More from Jeff Schogol (Page 6)

Posted on Mar 3, 2025

Air Force’s newest plane, the Skyraider II, honors a legendary aircraft

Posted on Feb 28, 2025

Sailors direct aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in the Pacific Ocean, Jan. 18, 2025. Nimitz is underway in 3rd Fleet conducting routine training operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Emma Burgess)

Veterans caught up in mass federal layoffs — and the smoke hasn’t cleared

Posted on Feb 28, 2025

Army

Army fixes barracks issue, after soldier turns to social media

Posted on Feb 26, 2025

News

‘Cuts like these move us in the wrong direction’ — Veterans groups raise alarm in response to VA firings

Posted on Feb 26, 2025

This airman cared for a sick passenger for eight hours on an international flight

Posted on Feb 26, 2025

Airman reenlists as SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasts into space

Posted on Feb 24, 2025

Sgt. Maj. Jim Lanham, sergeant major of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, speaks to Marines during an all-hands formation aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) while underway in the Pacific Ocean, July 26, 2017. Lanham and Col. Tye R. Wallace, commanding officer of the 31st MEU, encouraged the Marines and Sailors of the 31st MEU to continue to act as ambassadors of the Marine Corps. The 31st MEU partners with the Navy’s Amphibious Squadron 11 to form the amphibious component of the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group. The 31st MEU and PHIBRON 11 combine to provide a cohesive blue-green team capable of accomplishing a variety of missions across the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Stormy Mendez/Released)

There’s a lot going on in the world of military news, and we need your help

Posted on Feb 21, 2025

Navy

Navy says it is on track to hit its highest recruiting numbers in more than 20 years

Posted on Feb 19, 2025

Kevyn Major Howard from the Vietnam War movie Full Metal Jacket

Entertainment

Remembering Full Metal Jacket’s Rafterman, and the actor who brought him to life

Posted on Feb 18, 2025

VA investigates, veterans affairs employee with El Paso, Texas VA who called veteran and left voicemail that prompted an investigation.

News

A Marine vet thought he found a ‘home’ working at the VA. Now he’s one of 1,000 fired.

Posted on Feb 14, 2025

Soldiers engage targets with a pair of high mobility artillery rocket systems (HIMARS) during a live fire event in Bemowo Piskie, Poland, May 19, 2023.

US drifts away from Ukraine nearly 3 years after Russia’s invasion

Posted on Feb 14, 2025

Navy

Navy aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman and merchant vessel collide near Egypt

Posted on Feb 13, 2025

Air Force says delay in test cycle for 35,000 airmen shouldn’t impact promotions

Posted on Feb 12, 2025

Students in Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL class 279 participate in a surf passage exercise during the first phase of training at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado. Surf passage is one of many physically strenuous exercises that BUD/S class 279 will take part in during the seven weeks of first phase. The Navy SEALs are the maritime component of U.S. Special Forces and are trained to conduct a variety of operations from the sea, air and land.

Navy

Navy SEAL candidates often swim in water with high levels of fecal matter, watchdog finds

Posted on Feb 12, 2025

Army

Hegseth indicates that Fort Bragg will not be the last base to be renamed

Posted on Feb 11, 2025

U.S. Marines with 1st Marine Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, await transport with an ultra-light tactical vehicle, during Marine Air-Ground Task Force Distributed Exercise (MDMX) at the Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Feb. 10, 2024. The Marines with 1st Recon began MDMX by conducting a tactical night insertion into an austere environment. MDMX is a maneuver exercise that incorporates ground, air, and logistics operations over several days. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Sean Potter)

News

$571 million in VA spending on suicide prevention isn’t working, vets groups say

By Patty Nieberg, Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 10, 2025

Trump nixes Gaza deployments, but Forever Wars continue

Posted on Feb 7, 2025

Army

Trump takes credit for Army recruiting surge, but it started a year ago

Updated on Feb 6, 2025

The new secretary of Veterans Affairs is an Air Force chaplain and Iraq War veteran

Posted on Feb 4, 2025

Army

Police arrest man for allegedly stealing 3 Humvees from Army Reserve Center

Posted on Feb 4, 2025

The Air Force returned the 'gig line' — a straight alignment of shirt, belt and fly — to it's official uniform regulation.

Culture

The ‘gig line’ is back in the Air Force even if you didn’t know it ever left

Posted on Feb 3, 2025

Army

Army Black Hawk pilot killed in mid-air collision remembered as a ‘volunteer patriot’

Posted on Feb 1, 2025

Army

Army identifies two of three Black Hawk crew members killed in collision with airliner

Posted on Jan 31, 2025

The guided missile destroyer USS Spruance sails in front of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln during a transit of the Singapore Strait, Aug. 15, 2024.

