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Posted on Dec 30, 2025

PALM BEACH, FLORIDA - DECEMBER 28: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky following their meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club on December 28, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida. Trump invited Zelensky to his private club to work on the U.S.-proposed peace plan to end the war in Ukraine as the conflict approaches four years since the sudden full-scale invasion by Russia on February 24, 2022. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Trump says US took out a ‘big facility’ in Venezuela

Posted on Dec 29, 2025

DAABDAMALE, PUNTLAND, SOMALIA - JANUARY 25: Soldiers with the Puntland Defense Forces walk back from a cave where Islamic State fighters lived until recently being flushed out on the frontline near Daabdamale, Puntland, Somalia on January 25, 2025. Islamic State in Somalia recruits foreign fighters and brings them into Somalia to try to gain ground in what is becoming a key nerve center for the Islamic State. (Photo by Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Africa

US targets ISIS in Somalia with multiple airstrikes over four days

Updated on Dec 28, 2025

Veterans

Appeals court upholds order for the VA to build 2,550 housing units in Los Angeles

Updated on Dec 27, 2025

A missile launches in a plume of fire from a U.S. warship as part of strikes against ISIS in Nigeria on Dec. 25, 2025.

Africa

US targets ISIS with multiple strikes in Nigeria

Posted on Dec 26, 2025

Image: Jeep: US soldiers of the 3rd Division having Christmas dinner on the hood of a jeep on the front lines, World War Two, France, December 25th 1943. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)

World War II

How US troops in World War II celebrated Christmas dinner on the front

Posted on Dec 25, 2025

California Air Guard team pulls off ‘high risk’ night rescue from fog-covered cruise ship

Posted on Dec 21, 2025

Coast Guard

US forces seize oil tanker in the Caribbean

Posted on Dec 21, 2025

US forces returning to Ecuador for ‘short-term’ counter-drug mission

Posted on Dec 20, 2025

Leaders from the 25th Combat Aviation Brigade run as part of a brigade wide workout in honor of opening the Maj. General Frank W. Tate Soldier Performance Readiness Center at Wheeler Army Airfield, O’ahu, Hawai’i, July 1, 2025. The mission of Holistic Health and Fitness, also known as H2F, is to empower soldiers to take charge of their health by focusing on five key domains: physical, mental, nutrition, sleep, and spiritual readiness. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Olivia Cowart)

Resources

Army tosses out its Spiritual Fitness Guide after four months

Posted on Dec 20, 2025

UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 22: Aerial view of the Pentagon building in Arlington, Va., on Wednesday, October 22, 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

News

Pentagon fails its 8th audit in a row

Posted on Dec 20, 2025

U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Dec. 19, 2025) A U.S. Airman prepares an A-10 Thunderbolt II for flight from a base in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Dec. 19, in support of Operation Hawkeye Strike. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Middle East

US forces launch strikes on ISIS in Syria in retaliation for the death of 2 soldiers

Posted on Dec 19, 2025

A mushroom cloud rises from a nuclear weapon test during Operation TUMBLER-SNAPPER. Over two thousand Marines witnessed the event, which was conducted in 1952 at the Nevada Proving Ground.

History

The Army once considered a nuclear-powered tank built by Chrysler

Posted on Dec 16, 2025

Army

Army identifies 2 Iowa National Guardsmen killed in Syria attack

By Nicholas Slayton, Jeff Schogol

Posted on Dec 15, 2025

A patch celebrating the legacy of the A-10 mission is worn by a newly appointed dedicated crew chief during the final A-10 dedicated crew chief ceremony at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, Oct. 31, 2025. The 357th Fighter Generation Squadron owns the remaining A-10Cs utilized by the Air Force, and will see their final divestment in late 2026. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Ericha Parish)

Culture

Air Force A-10 patch marks an ‘end of an errrrra’

Posted on Dec 15, 2025

Air National Guard airmen from the 119th Maintenance Squadron prepares an MQ-9 Reaper Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for flight during the Northern Strike 2025 exercise at the Alpena, Mich. Combat Regional Training Center, August 2-16, 2025. Northern Strike is one of the Department of Defense’s largest reserve component readiness exercises, is taking place now across Michigan. (U.S. Air National Guard Photo by Sr. Master Sgt. Michael Knodle)

Mental Health

Congress wants to screen drone operators for PTSD, depression

Posted on Dec 14, 2025

Space Force's themes for naming weapons platforms, in the form of bright and colorful playing cards.

News

Space Force rolls out new themes for naming its weapons and space systems

Posted on Dec 14, 2025

Header: Lt. Col. Tyler Hiatt, 90th Missile Security Forces Squadron commander, briefs 90 MSFS Alpha Flight during guard mount before they trip out to the missile field at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, Feb. 13, 2025. 90, 790, and 890 MSFS rotate tripping out to the missile field monthly to reside in a missile alert facility for a week, ensuring the constant security and protection of the Minuteman III - one of the nation’s most powerful strategic assets. Their 24/7/365 vigilance guarantees the Minuteman III weapon system remains secure, operational, and ready at a moment’s notice to uphold the U.S. nuclear deterrence mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mattison Cole)

Air Force relieves security squadron commander at FE Warren

Posted on Dec 13, 2025

Troops from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Special Operations and the US-led anti-jihadist coalition, take part in heavy-weaponry military exercises in the countryside of Deir Ezzor in northeastern Syria, on March 25, 2022. (Photo by Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP) (Photo by DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Army

Two US soldiers killed in ambush in Syria

Posted on Dec 13, 2025

Korean War

Navy pilot who took out 4 Soviet jets in covered-up mission may get Medal of Honor

Posted on Dec 8, 2025

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

A screenshot showing the flight path of a Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk, alongside a photo of the aircraft.

