More than 1,500 service members are still missing from the Vietnam War, and families say time is running out to locate and recover their remains.

Judges handling the thousands of lawsuits from sick veterans and family members have ordered lawyers to hammer out a mass settlement plan by the end of October.

The outbreak at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland started weeks after the military stopped requiring troops to receive flu shots, citing medical autonomy and religious freedom.

The U.S. military wants troops on the front lines to be able to make their own food — literally. It's trying to develop ways to use microbes to create meals, using a process that would look more at home in a laboratory than in a kitchen.

The Army is trying to determine the future of its on-base museums, which often are hard for the public to access but contain a wealth of important artifacts.

Some veterans who served during earlier Middle East confrontations say they hope the current war doesn't turn into another yearslong entanglement.

The herbicide used during the Vietnam War has sickened or killed hundreds of thousands of veterans — usually years after they served.

During the wars in Iran and Ukraine, armies have increasingly relied on so-called "one way attack drones" - inexpensive unmanned devices that fly to their target and explode.

Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed by Congress last year, able-bodied veterans are no longer exempt from SNAP's work requirements.

The Department of Defense Inspector General blames four canine deaths on outdated and unsanitary military kennels at ten bases.