks are now concerned that President-elect Donald Trump and his pick for defense secretary will quickly work to undo those measures. Trump announced Nov. 12 he intended to nominate Army veteran and conservative commentator Pete Hegseth as his next secretary of defens...[Read More]

When Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins addressed a conference for homelessness advocates Friday, he pledged significant reforms to how his department approaches providing aid to struggling veterans, with an eye toward “finding homes for all of them.” But he also acknowledged skepticism among some advocates about what those looming changes will mean. “Every organization I speak to, I say this...[Read More]

Several dozen women veterans blanketed Capitol Hill offices Thursday with letters of outrage over recent Defense Department moves they see as working to erase or undermine the roles of women in the armed forces. “Women in the military are not distractions, not problems to be managed,” Janessa Goldbeck, CEO of the Vet Voice Foundation and a Marine Crops veteran, said at a press event ahead of the c...[Read More]

A coalition of 31 veterans groups is urging Senate leaders to strip a provision from the Republican budget reconciliation package which they say will allow for-profit schools to once again take advantage of student veterans. In a letter sent Wednesday evening to Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., the groups noted that the provision concerning a re...[Read More]

LGBTQ+ advocates on Monday reached an agreement with Defense Department officials for an overhaul of discharge upgrade policies designed to help veterans previously booted from the military under the controversial “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. The move ends a 17-month legal battle and could impact more than 30,000 veterans. In a statement, the group Justice for LGBTQ+ Veterans said the settlemen...[Read More]