#Military Policy

Articles (30)

• 🇺🇸 What to know about automatic Selective Service registration starting in December — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  A new law signed by President Trump at the end of last year authorizes the automatic registration of most young men into the military draft pool. The change is not tied to the U.S.’s military operati...

  Related: #Government Administration, #National Security
• 🇺🇸 Geraldo Rivera: Automatic registration for draft 'a good idea' — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  Television personality Geraldo Rivera on Thursday said the automatic registration of eligible men into the military draft pool as "a good idea." A proposal to automatically register most men between t...

  Related: #Government Reform, #Civic Duty
• 🇺🇸 What to Know About the U.S. Military Draft and Automatic Registration — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  For decades, draft-eligible men ages 18 to 25 have been required to register with the Selective Service System. Most states offer a registration option on driver’s license applications.

  Related: #Government Administration, #National Security
• 🇺🇸 Pentagon denies threatening Vatican during January meeting with Holy See’s diplomat — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  The Pentagon has denied threatening the Vatican during a late January meeting with the Holy See’s then-envoy to the U.S., as Pope Leo XIV has warned against the growing use of military action in recen...

  Related: #Diplomacy, #Religion and Politics
• 🇺🇸 Trump officials deny threatening Vatican over Pope Leo’s criticisms — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Pope Leo XIV has become increasingly concerned over Washington’s military policies

  Related: #Diplomacy, #Religion & Politics
• 🇺🇸 Who has to register for Selective Service, and are there exceptions? — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Automatic registration is expected to begin later this year - but are there exceptions?

  Related: #Government Administration, #Legal Compliance
• 🇺🇸 Automatic U.S. military draft registration planned by December, filing shows — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  The proposed timetable for automatic military draft registration came weeks after the U.S. and Israel launched a war against Iran.

  Related: #Government Regulation, #Geopolitical Tension
• 🇺🇸 Automatic registration for US military draft to begin in December — 08/04/2026 [USA]

  Eligible men will automatically be registered into the military draft pool by December as part of an effort to streamline the previous process of self-registration and save money. The Selective Servic...

  Related: #Government Administration, #Civil Liberties
• 🇺🇸 John Deere, Garmin, and Philips may have undermined military right to repair — 24/03/2026 [USA]

  Last year, Congress dropped widely supported military right-to-repair provisions from the annual defense policy bill - and now we may know who was pushing them to do it. Recently released lobbying rep...

  Related: #Lobbying
• 🇺🇸 Trump considering 'winding down' military action in Iran — 20/03/2026 [USA]

  President Trump said the U.S. is considering scaling back its military operations in Iran because the U.S. is close to achieving its objectives in the conflict, which is about to enter its fourth week...

  Related: #International Relations
• 🇺🇸 Judge rules Pentagon press policy under Hegseth unconstitutional — 20/03/2026 [USA]

  A federal judge ruled Friday that the Pentagon’s new policy restricting press access violates the First Amendment, siding with The New York Times. “The Court recognizes that national security must be ...

  Related: #Press Freedom
• 🇺🇸 Judge Rules Pentagon Restrictions on Press Are Unconstitutional — 20/03/2026 [USA]

  A federal judge tossed parts of the Pentagon’s restrictions on news outlets, saying they violated the First Amendment, in a lawsuit brought by The New York Times.

  Related: #Press Freedom
• 🇺🇸 Trump says he does not want a ceasefire with Iran — 20/03/2026 [USA]

  President Trump ruled out a ceasefire with Iran on Friday, telling reporters, “we’re not looking to do that.” “Look, we can have dialogue, but I don’t want to do a ceasefire,” Trump told reporters out...

  Related: #International Relations
• 🇺🇸 Department Extends Invitation to Bring Back Troops Separated for Refusing COVID-19 Vaccine — 20/03/2026 [USA]

  Service members forced to leave the military for refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine now have an extra year to return to the service, if they so choose, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said.

  Related: #Vaccine Mandates
• 🇺🇸 Most believe Trump will send US troops into Iran: Survey — 20/03/2026 [USA]

  Nearly two-thirds of Americans believe President Trump will send U.S. ground troops to Iran as the Middle East conflict rages on, despite Trump saying the opposite, according to a new survey. The Reut...

