More from Jeff Schogol (Page 3)

The Navy expects to receive the helmets starting between July and September, with E-2D Hawkeye crews expected to receive the first batch.
Navy

Navy buys new helmets designed to reduce aviators’ neck and back pain

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 10, 2026

U.S. Marines with 12th Littoral Combat Team, 12th Marine Littoral Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, prepare to execute a live-fire platoon attack on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 12, 2026. Live-fire training increases Marines’ marksmanship skills, strengthening small-unit leadership and overall combat readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Lucas Lu)
Marine Corps

Experts warn moving Marines away from Okinawa would play into China’s hands

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 9, 2026

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51), arrives at Naval Station (NAVSTA) Rota, Apr. 11, 2021. Arleigh Burke’s arrival marked the completion of her homeport shift to NAVSTA Rota from Naval Station Norfolk.
Navy

Navy destroyer crew awarded Armed Forces Service Medal for downing Iranian missiles

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 6, 2026

Royce Williams
Korea

Navy pilot to receive Medal of Honor nearly 75 years after shooting down 4 MiGs

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 5, 2026

Special operators conduct training in austere conditions near Pituffik Space Base, Greenland, on May 9, 2023, in support of exercise ARCTIC EDGE 2023. ARCTIC EDGE 2023 (AE23) is a U.S. Northern Command-led homeland defense exercise demonstrating the U.S. military's capabilities in extreme cold weather, joint force readiness, and U.S. military commitment to mutual strategic security interests in the Arctic region. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Andrew Adams)
Warfare

A brief history of the US military’s presence in Greenland

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 5, 2026

Army Staff Sgt. Michael Ollis
Army

Soldier who died saving Polish officer in Afghanistan to receive Medal of Honor, family says

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 4, 2026

Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force David Wolfe
Air Force

Top enlisted leader in the Air Force explains why he wears his father’s service pin

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 3, 2026

Parris Island
Marine Corps

Marine drill instructor sentenced over boot camp hazing death arrested after early release

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 2, 2026

Hawaii Air National Guard Airmen conduct maintenance on a KC-135 Stratotanker at dawn prior to an aerial refueling mission at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Dec. 1, 2025. The 203rd Air Refueling Squadron provides critical aerial refueling capabilities in support of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command operations and global mobility missions worldwide. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Mysti Bicoy
Air Force

Air Force plans to include simulated airfields in basic training

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 29, 2026

Combined Jungle Operations Training Course
Army

Army unit created for Afghanistan will now run jungle school in Panama

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 29, 2026

Vallen Grayson
Marine Corps

This Marine shed nearly 90 pounds so he could enlist

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 28, 2026

Leavenworth escape attempt
Army

Inmate’s sentence extended after attempted escape from Fort Leavenworth military prison

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 27, 2026

USS Abraham Lincoln
Navy

USS Abraham Lincoln returns to the Middle East amid rising tensions with Iran

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 26, 2026

Warrior Inn
Army

Soldier says Army dining facility often closed: ‘Uber Eats, every day’

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 23, 2026

Schofield Barracks
Army

Soldiers in Hawaii may ‘double up’ in barracks for the next 15 months

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 22, 2026

F-15s in Middle East
Air Force

F-15 squadron that took out Iranian drones returns to the Middle East

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 21, 2026

Military Recruiting
National Guard

Recruiter told students that enlisting can lead to Green Cards for parents

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 21, 2026

Minnesota National Guard
National Guard

Minnesota Guardsmen told to wear reflective vests to distinguish them from ‘other agencies’

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 20, 2026

MOLD Act
News

Would a proposed law on mold in military housing actually help?

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 16, 2026

Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael R. Weimer
Army

Top enlisted soldier says he got ‘over my skis’ on new Army PT uniform

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 15, 2026

There's now a mystery box at the Pentagon. Don't know what that means? Join the club.
News

What is a loot box and why is there one at the Pentagon?