Mandatory Fun

Coast Guard helicopter flies ‘Ho Ho, Ho holding pattern’ off the coast of Puerto Rico

Posted on Dec 8, 2025

Image Capt. Jon O’Connor, prospective Commanding Officer, Information Warfare Squadron (IWRON) Two, and Rear Adm. Dusty Rhodes, Commander, Carrier Strike Group TWO, render a salute during an assumption of command ceremony for IWRON Two in Norfolk, Virginia. IWRON Two, a first-of-its-kind unit designed to operationalize Information Warfare (IW) capabilities and provide decisive decision advantage to Carrier Strike Group Commanders, was established, Dec. 5. IWRON Two will serve as the pilot squadron on the East Coast, with another squadron being established on the West Coast in 2026 The establishment of IWRON Two marks a crucial step forward in ensuring the U.S. Navy remains the premier warfighting force – ready, capable, and unmatched. (U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Ray McCann / RELEASED)

Navy

Navy stands up its first information warfare squadron

Posted on Dec 7, 2025

Image: NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. - (Dec. 1, 2025) – Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116) departed Naval Station Mayport for a scheduled deployment, Dec. 1. USS Thomas Hudner is a multi-mission guided-missile destroyer capable of air warfare (AW), anti-submarine warfare (ASW), naval surface fire support (NSFS), and surface warfare (SUW). (U.S.

Navy

Navy destroyer that joined fight against Houthis, Iran, arrives in Caribbean

Posted on Dec 6, 2025

A U.S. Army Soldier assigned to 1st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, drives to a firing lane to zero an M1A2 Abrams Tank at Dona Ana Range Complex, New Mexico, Nov. 17, 2025. The event was part of the Iron Heroes Competition, designed to identify the best individuals and teams in the 1st Armored Division to compete at higher Army echelon competitions. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jerron Bruce)

Tanks

We salute the soldiers who named their tank ‘Executioners Finest’

Posted on Dec 6, 2025

Military Awards

Under new law, Medal of Honor recipients will receive $67,500 annual stipend

Posted on Dec 5, 2025

The USS Gravely, a US Navy warship, departs the Port of Port of Spain on October 30, 2025. The US warship arrived in Trinidad and Tobago on October 26, 2025, for joint exercises near the coast of Venezuela, as Washington ratcheted up pressure on drug traffickers and Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro. (Photo by MARTIN BERNETTI / AFP via Getty Images)

62% of Americans support military action against suspected drug traffickers, survey finds

Posted on Dec 4, 2025

Description: circa April-May 1923 The destroyers are, from left to right: USS Pruitt (DD-347) USS Stewart (DD-224) USS Preble (DD-345) USS Hulbert (DD-342) and USS William B. Preston (DD-344). The Japan-China Steamship Company (N.K.K. Nisshin Kisen Kaisha) docks are in the foreground, with a river steamer alongside in the center and an ocean-going freighter at right. Many local small craft are also present. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1969. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

History

The Navy’s original island hopping strategy

Posted on Dec 1, 2025

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Christian F. Wortman, commanding general of I Marine Expeditionary Force, left, and Lance Cpl. Elijah Merino, a grenadier with 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, repair a wall locker during Operation Clean Sweep III at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Sept. 16, 2025. OCS III, part of the ongoing Barracks 360 Reset initiative, demonstrates a collective commitment to improving living conditions through shared ownership, sustained accountability, and tangible improvements to the barracks. Wortman is a native of Pennsylvania and Merino is a native of California. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Bryant Rodriguez)

Housing

Pentagon pledges $400 million for ‘immediate’ barracks renovation

By Patty Nieberg, Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Dec 1, 2025

U.S. Space Force trainees receive their initial issue of the new USSF Service Dress uniform during a fitting at clothing issue at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Nov. 19, 2025. This group is the first class of USSF BMT trainees to be issued this specific dress uniform, which they will wear for the first time during their graduation ceremony on Dec. 18, 2025. (U.S. Air Force photo by Daniel Cruz)

Military Life

Space Force trainees will get the service’s new dress uniform

Posted on Nov 30, 2025

Army

The Army’s latest PSYOP recruiting ad reminds you: ‘We are everywhere’

Updated on Nov 30, 2025

Marine Corps reaches retention goal in just a month

Updated on Nov 29, 2025

Air Force F-16 pilot awarded Silver Star for actions in the Middle East

Posted on Nov 28, 2025

U.S. service members line the streets of Washington, D.C., during an honor escort—also known as a fallen soldier procession—for U.S. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom of the West Virginia National Guard, Nov. 27, 2025. A fallen soldier procession is a solemn tradition in which military members stand in silent respect as a fallen service member is escorted to their final resting place, symbolizing the nation’s gratitude for a life given in service. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. William Blankenship)

