<p>WASHINGTON—The Department of War will modernize Stars &amp; Stripes, The Daily Wire has learned, refocusing the military news outlet so it better serves &#8220;a new generation of service members.&#8221;</p>
<p>The independent news outlet authorized by the Department of War is meant to provide news for the military community. The publication has been in continuous circulation since World War II and covers the military, veterans affairs, and world events.</p>
<p>Until now, it has republished content from the Associated Press and Reuters. This will no longer be the case, War Department officials explained to The Daily Wire. They plan to bring the publication &#8220;into the 21st century&#8221; and modernize its operations, refocusing content &#8220;away from woke distractions that siphon morale.&#8221;</p>
<p>“The Department of War is returning Stars &amp; Stripes to its original mission: reporting for our warfighters,&#8221; Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell told The Daily Wire. &#8220;We are bringing Stars &amp; Stripes into the 21st century. We will modernize its operations, refocus its content away from woke distractions that siphon morale, and adapt it to serve a new generation of service members.&#8221;</p>
<div id="attachment_1028217" style="width: 910px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pentagon-refocuses-stars-stripes-on-reporting-for-our-warfighters/us-news-texas-hegseth-3-ft" rel="attachment wp-att-1028217"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1028217" class="wp-image-1028217 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/01/GettyImages-2255455251-900x576.jpg" alt="" width="900" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/01/GettyImages-2255455251-900x576.jpg 900w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/01/GettyImages-2255455251-300x192.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/01/GettyImages-2255455251-768x491.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/01/GettyImages-2255455251.jpg 1024w" sizes=" (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-1028217" class="wp-caption-text">Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (Amanda McCoy/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)</p></div>
<p>Parnell said the publication will be &#8220;custom-tailored&#8221; to the War Department&#8217;s soldiers, focused on &#8220;warfighting, weapons systems, fitness, lethality, survivability, and ALL THINGS MILITARY.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;No more repurposed D.C. gossip columns,&#8221; he added, &#8220;no more Associated Press reprints.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Stars &amp; Stripes has a proud legacy of reporting news that’s important to our service members,&#8221; Parnell said. &#8220;The Department of War is committed to ensuring the outlet continues to reflect that proud legacy.”</p>
<p>It is a move condoned by the White House, which applauded the move as an example of how President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration is modernizing institutions across the country.</p>
<p>“The Department of War, under the leadership of President Trump and Secretary Hegseth, is continuing to revitalize, restore, and modernize,&#8221; White House Deputy Press Secretary Anna Kelly told The Daily Wire. &#8220;Stars and Stripes is just the latest example of a broader effort to adapt long-standing institutions to how today’s service members live, work, and consume information.&#8221;</p>
<p>Currently, Stars &amp; Stripes has civilian staff who aggregate wire reports and write original stories. Going forward, the War Department officials shared, the publication&#8217;s content will be written by active-duty service members.</p>
<p>Fifty percent of the website&#8217;s content will be composed of War Department-generated materials, including digital or print materials made by War Department writers and images captured by combat cameras.</p>

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