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 14, 2026

Hazing
News

Pentagon attempts to assure Congress that hazing is still not tolerated

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 14, 2026

Providers Warrior Restaurant
Army

Here’s why a Fort Bragg dining facility got an ‘F’ sanitation rating

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 13, 2026

The Pentagon has released its implementing guidance for using the waist-to-height ratio to calculate service members’ body composition.
News

Pentagon announces new way military will measure troops’ body fat

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 12, 2026

Exercise Sourdough 2025
Air Force

‘Exercise Sourdough’ — How the Air Force turned San Francisco into an urban evasion course

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 8, 2026

The Navy has released a video that shows the FF(X) frigate’s proposed design.
Coast Guard

Here’s why the Navy is planning to turn a Coast Guard cutter into a frigate

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 8, 2026

Space Force Home Burned Down
Space Force

Married Space Force officers lose home after fire and burglary

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 7, 2026

Operation Absolute Resolve
Americas

Here’s what we know in the wake of Operation Absolute Resolve (and what we don’t)

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 7, 2026

U.S. Air Force Capt. Robert Friedman with the Air Force Legal Operations Agency, left, Tech. Sgt. Joshua Skinner with the 601st Air Operations Center, and Capt. Kyle Imhoff with the Air Force Civil Engineer Center, right, run on the fitness track at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, Sept. 8, 2020. The Tyndall Focus 5/6 group organized a running event where runners tracked miles during the month of August. The top three runners were recognized and included Skinner with 348 miles, Friedman with 356 miles, and Imhoff with 366 miles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Magen M. Reeves)
Air Force

Airmen can now swap out the 2-mile run on both yearly fitness tests

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 6, 2026

The raid to capture Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro was a tactical success, but it also raises the possibility of strategic missteps, warn veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
News

For some veterans, the specter of Iraq and Afghanistan looms over the Maduro raid

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 5, 2026

An MC-130J Commando II assigned to the 1st Special Operations Wing and U.S. Army MH-60M Black Hawks assigned to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) participate in a helicopter air-to-air refueling exercise near Hurlburt Field, Florida, Nov. 20, 2025. Joint exercises enable special operations forces to share distinct interservice skillsets and seamlessly operate during real-world missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Isabel Tanner)
Army

Delta Force, other special operations soldiers carried out Venezuela raid

By Jeff Schogol, Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jan 3, 2026

Trump Maduro
Americas

US military captures Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro after striking military sites

By Nicholas Slayton, Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 3, 2026

Space Force graduation
Space Force

Space Force guardians graduate basic training in their own uniforms for the first time

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Dec 26, 2025

The Navy has released this rendering of the new battleships announced by President Donald Trump, which feature a railgun.
Navy

The Navy’s railgun may be back from the dead — for now

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Dec 23, 2025

The vessels would allow the Marines to move small teams onto remote islands. Medium Landing Ship, or LSMs, can carry 200 Marines to shore.
Marine Corps

Marines may finally get landing ships for modern-day island hopping

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Dec 23, 2025

Marine Corps Physical Fitness Test
Marine Corps

Marines moving to gender-neutral Physical Fitness Test for combat jobs

By Jeff Schogol, Matt White

Posted on Dec 19, 2025

Jumpmaster save
Army

Jumpmaster who saved paratrooper breaks down viral video

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Dec 19, 2025

Marine Drill Instructor of the Year
Marine Corps

Marine Corps’ top drill instructor explains the correct way to yell at recruits

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Dec 18, 2025

Navy Barracks Repairs
Navy

Sailors may have to fix their own barracks rooms, says Navy’s top enlisted leader

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Dec 17, 2025

Air Force shaving waivers
Air Force

Medical shaving waivers will be invalid under Air Force grooming policy

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Dec 16, 2025

FORT GREGG-ADAMS, Va. – Culinary Specialist Seaman Alejandro Escobar competes in the Student Chef of the Year event as part of team U.S. Navy during the 49th Joint Culinary Training Exercise (JCTE) held at Fort Gregg-Adams, Virginia, March 5th, 2025. The JCTE is an annual event showcasing culinary talent across all components of the Department of Defense and is the largest American Culinary Federation-sanctioned competition in North America. (U.S. Navy photo by Brett Dodge)
Navy

Privatizing galleys is an ‘open question,’ says Navy’s top enlisted leader

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Dec 16, 2025

Iowa National Guardsmen killed in Syria
Army

Army identifies 2 Iowa National Guardsmen killed in Syria attack

By Nicholas Slayton, Jeff Schogol

Posted on Dec 15, 2025

Navy PT Test
Navy

Sailors can expect to do fitness tests twice a year, says Navy’s top enlisted leader

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Dec 12, 2025

Marine Sgt. Derrick McMillian rescued a man who fell onto the subway tracks in Manhattan.
Marine Corps

Marine jumps down onto New York City subway tracks to save man

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on Dec 12, 2025

Space Force Tech Sgt. Garry Springle was issued a smart watch that led to doctors detecting a serious heart condition that would have been fatal.
Space Force

The Space Force issued him a smartwatch. It saved his life.

