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Heritage Action for America will endorse amendments to strip a provision in the 2022 defense bill requiring women to register for the draft.

Representative Mark Green (R-TN), a retired U.S. Army major, appeared on Fox News Channel’s “The Ingraham Angle” on Thursday to commemorate the Veterans Day holiday.

Ben “Grizzy” Griswold died before I could interview him. I was put in touch with him in late 2020 by the HunterSeven Foundation (H7F), a non-profit that works tirelessly to save veterans exposed to toxic substances while serving in the military.

Five retired Navy SEALs are running for Congress in 2022 to save the America they swore an oath to protect and defend. They are Republicans Ryan Zinke for Montana’s 2nd District, Derrick Van Orden for Wisconsin’s 3rd District, Eli Crane for Arizona’s 1st District, Morgan Luttrell for Texas’s 8th District, and Brady Duke for Florida’s 7th District.

A plan is being circulated by President Joe Biden’s administration to provide border crossers, subjected to former President Trump’s “Zero Tolerance” policy, with $450,000 reparations-style payouts that would exceed payments provided to American victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and American families of United States service members who die in combat.

Approximately 12,000 Air Force personnel have reportedly refused orders to be vaccinated against the Chinese coronavirus despite the Pentagon’s mandate.

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on Tuesday offered the first official confirmation that a small contingent of American troops is stationed in Taiwan and helping to train its soldiers.

Nunes blasted Nakasone over his actions that prevented a former Trump administration official from taking a job at the NSA.

ISIS-K, the Afghanistan affiliate of the terrorist group ISIS, could generate the capability to attack the United States in as early as six months, the top Pentagon policy official told senators on Tuesday.

An email written by a U.S. diplomat and published online by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) appeared to show there was no security vetting of those allowed to board United States military aircraft and evacuate Kabul as part of the Biden administration’s hastily called non-combatant evacuation operation.

Hundreds of American citizens are still in Afghanistan, despite Biden’s pledge not to withdraw forces before they were able to leave.

The Marine Corps warned in a message to the force on Saturday that Marines will be kicked out if they do not get the coronavirus vaccine.

The United States military said it is “only marginally able” to defend America’s vital national interests, according to a conservative think tank’s comprehensive annual review of the nation’s military strength.

Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) highlighted the consequences of a dishonorable discharge, a possible outcome for military personnel refusing to comply with vaccine mandates imposed by the Biden administration across the U.S. armed forces, on Thursday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with special guest host Jerome Hudson.

“We’re going to make five-year-olds get vaccines and wear three masks” as unvaccinated migrants enter, Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) said.

Rogers on Wednesday at a top think tank in Washington said he fears that China has “leapfrogged” ahead of the United States in certain areas.

What some U.S. forces thought would be 96 hours on the ground in Afghanistan evacuating U.S. embassy staff turned into 16 days.

Domestic abuse has become such an issue among Afghans brought to the United States, and temporarily living at various U.S. military bases, that “gender and protection advisors” are being deployed to help with the problem. 

The United States Defense Department announced Friday it is committed to giving condolence payments to the families of the individuals killed during an errant U.S. drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, which occurred in August.

The Naval Criminal Investigative Service wished the Navy Happy Birthday in a tweet on Wednesday with a photo of a Russian ship. The tweet, now deleted, said: Happy Birthday to the U.S. Navy! We are grateful and honored to serve

U.S. Marine Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Scheller pleaded guilty to a military judge on Thursday to six charges stemming from social media posts demanding accountability from military and civilian leaders on the botched Afghanistan withdrawal and criticizing his commanders.

Banks at a hearing on Wednesday grilled a witness on why she tweeted that eating red meat was “right-wing.”

The military archbishop said although the Catholic Church says te vaccine morally permissible, it could still violate troops’ conscience.

Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) on Wednesday pledged in a letter to Republican colleagues that he would not support any of them for higher office if they vote for the final defense bill or any other bill that results in a military draft for women or red flag laws risking a service member’s 2nd Amendment rights.

A report from the New York Times indicates that gun dealers in Afghanistan are selling U.S. pistols, rifles, and other weapons in stores run by gun dealers. 

Sen. Joni Ernst called for President Joe Biden to resign over his handling of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Republicans this week confronted Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark Milley, the nation’s top military officer, on a series of interviews he gave to political book authors that has dragged him into the center of politics despite a tradition of military leaders trying to stay apolitical.

Actress Debra Messing has incited an online cancel mob against a stand-up comedian who was booked to appear on a tour to entertain U.S. troops overseas. In a series of tweets, the Will & Grace actress made unsubstantiated accusations against the comedian, claiming he is anti-vax, “anti-LGBTQI,” and supports insurrection against the government.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark Milley admitted Wednesday during a hearing that he told his Chinese counterpart he would give him a call if the United States were about to attack.

Turner demanded that Milley turn over all intelligence he had showing that China had believed the United States was planning to attack it.

Banks questioned Milley on the importance of the military remaining apolitical and generals staying out of politics.

The Biden administration views military veterans as a politically hostile group, former Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie said.

Senate Republicans on Tuesday forced Pentagon leaders during a hearing to admit they recommended to President Joe Biden that he leave 2,500 troops in Afghanistan, despite the president claiming no one told him to do so.

Robert Wilkie, former secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and current visiting fellow at the Heritage Foundation, warned that “woke” ideology is undermining meritocracy, morale, and readiness across the U.S. military in an interview on Tuesday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with host Alex Marlow.

The Pentagon’s top leaders are testifying Tuesday on the Biden administration’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan.

The Biden White House issued a statement in support of dishonorable discharges for troops refusing to get a now-mandatory COVID-19 vaccine.