U.S. military

Senior military leaders expressed deep concerns this week that the launch of new Pentagon rules allowing transgender service members to serve openly in the U.S. military is moving too quickly, arguing that a number of details and questions must still be resolved, several senior U.S. officials told The Associated Press.

Buckling under conservative pressure, House Republicans pulled a legislative sleight of hand Tuesday and stripped a provision from the annual defense policy bill that would have required young women to sign up for a military draft.

President Barack Obama will move to declassify U.S. military and intelligence records related to Argentina's "Dirty War," the White House said Thursday, aiming to bring closure to questions of U.S. involvement in a notorious chapter in Argentina's history.

The children of service members are sexually assaulted hundreds of times each year, according to data the Defense Department provided exclusively to The Associated Press.

The abominable acts committed in Paris on Friday night by Islamic State terrorists moved many to sorrow, but this morning we spoke with some young men who felt compelled to act.

The top military aide to Defense Secretary Ash Carter was fired because of an improper relationship with an adult colleague, a person familiar with the case said Friday.

The U.S. military said Thursday that it is committed to "a fair and equitable process" in the case of national security leaker Chelsea Manning and other prisoners accused of breaking rules at the military prison at Fort Leavenworth.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Surveys find that men in U.S. special operations forces do not believe women can meet the physical and mental demands of their commando jobs, and they fear the Pentagon will lower standards to integrate women into their elite units, according to interviews and documents obtained by The Associated Press.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. teams of special forces going into Iraq after a three-year gap will face an aggressive insurgency, a splintering military and a precarious political situation as they help Iraqi security forces improve their ability to battle Sunni militants.

Grocery stores for military families, also known as commissaries, are dealt a big blow in the latest budget plan from the Department of Defense.