Author: Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY

Pentagon warns troops to avoid eating poppy seeds. The baked-good favorite can spark a false-positive drug test.

An F-16 shot down the object Sunday afternoon at the direction of President Biden, the Pentagon said.

The Pentagon didn’t shoot down the Chinese balloon as it approached Alaska in January because it did not pose a military threat , a top commander said.

The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee supports sending advanced, long-range missiles to Ukraine.

Sexual assaults in the military surged 35% among women service members from 2018 to 2021, despite attempts to curb the problem, the Pentagon reports.

The retired officer, Gary Volesky, responded to a tweet Jill Biden sent about abortion. “Glad to see you finally know what a woman is,” he wrote.

There were 91 abortions performed at military treatment facilities from 2016 through 2021, according to newly released documents.

Suicide devastates more than the service member and their family. It reverberates among the soldier’s peers, eroding morale and readiness.

Members of Congress demanded answers for the Army’s shortage lack of mental health counselors in Alaska, a key finding of USA TODAY investigation.