Tweets from Texas Republicans have a history of aging like milk and Ted Cruz might take the cake in this regard. Last May, the senator shared Russian propaganda on Twitter while implying that the “woke” U.S. military would stand no chance against their tough,...
Fort Hood in Central Texas is one of the largest U.S. military bases in the world. Home to 40,000 soldiers, it serves as the headquarters for the III Corps, arguably the most powerful corps in the U.S. Army due to the number of armored units. It is also named after a...
The National Defense Authorization Act is one of the most important pieces of legislation that goes through Congress as it’s the bill that sets the defense budget for the United States. The 2022 NDAA (the federal government’s fiscal year starts on October 1) is...
On Wednesday, the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) adopted an amendment barring states from using private funds to pay for National Guard deployments in other states. Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-El Paso) introduced the amendment during deliberations on the 2022...
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other congress members introduced the Vanessa Guillen Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act in a press conference on Wednesday. If passed, this bill would require military officers to turn over sexual assault and...
Rep. Veronica Escobar (D- El Paso) has introduced legislation to award the Medal of Honor to Marcelino Serna, a Mexican-American soldier who served in World War I. Historians and advocates have long argued that Serna was denied the nation’s highest military honor due...
On Tuesday, the White House announced that President Joe Biden has nominated Gina Ortiz Jones for Under Secretary of the Air Force. The position is the second highest ranking civilian leader in the Department of the Air Force, which oversees both the Air Force and the...
Since her death last year, the name Vanessa Guillén has become a rallying cry to demand justice in a system that has failed far too many. Last weekend around the state of Texans and throughout the country, thousands of mourners gathered at vigils to commemorate the...
Congressman Dan Crenshaw, a former Navy SEAL who earlier this week ignominiously signed onto Ken Paxton’s seditious lawsuit seeking to overturn the 2020 election, faces renewed criticism for his role in a scandal roiling the Department of Veterans Affairs and its...