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 ...
Children are falling from military housing windows. Why did the Pentagon loosen its interpretation of a 2017 law meant to ...
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 ...
Each year, the Department of Veterans Affairs’ internal watchdog sends a survey to all 139 of the agency’s medical centers coast to coast with a straightforward question: Which jobs have severe ...
Editor’s note: This is a special edition of The War Horse’s “Under the Wire” newsletter. Each week, we tap into Operation Timeline, our ongoing recap of the Trump administration’s impact on the ...
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 ...
When Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth summoned hundreds of generals and admirals from around the world to Quantico, Virginia, last September, he delivered a blunt message: Things were changing fast in ...
Shawna Bush had been blissfully ignorant during her pregnancy: happy, excited, and expecting the best out of motherhood. It took just two days for the wrecking ball of postpartum depression to ...
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, ...
Opinion
I Was a Homeless Woman Veteran. The Programs Meant to Help Weren’t Built for Survivors Like Me
I’m no longer homeless, but I’m still close to the issue. I’m now working on a documentary about a shelter that specifically houses homeless women veterans, just like I once was. Their struggles are ...
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