Alena Harrison is a 8-year Navy Veteran having deployed to Iraq & Afghanistan. She worked as a Veteran Service Officer for 2 years and writes about Veteran Benefits for ArmedForcesNews.com.
Veterans
The transition from active duty to veteran status is one of the most consequential shifts a service member will ever make — and one of the most administratively complex. The military tells you where to be and what to do. The VA does not. Navigating the Department of Veterans Affairs, understanding
Air Force
It looks like any one of the millions of shipping containers moving through the world's ports, railways, and highways every day. Standard dimensions. Unremarkable exterior. Nothing to distinguish it from the corrugated metal boxes stacked forty feet high in every major logistics hub on earth. But inside, according
Active Duty
The Pentagon has taken one of its most concrete steps yet in the race to harden American military installations against the growing threat of unauthorized and adversarial drones, selecting five bases across the country to receive high-energy laser and high-powered microwave counter-drone systems before the end of 2026. The announcement,
News
On May 13, 2026, the Pentagon made an announcement that would have seemed implausible even five years ago. The Department of War had signed framework agreements with four defense technology companies — Anduril, CoAspire, Leidos, and Zone 5 Technologies — to procure more than 10,000 low-cost, containerized cruise missiles over three
Military
On May 26, 2026, the House Armed Services Committee released the Chairman's Mark of the fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act — the annual defense policy bill that sets the legislative framework for the U.S. military's spending, programs, and priorities. At $1.14 trillion in