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Groups of military members and their families are fighting hard behind the scenes against a potential mandate for all service members to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, according to half a dozen individuals involved in the efforts who spoke to Breitbart News on the condition of anonymity.

Austin will make coronavirus vaccines mandatory for all members of the military by mid-September, or “immediately” upon FDA approval.

It would be against the law if Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin made coronavirus vaccines mandatory for American troops before they are approved by the FDA, Rep. Mark Green (R-TN) told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview on Friday afternoon.

The Navy admiral in charge of naval personnel admitted that a step taken last year to increase racial diversity among leaders has backfired.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin landed in the Philippines during his weeklong trip to East Asia on Thursday, wearing a face shield as he exited the plane and greeted Filipino officials.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin called out anti-Asian American discrimination in the United States during a trip to East Asia this week to reassure allies and partners.

The Pentagon last month quietly updated its policy on masks to allow unmasked troops to be asked for proof of their vaccination status.

Milley dodged reporters’ questions on whether he actually feared then-President Donald Trump wanted to stage a coup.

Some Colombian nationals arrested for suspected involvement in the murder of Haitian President Jovenel Moise this month received U.S. government-funded military training, Voice of America reported on Friday.

The Navy on Thursday announced its first woman had joined its special operations community after she completed training to become a SWCC.

The Capitol Police is poised to begin using the same military surveillance systems that troops used against terrorists overseas.

Milley was allegedly so worried that Trump might attempt a coup that he and other service chiefs discussed a plan to resign.

Thousands of veterans and families are waiting months and even years for paperwork needed to obtain veteran benefits, according to a report.

Green Beret veteran Joe Kent is only seven percentage points behind incumbent Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R) in the race for Washington’s Third Congressional District, according to a survey published Friday.

Pelosi bought Amazon calls just before the Pentagon canceled a contract with Microsoft and started a new one that could benefit the company.

The Pentagon’s top spokesman said the department’s leaders will look into making COVID-19 vaccines mandatory once they are FDA-approved.

Looters ransacked an air base in Afghanistan after the U.S. military handed control of it over to the Afghan government on Friday.

A U.S. Army video compilation featuring soldiers marching in cadence with masks on has sparked criticism and mocking, after the service’s official Twitter account posted it on Thursday.

Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) this week revealed several instances where service members were forced to classify themselves by race and socio-economic status during diversity and inclusion training.

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) said during a discussion on Thursday that he may vet senior military officers’ views on Critical Race Theory before approving their nominations for promotion.

Former President Donald Trump slammed the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army Gen. Mark Milley, in a statement Wednesday, calling on him to resign and disputing an allegation in a book that Milley yelled at him in the Situation Room.

National Guard colonel and Green Beret Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL) warned the Biden administration that they will have “blood on their hands” if they do not evacuate Afghan interpreters who helped American troops from Afghanistan as the war winds down.

Waltz pushed back against the idea that learning critical race theory is akin to learning “history” and that opposing it makes one racist.

Milley stoked controversy on the right and left after he defended studying critical race theory as a way to understand “white rage.”

Gilday would not say whether he thought capitalism was racist during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Tuesday.

Congressman Dan Crenshaw said he will soon begin rolling out examples of woke ideology spreading in the United States military.

The Army’s top enlisted leader has a message for soldiers who have not yet taken the new Army Combat Fitness Test: Just take it.

The United States Army celebrated its 246th Birthday on Monday, June 14, 2021.

A giant BLM flag was allowed to be prominently displayed at U.S. barracks in Africa, according to an allegation by a military whistleblower.

Waltz sent a second letter to the West Point superintendent requesting information about critical race theory being taught on campus.

Austin said although he did not think the military is “fundamentally racist,” there is a focus on “diversity, equity, and inclusion.”

The Supreme Court on Monday announced it had denied hearing a case, National Coalition For Men v. Selective Service System.

The Biden administration’s $715B defense budget for 2022 proposes spending about $30M on top of spending $9.1M in 2021 to combat “extremism.”

The Pentagon did not deny a recent report that U.S. special operations forces are in Taiwan helping train their counterparts.

Veterans ripped Harris’s tweet that made no mention of the purpose of Memorial Day, which is to honor those who died fighting for the nation.

Navy SEAL veteran Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) on Friday announced he had launched a page for whistleblowers to go and report complaints on wokeness spreading in the United States military.