Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s highly unusual decision to remove officers from a one-star promotion list has spurred ...

Pete Hegseth has reportedly blocked the military promotion of four officers: two women and two Black men to become one-star generals.

Retired Space Force colonel Bree Fram and others warn the move could undermine merit-based promotions and military readiness.

The military, where 43 percent of 1.3 million active-duty troops are people of colour, is now led almost exclusively by white ...