30,000 migrants to GITMO, drone sightings (re)explained, and more

Posted on Jan 31, 2025

Army

No survivors expected after Army Black Hawk helicopter and passenger plane collide in DC

By Nicholas Slayton, Jeff Schogol

Updated on Jan 30, 2025

Air Force one-star general fired for ‘inappropriate personal relationships’

Posted on Jan 29, 2025

Air Force shaving waivers will soon expire under new policy

Posted on Jan 28, 2025

News

Trump’s overhaul of military continues with orders on transgender troops and DEI

Posted on Jan 28, 2025

News

Troops booted from military for refusing COVID-19 vaccine can return with back pay and benefits

Posted on Jan 28, 2025

Soldiers from the 97th Military Police Brigade, and 41st Engineering Company, Fort Riley, KS., work along side with U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the Hidalgo, TX., port of entry, applying 300 meters of concertina wire along the Mexico border in support of Operation FAITHFUL PATRIOT November 2, 2018. Soldiers will provide a range of support including planning assistance, engineering support, equipment and resources to assist the Department of Homeland Security along the southwest border. (U.S. Air Force photo by SrA Alexandra Minor)

Army

Here are the first Army and Marine Corps units heading to the border

By Jeff Schogol, Matt White

Posted on Jan 24, 2025

‘This is just the beginning’: Pentagon enters Trump 2.0

Posted on Jan 24, 2025

Air Force planes will fly deportation flights under Trump order

Posted on Jan 23, 2025

Two officers were fired for bucking their chain of command. Now they’re going to work at the Pentagon.

Posted on Jan 22, 2025

News

Key takeaways for troops and vets from Trump’s first day in office

Posted on Jan 21, 2025

Army

Army program that includes peer reviews ahead of command selection is now permanent

Posted on Jan 17, 2025

Pete Hegseth confirmation hearing, enlisted troop pay and other military news

Posted on Jan 17, 2025

Cmdr. Sarah M. Quemada was relieved of command on Jan. 16, 2025.

Navy

Navy fires commanding officer of Naval Information Warfare Training Group Norfolk

Updated on Jan 16, 2025

Top Marine general says moving Marines from Okinawa to Guam ‘puts us going the wrong way’

Posted on Jan 15, 2025

Top Marine general rules out beards ‘because we’re Marines and we’re different’

Posted on Jan 15, 2025

News

Pete Hegseth grilled over leadership experience during defense secretary confirmation hearing

Posted on Jan 14, 2025

The score for the "28 Years Later" trailer is a poem that's played during SERE training.

Entertainment

‘28 Years Later’ uses the same creepy poem the military uses to scare SERE students

By Nicholas Slayton, Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 13, 2025

Air Force ‘standards update’ includes more inspections and review of ‘waivers and exceptions’

Posted on Jan 10, 2025

Operation Greenland, Hegseth’s looming confirmation hearing and other military news

Posted on Jan 10, 2025

Army

Soldiers use nicotine pouches close to 10 times more than civilians, study finds

Posted on Jan 9, 2025

Storied Marine infantry battalion to be transformed into Littoral Combat Team

Updated on Jan 8, 2025

Air Force F-16 drops external fuel tank over Florida city

Updated on Jan 8, 2025

A-10s still flying in Iraq and Syria even as ‘Warthog’ units get put out to pasture

Posted on Jan 7, 2025

Marine recruit uniforms were photoshopped on at boot camp

Updated on Jan 6, 2025

A company marches across regiment on a cool and foggy evening at U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, NJ, Dec. 10, 2024. As they approach graduation, senior companies may be given occasional opportunities to march in formation without the guidance of a company commander. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer Third Class Christopher Biggs)

Conspiracy theories about suspects’ military service run rampant after New Year’s Day violence

Posted on Jan 3, 2025

A composite of two men in military uniform. Both are wearing hats.

Army

These 2 soldiers will receive the Medal of Honor for their heroism in Vietnam

Posted on Jan 3, 2025

Army

Here is the military service record for the New Orleans attack suspect

Posted on Jan 1, 2025

Drinking conviction against 2 members of ‘MARSOC 3’ overturned, ending yearslong case

Posted on Jan 1, 2025

News

More than 4,500 US troops are spending Christmas in Iraq and Syria, according to Pentagon figures

Posted on Dec 23, 2024

News

A Marine’s disciplinary record from 100 years ago reveals rank-and-file life as much the same

Posted on Dec 23, 2024

U.S. Marines with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, hike to their objective during a combat readiness evaluation at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 9, 2024. The purpose of the evaluation was to certify 2nd Bn., 1st Marines as the ground combat element for their upcoming deployment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ezekieljay Correa)

Defense bill, subordinates may weigh in on officers’ promotions, drone drama and more military news

Posted on Dec 20, 2024

News

A government shutdown would mean pay delays for troops, including those in combat zones

Posted on Dec 19, 2024

Marine astronaut says the space station is ‘luxurious’ compared to how Marines usually live

Posted on Dec 19, 2024

Tom Cruise wearing his iconic Ray-Ban 3025 aviator sunglasses in 'Top Gun: Maverick'

Navy

Navy thanks Tom Cruise for his service in ‘Top Gun’ movies

Posted on Dec 17, 2024

New Jersey Air Guard names an F-16 “Jersey Jerk” to honor World War II ace

Posted on Dec 16, 2024

Airmen assigned to the 124th Air Support Operations Squadron train with A-10 Thunderbolt IIs, assigned to the 190th Fighter Squadron, during a night close air support training mission at the Saylor Creek Range near Bruneau, Idaho on Sept. 25, 2018. The training started right before sunset and went well into the night, providing essential training to both the pilots and ASOS tactical air control party Airmen. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Joshua C. Allmaras)

News

Veterans benefits are a cost of war that America is honor-bound to pay, a top veterans group says

Posted on Dec 16, 2024

Navy

Navy dismisses cases against SEAL commanders in ‘Hell Week’ training death

Posted on Dec 14, 2024

News

Vance’s guest at Army-Navy game will be Marine vet acquitted in subway choking