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Dec 11, 2025

VA review website
News

Army vet who created ‘Yelp for the barracks’ makes website to review the VA

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Dec 9, 2025

Guardian Arena
Space Force

Space Force fitness contest combines sandbag tossing, satellite tracking

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Dec 9, 2025

Bush, Rumsfeld, Trump, Hegseth
Analysis

As Congress tries to claw back power, the president can still wage war unilaterally

By Jeff Schogol, nicholas Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Dec 8, 2025

The superstructure of the aircraft carrier the USS Harry S. Truman, with a combat action ribbon banner.
Navy

USS Harry S Truman collision was nearly ‘catastrophic,’ investigation finds

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Dec 4, 2025

241231-N-TN409-1156 U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Dec. 31, 2024) Two U.S. Navy pilots in an F/A-18F Super Hornet, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 11, prepare for launch from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. (Official U.S. Navy photo)
Navy

Navy cruiser mistook fighter jets for incoming missiles during chaotic night

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Dec 4, 2025

Marine Corps Commandant’s Cover
Marine Corps

This is why the top Marine general doesn’t wear the commandant’s cover

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Dec 2, 2025

China's aircraft carriers
Carriers

China’s navy flexes muscles with new flattops

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Dec 2, 2025

Lt. Col. Calischaran G. James
Marine Corps

Marines fire Okinawa logistics squadron commander amid investigation

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Nov 26, 2025

EOD World Record Run
Army

This EOD tech set a new record for running in a bomb suit

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Nov 25, 2025

Mikhail Robin Wicker.
Benefits & Pay

Fake Marine convicted of claiming Purple Heart for $140,000 in VA benefits

By Jeff Schogol, Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Nov 25, 2025

Pentagon officials are issuing adverse actions against a senator who participated in a viral video on "unlawful orders."
Navy

Pentagon threatens to court-martial senator who told troops they can refuse ‘illegal orders’

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Nov 24, 2025

A Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier II with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 263 (Reinforced) on the flight deck of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima in the Caribbean Sean, Sept. 7, 2025.
Marine Corps

Marine Harriers are in the Caribbean just ahead of retirement

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Nov 21, 2025

Balfour Beatty military housing
News

Military families forced to pay out of pocket for problems with privatized base housing

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Nov 20, 2025

Christmas decorations
News

Christmas truce: More troops allowed to display holiday decorations early

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Nov 19, 2025

A U.S. Marine with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 225, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South, signals to a U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II assigned to VMFA-225 at Jose Aponte de la Torre Airport in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, Nov. 6, 2025. U.S. military forces are deployed to the Caribbean in support of the U.S. Southern Command mission, Department of War-directed operations, and the president’s priorities to disrupt illicit drug trafficking and protect the homeland. (U.S. Marine Corps photo)
Americas

What 3 former SOUTHCOM commanders say troops should know about Venezuela

By Jeff Schogol, Drew F. Lawrence

Posted on Nov 19, 2025

Drug cartels designated as terrorists
Americas

The US designated more terrorist groups in 2025 than in the last 10 years combined

By Patty Nieberg, Jeff Schogol

Updated on Nov 18, 2025

B-2 combat mission
Air Force

Air Force publishes photos of B-2 bomber squadron flying ‘to conduct combat missions’

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Nov 14, 2025

guess who's back? Santa Claus agreed not to cancel Christmas for the entire US Air Force after officials at two bases gave the go-ahead for residents to decorate their homes.
Air Force

Air Force families given the go-ahead for early Christmas decorations after outcry

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Nov 12, 2025

Nearly all commissaries on military bases in the U.S. could close in early December if the government shutdown continues.
United States

Military officials tell troops 168 commissaries could close next month

By Patty Nieberg, Jeff Schogol

Posted on Nov 7, 2025