Tag: troops
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Trump signs order to pay troops during shutdown; some full-time guardsmen left out
President Donald Trump signed an order on Wednesday directing the Pentagon to ensure active-duty military personnel are paid despite the federal government shutdown, the White House said, addressing one of the most sensitive issues in the bitter standoff over federal spending. Trump directed Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth “to use for the purpose of pay and…
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Trump’s order not a ban on transgender troops yet
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save On his first day in office, President Donald Trump rescinded a previous executive order allowing transgender troops to openly serve. An expert with an LGBTQ+-rights group, Lambda Legal, said Tuesday in a news conference that the repeal of the previous order is not itself a…
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Trump’s order not a ban on transgender troops yet
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump rescinded a previous executive order allowing transgender troops to openly serve. An expert with an LGBTQ+-rights group, Lambda Legal, said Tuesday in a news conference that the repeal of the previous order is not itself a ban on transgender troops. But Trump could be heading back…
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LIFE | Turkeys for Troops
Mt. Carmel Veterans Services, in partnership with Safeway, distributed 1100 turkeys to service members, 500 meals to our Active Duty and Gold Star Families and 500 meals to Veteran families a week before Thanksgiving. (Video by Skyler Ballard)