From polluted waterways to repeated safety violations, the Army's aging ammunition factories have left a troubling legacy. Now the Pentagon is counting on them to produce more weapons.

Decades after their fathers served in Vietnam, children living with disabilities are fighting for benefits that VA provides to children of women who served in the same war.

Watching my mother’s glossy wooden casket covered with yellow roses being lowered into the ground when I was only 10 taught me death’s brutal weight. Ever since, I’ve struggled to understand how ...

Scott Davidson has always liked a challenge. This year, the 46-year-old ultramarathoner ran 100 continuous miles through his home state of Nevada, racing over roads and trails through the wind and ...

The War Horse reports on the U.S. military and veterans issues, exposing the true cost of military service and rebuilding America’s reporting ecosystem to inspire an informed citizenry that holds the ...

The midsummer heat reflected off the flightline at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina. It was the summer of 1990 and the beginning of Operation Desert Shield. The entire base was in full ...

The email came last fall while James Harter was on vacation with his husband in Quebec City, Canada. He was checking his computer in their RV when he read the no-nonsense subject line: Certificate of ...

Editor’s Note: This story was published in partnership with San Quentin News and was written during a writing seminar for incarcerated veterans in April hosted by The War Horse at California’s San ...

When Mayra Diaz opened the door of her Army barracks room in 2022, she didn’t realize it was the beginning of the end of her military career. She had never met the soldier standing in front of her, ...

Two months before Pete Hegseth appeared in front of Congress to testify in his confirmation to be secretary of defense, he sat across from the podcaster Shawn Ryan, talking about the Pentagon’s 2015 ...

Carlos Morales was a few drinks in late one evening when he first contacted his local Coast Guard recruiting office, but when he woke up the next day, he did not regret his late-night submission. He ...