"American Grit," a new reality show on Fox, is charting a different course from other reality shows by not relying on celebrities.

A man who made billions as a hedge-fund manager probably wouldn't be the first person you think of to champion mental health care for our veterans. Once you realize that billionaire Steven Cohen's son Robert, a Marine, went to Afghanistan in 2010, it makes more sense.

Gulf War veterans and veterans' advocates were appalled in February 2016 when a study by the Institute of Medicine recommended a cessation of research in determining the underlying cause of Gulf War Syndrome. Rather than address the illness directly, the study attributes it to mental health disorders and the interconnectedness between body and brain.

When graduation rolls around in 2016 at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, female midshipmen graduating can expect to wear trousers in place of the skirts they have worn since women were first admitted to the academy.

We now know that not only is sexual assault still incredibly pervasive, but it's actually a growing problem.

Harry Rudy was one of five siblings in WWII, and the only one who didn't return home.

It was the 18th-century Prussian King Frederick the Great who coined the phrase "Dog is man's best friend," a reference to his beloved Italian greyhounds. Hundreds of years later, Dong Hongliang, a disabled army veteran from Henan Province in China, can relate; he credits his mobility to one.

These nonprofits do amazing work for our military personnel.

“Tatted up” sailors and would-be naval recruits have reason to be happy; the Navy has revised its policy regarding body art, making it okay for recruits and enlisted men and women to have tattoos on any part of the body other than the head. With the rise of popularity in body art, the Navy decided...

She doesn’t just lead the way for women in the Coast Guard, she's an inspiration to all.