Pentagon /tags/pentagon Pentagon en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Fri, 21 Oct 2022 17:37:37 GMT The Pentagon will pay for service members to travel for abortions /health/2022-10-21/the-pentagon-will-pay-for-service-members-to-travel-for-abortions The new policy and others come from a new memo from Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin aimed at addressing concerns of service members about abortion access after the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Fri, 21 Oct 2022 17:37:37 GMT /health/2022-10-21/the-pentagon-will-pay-for-service-members-to-travel-for-abortions Becky Sullivan Fort Bliss In El Paso Could Receive Thousands Of Afghan Refugees As Taliban Topples Government, Pentagon Says /news/2021-08-16/fort-bliss-in-el-paso-could-receive-thousands-of-afghan-refugees-as-taliban-topples-government-pentagon-says The Taliban has taken control of Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital city, which led to a crush of civilians at the Kabul airport desperate to leave the country on Monday. Tue, 17 Aug 2021 00:27:18 GMT /news/2021-08-16/fort-bliss-in-el-paso-could-receive-thousands-of-afghan-refugees-as-taliban-topples-government-pentagon-says Abby Livingston | The Texas Tribune The Pentagon Has Moved Toward Making Vaccines Mandatory For Service Members /covid-19/2021-08-10/the-pentagon-has-moved-toward-making-vaccines-mandatory-for-service-members "To defend this Nation, we need a healthy and ready force," Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a memo to employees. Already, about 62% of active-duty service members are fully vaccinated. Tue, 10 Aug 2021 13:37:02 GMT /covid-19/2021-08-10/the-pentagon-has-moved-toward-making-vaccines-mandatory-for-service-members James Doubek Pentagon Releases New Policies Enabling Transgender People To Serve In The Military /news/2021-03-31/pentagon-releases-new-policies-enabling-transgender-people-to-serve-in-the-military President Biden signed an executive order repealing the Trump transgender ban in his first week in office, directing the Pentagon to begin the process to allow transgender people to serve openly. Wed, 31 Mar 2021 20:10:21 GMT /news/2021-03-31/pentagon-releases-new-policies-enabling-transgender-people-to-serve-in-the-military Laurel Wamsley Fort Hood Community Reacts to Expansion of Same-Sex Benefits /texas/2013-02-12/fort-hood-community-reacts-to-expansion-of-same-sex-benefits The Pentagon says it will extend some benefits to same-sex domestic partners of military servicemembers. This comes a year and a half after the repeal of� Tue, 12 Feb 2013 11:00:00 GMT /texas/2013-02-12/fort-hood-community-reacts-to-expansion-of-same-sex-benefits Luke Quinton