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May 08th: The .338 caliber has been adopted for sniper use. This is its debut in machine guns. Read more ▸
May 08th: The Army suspended all Special Forces range activities for 72 hours following an accidental shooting on a range when live rounds were mixed in with blanks. Read more ▸
May 08th: The National World War I Memorial, which opened to the public in April 2021, will be completed in September of this year. Read more ▸
May 08th: Current upgrades aim to keep the helicopter flying until 2034. Read more ▸
May 08th: U.S. Special Operations Command has paused an ambitious program to make its MC-130J transport plane capable of water landings and takeoff. Read more ▸
May 08th: The history of special operations in the U.S. is replete with examples that demonstrate how vital this can be. Read more ▸
May 08th: VA leaders have said they plan to trim about 10,000 department posts in fiscal year 2025 in an effort to better manage their workforce. Read more ▸
May 07th: High winds and sea swells are making it too dangerous for U.S. military personnel to install the pier at the Gaza beach, the Pentagon said. Read more ▸
May 07th: Army Staff Sgt. Gordon Black faces charges of theft after being arrested in Russia on May 2. Read more ▸
May 07th: Senior Airman Roger Fortson was shot and killed by an Okaloosa Sheriff's deputy at his off-base residence following a disturbance call May 3, 2024. Read more ▸
May 07th: Here's what Marines can expect under the new rules. Read more ▸
May 07th: Officials say the Navy destroyer Bulkeley has moved past its problems, but internal investigations reveal a tough few years for the ship's crew. Read more ▸
May 06th: The story of prolific World War II photographer Lee Miller, who documented the horrors at Dachau, is coming to the big screen. Read more ▸
May 06th: An F-22 Raptor taking part in a fighter exercise Monday in Savannah, Georgia, was involved in a mishap around 11:30 a.m. local time. Read more ▸
May 06th: On D-Day, Charles Shay was a 19-year-old Army medic. Now 99, he's about to take part in the 80th anniversary commemorations of the landings in Normandy. Read more ▸
May 06th: The soldier was reportedly stationed in South Korea and traveled to Russia on his own. Read more ▸
May 06th: U.S. Marines and their Filipino counterparts have staged joint combat drills near southern Taiwan, a flashpoint in the Washington-Beijing military rivalry. Read more ▸
May 06th: It has been almost a year since the Indian government arrested Vivek Raghuvanshi, a longtime freelancer journalist with Defense News. Read more ▸
May 06th: The scheme reportedly involved recruiting a hitman to murder four people, including two minors. Read more ▸
May 06th: The destroyer has been at the forefront of the fight against Houthi rebels in the Middle East for the past six months. Read more ▸
May 06th: The combatant command oversees more than 380,000 U.S troops and civilians and is at the center of American efforts to counter China's military ascent. Read more ▸
May 06th: The VA’s failure to provide timely benefits makes RECA a critical lifeline for many veterans, Keith Kiefer argues in an op-ed. Read more ▸
May 06th: With an aging fleet of aircraft facing formidable storms, the Air Force's Hurricane Hunters are figuring out how to weather the future. Read more ▸
May 06th: After decades of being a brigade-focused Army, the shift is on to the division fight. Training will only get tougher. Read more ▸
May 05th: Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of May 6, 2024. Read more ▸
Prohibition on troops seeking redress for injuries sustained in service doesn’t apply
An evaluation of the Defense Department and its law enforcement organizations has revealed a lack of an active shooter response and training standard, which officials worry may ultimately “result in a delayed and uncoordinated response that could increase casualties” at military installations.
ABOARD A C-40 MILITARY TRANSPORT JET—Halfway through his tenure in charge of the National Guard, Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson’s quest to get all Guardsmen year-round health insurance has stalled.
An off-duty Virginia police officer who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan, 6, 2021, with a fellow officer was sentenced Thursday to more than seven years in prison, matching the longest prison sentence so far among hundreds of Capitol riot cases.
A Marine first sergeant was driving through a small North Carolina town when he encountered a man lying in a nearby field, bearing injuries after being hit by a car.
Paralympian and former Army platoon leader, 1st Lt. Melissa Stockwell, 42, deployed to Iraq in March 2004 with the 27th Main Support Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division, after enlisting two years earlier. But after just three weeks in Baghdad, her life would never be the same.
EAST GREENWICH, R.I. (AP) — The Rhode Island National Guard has its first Black colonel.
In an excerpt released Aug. 8 by the New Yorker, authors Peter Baker and Susan Glasser — senior reporters for the New York Times and the New Yorker, respectively — reveal shocking details from inside former President Donald Trump’s relationship with top military brass.
WASHINGTON — As telecom companies struggle to complete the transition to the fifth-generation, or 5G, mobile standard, the Pentagon is backing an effort focused on 6G research and technologies amid a military-wide push to modernize communications and connectivity.
