Ben Kesling

Remote learning during the pandemic left students short of basic skills. Now companies are trying to teach them on the job.

The Pentagon is doing a gut check on how it decides if a soldier is fit. Goodbye measuring tape, hello full-body scans.

The Army Board for Correction of Military Records had in recent years reviewed the court-martial convictions of the 110 soldiers and recommended vacating all of them.

His Marine status could be an advantage for the GOP—unless he trumpets his years of service too much.

A few years ago, when a low-ranking Air National Guardsman on an obscure base in Cape Cod posted top-secret information about the war in Ukraine in an online chat room, newsrooms scrambled to make sense of the story. At the Wall Street Journal , where I worked until earlier this year, a handful of reporters teamed up to explore why this young man, working so far from the war zone, had access to such sensitive data in the first place.

When a presidential candidate violates universal and established norms, it's okay to come out and say it. But the coverage of former president Donald Trump's visit to Arlington National Cemetery, on August 26, showed the difficulties newsrooms have in covering unprecedented events, especially when it involves the nation's military, veterans, and Donald Trump.

The campaign has been confusing the issue. Here’s some clarity.