Military

Unknown flying objects could be a military aircraft from here, or a foreign country. But it’s rare for the Department of Defense to come out and say they can’t identify something. LX News spoke to Luis Elizondo, former head of the Pentagon’s Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program, for more context.

Decades before police in Virginia pepper sprayed Army officer Caron Nazario, Black military servicemembers were intentionally targeted by police while coming home from the World Wars. Timothy Berry of the Black Veterans Project explains the history of police violence against Black Americans who served their country.

Defense officials say the Pentagon will sweep away Trump-era policies that largely banned transgender people from serving in the military and will issue new rules that broaden their access to medical care and gender transition

The attorney representing the families of the nine fallen service members said the AAV suffered from documented mechanical issues and says the vehicle’s manufacturer should be blamed

On International Women’s Day, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris made remarks on the need to remove barriers for women in the military. “Recruiting more women to our military, adjusting policies to retain more women, enforcing policies to protect women and ensure they are heard, and advancing more women on fair and equal footing will without any question...

Seven soldiers have presented their ideas on how the U.S. Army can better educate service members and support victims of sexual assault and harassment in that branch of the military

A legendary chapter in Military history was closed Thursday after 11 Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornets took off from the deck of the USS Nimitz and headed home to San Diego.

Senior U.S. Navy commanders have met with sailors on ships on the West Coast after two recent racist incidents triggered one of the first military stand-downs to address extremism in the ranks

More than 1,000 troops will be deployed to mass vaccination sites to help deliver life-saving shots.

Jill Biden is promoting two of her passions: military families and cancer research.

The United States says last weekend’s military roundup of civilian leaders in Myanmar was a coup.

President Biden directed the Pentagon last week to lift former President Trump’s ban on transgender military service members. Zeke Stokes, a producer of the documentary TransMilitary, joined LX News to discuss why this move is important for all trans Americans.

At least 22 current or former members of the U.S. military or law enforcement have been identified as being at or near last week’s Capitol riot, with more than a dozen others under investigation

Jill Biden has taken a step toward fulfilling a promise to revive a support program for military families that she and former first lady Michelle Obama once led

The Democratic-controlled House voted overwhelmingly Monday to override President Donald Trump’s veto of a defense policy bill, setting the stage for what would be the first veto override of his presidency.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday vetoed the annual defense policy bill, following through on threats to veto a measure that has broad bipartisan support in Congress and potentially setting up the first override vote of his presidency.

A new report on racial disparities in the Air Force concludes that Black service members in the service are far more likely to be investigated, arrested, face disciplinary actions, and be discharged for misconduct.

The Senate has approved a wide-ranging defense policy bill, sending it to President Donald Trump, despite his threat to veto it because the bill does not clamp down on big tech companies he claims were biased during the election

The observance ceremony in honor of the 79th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor was moved online this year over coronavirus concerns.

From the get-go, President Donald Trump has suggested that the military would be central in developing, producing and distributing vaccines for the pandemic