Since Trump began his second term, his administration's use of the armed forces has left a growing number in the military unsettled, according to NPR interviews with service members and advocates.

As the war with Iran escalates and conflict explodes across the Middle East, fears of a potential US military draft are rising. On Monday, Donald Trump gave conflicting messages about the war's ...

This is one of two personal essays the INDY is publishing in light of the war in Iran by local writers. Read the other, “When America Bombs Little Girls” by Desmera Gatewood, here. I remember getting ...

For U.S. troops conflicted about their service, following their conscience can be costly. Joy Metzler had expected to still be in uniform, working as a junior officer at her Air Force engineering job.

For most of March, drivers on Interstate 64 near the Tidewater Drive exit in Norfolk passed an electronic billboard reminding them that military members have a duty to refuse illegal orders. Over the ...

During the Vietnam War, nearly 500,000 men in the U.S. applied for conscientious objector exemptions to avoid the draft. But since the country moved to an all-volunteer military force in 1973, those ...

A court in Sivas has sentenced conscientious objector Çınar Koçgiri Doğan to five months in prison for refusing compulsory military service, making him the first conscientious objector in nearly a ...