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June 11, 2025
The Army will celebrate its 250th birthday with a military parade through Washington, D.C., on Trump’s birthday. 
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May 21, 2025
The two enlisted Team 4 members are being punished for developing racist memes targeting a Black sailor in their platoon.
October 10, 2022
The Pentagon seeks to address mental health in its military ranks amid spiraling suicide rates among service members.
Fort Sill thegrio.com
September 1, 2022
Reports of sexual assaults across the U.S. military jumped by 13% last year, largely fueled by a nearly 26% jump…
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August 18, 2021
The Taliban reportedly shot and killed a woman in Afghanistan for not wearing a burqa despite claiming they would honor…
Rep. Barbara Lee thegrio.com
August 16, 2021
Rep. Barbara Lee is trending after a 2001 clip of her speaking on her Afghanistan vote resurfaced on social media.
May 22, 2021
Conservative talk show host Tucker Carlson mocked Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III's commitment to battling climate change.
February 7, 2021
The newly appointed Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is wasting little time addressing issues of far-right extremism within the military.
February 3, 2021
Jason Smedley remembers the pain of his 2000 attack by lower-ranking Marines during a training exercise he led as a…
January 23, 2021
The Pentagon can't keep America safe from enemies 'if some of those enemies lie within our own ranks,' Defense Secretary…
January 22, 2021
Of over 140 people charged, at least 27 of them have served or are currently serving in the U.S. military…
Sidney Powell thegrio.com
December 12, 2020
Sidney Powell has touted a ‘military intelligence expert’ as a key figure to prove voter fraud but the military says…
November 28, 2020
If picked and confirmed by the Senate, Gen. Lloyd Austin would be the first African American to lead the Pentagon.
November 11, 2020
Black veterans have long-faced unique hardships, informed by all manners of racism and discrimination both in and out of uniform.
June 10, 2020
The U.S. military is rethinking its traditional connection to Confederate Army symbols, mindful of their divisiveness during this time.
April 11, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — Black female lawmakers are urging Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to reconsider revised Army regulations that ban hairstyles…
April 2, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - The new rules designate the appropriate sizes of braids and cornrows and ban dreadlocks of any kind...
March 18, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is presenting 24 Medals of Honor in a rare ceremony meant to commemorate acts…
February 22, 2014
MIAMI (AP) — Melvin Morris was commanding a strike force on a mission near Chi Lang, South Vietnam, when his…
December 26, 2013
KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii (AP) — President Barack Obama stepped away from the seclusion of his quiet Hawaii vacation for what's…