The War Horse

Salaries, Food, and Sumo Wrestling Suits. What I Learned Paying the Bills for War

Children Are Falling From Military Housing Windows. Why Did the Pentagon Change How It Protects Them?

The Forgotten Marine Corps Disaster That Turned Camp Fuji Into a Firestorm

In Afghanistan, I Put the Mission Ahead of Everything — Even a Lump in My Breast

The Pentagon Wants to ‘Optimize’ Service Members. Will Testosterone Make Them Better Warfighters?

I Was a Homeless Woman Veteran. The Programs Meant to Help Weren’t Built for Survivors Like Me

They Served in Asia and Came Home. Decades Later, the Kids They Left Behind Are Searching for Them

A Military Man Straight Out of Central Casting. I Got to Know ‘Dadmiral’ in His Final Days

Fortress Guam: The Environmental Cost of Preparing For War With China

War Taught Me to Read a Room. My PTSD Service Dog Does It Better

The Pesticide Papers: Guam Residents Feared the Military Was Poisoning Them. New Records Reveal Decades of Toxic Contamination

I Still Have Hundreds of Texts From the Fall of Kabul. They Remind Me of the Promises We Broke

Hegseth Made the Fitness Test Harder for Women in Combat Roles. Most Female Marines Are Passing

The Global War on Terrorism Is Over—Except for the Veterans Who Fought It

They Served Through America’s Post-9/11 Wars. 25 Years Later, What Did That Service Mean?

Jungles, Woods, and Deserts: The Army Was a Passport to the Wilderness I Loved

VA Probe Opened in Response to The War Horse Coverage

Where the Pentagon Can’t Go, a Small Nonprofit Searches for America’s War Dead

They Survived an Iran War Drone Attack. Six Months Later, They’re Struggling to Get Care

How to Be a Proper Military Wife: Dress Modestly, Smile, and Keep Opinions to Yourself

He Earned the Medal of Honor in Vietnam. Why Did It Take Decades To Receive It?

I Typed Forms While Other Men Went to War. That Shame Shaped My Life

Military Sexual Trauma Survivors Can’t Sue the Government. A New Bill Could Change That

The Marines Created a Warrior. But I Forgot How to Be a Woman

25 Years Later, Will the Global War on Terrorism Ever End?

Their Military Careers Were Cut Short in Combat. Now They’re Fighting Congress for Their Full Benefits

Everybody Wanted to Visit the Wounded Soldier. I Wanted to Be Left Alone

My Little Sister Is Deployed in the Middle East. Her Base Was Hit

Shrapnel, Broken Bones, and Head Trauma: New Records Show How U.S. Troops Were Wounded in Iran War

Trump Promised Redemption for Troops Who Refused Covid Shots. A Year Later, Many Are Still Waiting

Military Spouse Life Prepared Me for Almost Anything. Then Came Retirement

Every Ambush in Vietnam Held Surprises. This One Ended in Death

Hegseth Ordered a New Study of Women in Combat. Critics Say It’s Built to Reach One Conclusion

A Veterans Organization Has Millions in the Bank. Why Did It Seize a Small Chapter’s Donation?

My Father Was a Decorated Black Soldier With a Secret: Me

I Watched an Execution. Was She a Viet Cong Spy—or Just Fighting for Her Country?

Veterans With Gulf War Illness Were Finally Seeing Progress. Then Congress Cut Funding

I Once Made My VA Therapist Cry. Then an AI Chatbot Got Me Talking About War and Guilt

A Marine Walked Into Rehab Like He Owned the Place, But Learned You Can’t BS a Horse

‘Sounds Like a Mutiny.’ Secret Recording Exposes Claims of Toxic Leadership After a Marine’s Suicide

The Vietnam War Killed My Father Decades After His Tour. Am I a Middle-Aged Gold Star Child?

How Trump’s First 500 Days Has Reshaped Life for Troops and Veterans

Yes, I Served in Iraq. But What if People Mistake Me for a Hero?

My Grandpa Was Killed in World War II. I Met Him Through His Letters Home

Why Is It Taking So Long to Identify America’s Unknown Fallen Heroes?

The Worst Job in the Marines: Telling Parents Their Child Was Dead. It Was Also an Honor

Military Suicide Prevention Training Did Not Prepare Me for the Deaths of My Friends

Hiring, Overtime, and AI: VA Is Processing Veterans’ Disability Claims Faster Than Ever

I Love My Air Force Husband. My Feelings About the Government He Serves Are More Complicated

Medill Study: Military Bases and the Communities Around Them Have Lost Local News Coverage