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The students’ cross-country flights take place before their “check ride,” which is a culminating event where they are assessed on the totality of their skills.

Air Force recruits went through basic training without any exposure to planes. Now, boot camp will revolve around them.

The “Drongo” Company, 7th Psychological Operations Battalion, will carry out missions under U.S. Africa Command.

Central air conditioning in affected barracks was turned back Thursday, a U.S. Army Garrison Hawaii spokesman said. A water plant failure caused water issues at least four bases.

Experts who have worked with special ops troops caution that the screening plan must be cautious with testosterone replacement, which carries significant side effects.

The House of Representatives postponed a vote on the Take Care of America’s Veterans Act on Thursday.

From inside a Washington jail, an inmate targeted seriously ill veterans at VA facilities, fooling staffers into revealing personal information.

“If treatment is recommended, it’s entirely your choice to receive testosterone replacement therapy,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said.

William Upham posted a video of himself in uniform claiming that President Donald Trump is “your enemy and he must be killed.”

Veterans involved in nuclear waste clean ups at sites near Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands, Palomares, Spain, and Thule, Greenland, say they’ve battled decades of health issues, including cancers.

A “high-risk” plan to use old machines to produce modern M795 artillery shells backfired, an Inspector General report found.

Failed pumps at a water treatment plant have left about 4,000 soldiers who live in water-cooled barracks without central air conditioning.

Though major exercise like African Lion continue, the U.S. has reduced forces in Africa and leaders have sought a path to “empowerment over dependency” for allies.

Aviation Machinist’s Mate Third Class George Milton Neal was one of the only Black sailors in the Navy assigned to a search and rescue unit when he and two comrades evaded capture for nine days in North Korea.

The new closure, aimed at ships “entering and exiting Iranian ports,” begins Tuesday. President Donald Trump said it may include a 20% tariff on other traffic in the key waterway.

The U.S. military has used one-way attack sea drones for the first time in combat. The vessels struck Iranian targets over the weekend.