  Related: #Public Opinion
• 🇬🇧 US military is not preparing for Cuba takeover, top general tells lawmakers — 19/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>US Southern Command chief briefed senators amid Trump’s increasing use of force in the region and comments about taking Cuba</p><p>The US military is not rehearsing for an invasion of <a href="http...

  Related: #International Relations
• 🇺🇸 Trump hasn’t ruled out a draft for war with Iran — but is conscription constitutional? — 19/03/2026 [USA]

  The most effective way to limit foreign adventures is to rely on a volunteer military — one whose size the public can ultimately constrain by refusing to enlist.

  Related: #Constitutional Law
• 🇺🇸 I went to the Pentagon to watch Pete Hegseth scold war reporters — 17/03/2026 [USA]

  It is day 13 of America's surprise war with Iran - by sheer coincidence, it's Friday the 13th - and I am delirious. I haven't had a coffee since I woke up at 5AM, because I'm not allowed to bring outs...

  Related: #Media Access
• 🇺🇸 Trump slams NATO allies for not joining Iran war effort, says U.S. never needed their help — 17/03/2026 [USA]

  Trump, a longtime NATO critic, said he sees the alliance as a "one way street — We will protect them, but they will do nothing for us."

  Related: #International Relations
• 🇺🇸 Trump blasts NATO allies, says ‘most' don’t want to get involved in Iran military operation — 17/03/2026 [USA]

  President Trump tore into NATO allies on Tuesday over reluctance from “most” of them to get involved in the U.S.-Israeli military operation in Iran. “The United States has been informed by most of our...

  Related: #International Relations, #NATO Tensions
• 🇺🇦 Admiral’s Comments Undercut Pentagon’s Cluster Munition Policy — 17/03/2026 [Ukraine]

  The first Trump administration defended cluster munitions as “legitimate,” but on Monday, Adm. Brad Cooper condemned them as “inherently indiscriminate.”

  Related: #Diplomatic Tension
• 🇺🇸 Japan: Takaichi signals ‘high hurdles’ for naval dispatch to Strait of Hormuz — 15/03/2026 [USA] Related: #International Relations
• 🇺🇸 Pentagon tightens controls over Stars and Stripes after calling it "woke" — 14/03/2026 [USA]

  The new rules for the independent military newspaper are the Defense Department&apos;s latest effort to put extraordinary restrictions on journalists covering the agency.

  Related: #Media Control
• 🇺🇸 ‘Israel is targeting civilian infrastructure as a matter of policy’ — 14/03/2026 [USA]

  Nicholas Noe says Israel’s strategy in Lebanon appears to be aimed at targeting civilian infrastructure.

  Related: #Civilian Impact
• 🇺🇸 DAF announces updates to Military Leave Program — 13/03/2026 [USA]

  The DAF released an update to DAFI 36-3003, Military Leave Program, which incorporates changes mandated by the Department of War and streamlines leave policies to ensure Airmen and Guardians are fully...

  Related: #Employee Benefits
• 🇺🇸 Hegseth’s Boasts of ‘Maximum’ Engagement Authorities Face Scrutiny After School Is Hit — 13/03/2026 [USA]

  The defense secretary has disparaged restrictive rules for opening fire that are aimed at reducing the risk of mistakes and civilian casualties.

  Related: #Civilian Protection, #Leadership Accountability
• 🇺🇸 US must address issues with anti-drone laser system, senator says — 12/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Defense Technology
• 🇺🇸 DAF space medicine leaders, civilian partners strategize policy at inaugural Space Force Medicine Summit — 11/03/2026 [USA]

  The Air Force Surgeon General’s Space Force Medical Operations Directorate hosted more than 100 DAF leaders and civilian partners for the inaugural Space Force Medicine Stakeholder Summit to align eff...

  Related: #Space Medicine
• 🇺🇸 Military commanders given deadline to remove Anthropic products from systems — 11/03/2026 [USA]

  Senior Pentagon leadership and military commanders have been given a 180-day deadline to remove all of Anthropic’s AI products from their systems, with the Defense Department alleging the company’s te...

  Related: #Technology Security
• 🇺🇸 ‘Soldiers can't solve drug addictions or the flow of illegal weapons’ — 11/03/2026 [USA]

  'If Mexico is the epicenter of drug cartels, as President Trump insists, then the U.S. is the epicenter of drug abuse and supplier of cartel weapons and wealth,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

  Related: #Social Issues