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While the memo didn’t strictly forbid “fun” it did attempt to ban dominos, cards, and video game tournaments before the Army made an about-face last week.

Navy Lt. Jonathan Liongson was on deployment with the USS Bunker Hill in November 2022 when his car was towed in California. He was awarded the money in a settlement after the towing company ran afoul of federal law.

The Army initiated a 48-hour pause in training following the soldier’s death.

In the past six weeks U.S. ships and aircraft have hit dozens of targets, while Houthis have shot down seven American drones.

The wife’s name was flagged while undergoing a screening to move into on-base housing at Naval Air Station Key West.

Capt. Travis Chewning-Kulick ran a 7 minute, 4 second mile, loaded down by 50 pounds of explosive ordnance protective gear across his body.

The Navy and Coast Guard called off the search for Information Systems Technician 2nd Class Gabriel D. Holt after five days of extensive reconnaissance around Guam.

Soldiers in Germany will test whether 3D-printed small drones can scan the electromagnetic spectrum to find threats for soldiers.

Starting next year, male and female soldiers in 21 combat arms jobs will have to meet the same physical standards on the Army’s fitness test.

Sgt. William Carney, whose Civil War heroism was portrayed by Denzel Washington in the movie “Glory,” will get his own comic book.

USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul recently seized more than $12 million in drugs in the Caribbean Sea, an example of how Littoral Combat Ships have found their niche with counternarcotics missions.

An Air Force chart for determining if airmen or Space Force guardians should receive medical profiles for shaving doesn’t actually make clear what the requirements for waivers are.

Sgt. Greville Clarke was found guilty Tuesday of 29 charges including rape, attempted premeditated murder, kidnapping, burglary and other crimes in an 18-month spree at Fort Cavazos, Texas.

Army researchers plan to a demo this fall with audio and ‘touch’ cues for “overloaded” drone operators at Fort Novosel, Alabama.

An Army official joked that fitness goals “will not have arrived until we have a no-neck Army” as service makes changes to holistic health and fitness program.

Marine Sgt. Maj. Troy Black will not be reappointed as Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He will leave in late summer, early fall.