- The pandemic is posing challenges for the more than 460 veterans treatment courts across the country. The courts seek to rehabilitate veterans charged with nonviolent crimes, rather than put them behind bars.
- Advocates are calling attention to statistics that show Black airmen are brought up for punishment more often than their white counterparts. The Air Force says it's trying to figure out why.
- As overwhelmed health departments call for help, National Guard members have been deployed to help run COVID19 testing sites and assist nursing homes.
- The Army is holding its first nationwide virtual recruiting campaign after the COVID-19 pandemic forced it to scale back face-to-face interactions and revealed gaps in its digital outreach strategy.
- Women are the fastest-growing subgroup among veterans. But many view the VA Health System as a place only for men.
- The recent Supreme Court decision on LGBTQ job discrimination doesn't directly affect the military's transgender service ban, but people opposed to the ban say it may help their own court fight.
- Even as members of the Guard and Reserve are seeing longer and more frequent deployments, they don't always receive the same retirement, education, and housing benefits as active-duty troops.
- Some members of the National Guard face consequences because they refused orders to deploy to major cities during the June protests.
- The stones, engraved with swastikas, mark the graves of German POWs who died in the United States during World War II.
- In some states, recruiters are reporting an uptick in the number of people who are expressing interest in joining the Guard.
- While support groups continue to meet with members by phone or teleconference, many are overwhelmed by veterans seeking help.
- The UCLA study shows broad support among servicemembers for transgender people in the military. But the military still bans transgender people from enlisting.
- Disruptions to everyday life caused by the coronavirus pandemic are putting a strain on veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. Some are seeking help virtually.
- After Capt. Brett Crozier was relieved of command of the aircraft carrier USS Roosevelt, friends and former shipmates voice their support.
- The Navy hospital ship Mercy is in Los Angeles to relieve the burden on the area's medical facilities. But it’s dealing with a growing number of coronavirus cases among members of its crew.
- The coronavirus pandemic has brought big changes to one of the defining aspects of military life -- boot camp. But some people question if the changes are adequate to protect trainees.