Suspect to be charged with murder after National Guard soldier dies in DC

Posted on Nov 28, 2025

TOPSHOT - Members of the National Guard walk past the Department of Agriculture headquarters building on the seventh day of the US federal government shutdown on October 7, 2025, in Washington, DC. The US government shutdown entered its second week on October 6 with no sign of a deal between President Donald Trump's Republicans and Democrats to end the crisis. Democrats are refusing to provide the handful of votes the ruling Republicans need to reopen federal departments unless the two sides can agree on extending expiring "Obamacare" health care subsidies. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

News

2 National Guardsmen shot while deployed to Washington, DC

Posted on Nov 26, 2025

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

Navy

Naval Academy Commandant fired just six months into role

By Matt White, Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Nov 24, 2025

On a snow covered hillside, three members of a US machine gun squad lay exhausted after taking a Communist position. (Photo by © CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

Korean War

On this day 74 years ago, one soldier staged a last stand to protect his unit

Posted on Nov 24, 2025

Lt. Col. Joshua Simms, executive officer for the 1st Theater Information Advantage Detachment, stands before the unit at the beginning of the activation ceremony November 7, 2025, at Fort Shafter, Hawaii. The activation ceremony of 1st Theater Information Advantage Detachment marks a strategic shift in the Army’s ability to gain and maintain information advantage to support a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Army Photo by Russell K. Dodson)

Army

Why the Army set up a counter-disinformation unit in the Pacific

Posted on Nov 23, 2025

Airman indicted in plot to take over Haitian island, enslave population

Posted on Nov 22, 2025

Malmstrom airman awarded Air Medal for mountain rescue

Posted on Nov 22, 2025

SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND, Alaska (Sept. 11, 2022) A West Coast-based Naval Special Warfare operator conducts security utilizing a SHIELD AI Nova I drone during Operation Noble Defender. Sensors, artificial intelligence, and machine learning software capabilities coupled with the development of layered denial, and defeat mechanisms capable of addressing current and emerging threats are fundamental to national defense. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Alex Smedegard)

Navy

Navy SEALs want to start a 10-day school to learn drone warfare

Posted on Nov 17, 2025

Marines send Reaper drone unit to South China Sea

Posted on Nov 17, 2025

National Guard begins drawdown in Portland, Chicago

Posted on Nov 16, 2025

CARIBBEAN SEA – U.S. Marines with the Maritime Special Purpose Force, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), enter a board a U.S. Navy MH-60S Sea hHawk helicopter with Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 26, Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group, during fast rope insertion drills while aboard the U.S. Navy Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), IWOARG, while underway in the Caribbean Sea, Oct. 23, 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 by Sgt. Tanner Bernat)

Marines begin a week of exercises miles from the Venezuelan coast

Posted on Nov 16, 2025

251107-N-UI581-1002 PANAMA CITY, Fla. — Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Pierre (LCS 38) arrives in Panama City, Fla. ahead of her commissioning ceremony on Nov. 7, 2025. Pierre is the second U.S. Navy ship to bear this name and will be the final Independence-variant LCS to be commissioned in the U.S. Navy. Pierre will be commissioned in Panama City on Nov. 15. (U.S. Navy photo by Eddie Green)

Navy

Navy commissions the USS Pierre, last Independence-class littoral combat ship

Posted on Nov 15, 2025

The US embassy is pictured in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on August 9, 2023. (Photo by RICHARD PIERRIN/AFP via Getty Images)

Marines got into a shootout with suspected gang members in Haiti

Posted on Nov 15, 2025

dpatop - 13 September 2025, Puerto Rico, Ceiba: A Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey takes off during an exercise at the Roosevelt Roads Naval Station, a former US Navy base. Puerto Rico belongs to the USA as a foreign territory, but is self-governing and is not a federal state. For many decades, there were several US military bases on the island. Photo: Kendall Torres Cortés/dpa (Photo by Kendall Torres Cortés/picture alliance via Getty Images)

The US military’s plan to revive old bases in Latin America

Posted on Nov 14, 2025

Four F4U Corsair fighter airplanes return from a combat mission over North Korea and circle the aircraft carrier USS Boxer while waiting for the planes in the next strike force to launch from the deck, September 1951. US Navy photo. (Photo by Interim Archives/Getty Images)

Korean War

That time the Air Force held a Marine hostage for steak

Posted on Nov 12, 2025

The USS Gerald R. Ford sails towards the Caribbean.

Navy

Ford Carrier Strike Group arrives in Latin America

Updated on Nov 11, 2025

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Mason Weasel, a member 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines, crosses a rope bridge at Base Aeronaval Cristóbal Colón, Panamá, Oct. 27, 2025. U.S. Southern Command is focused on increasing partner nation capacity and interoperability in the region and reflects the United States’ enduring promise of friendship, partnership, and solidarity with the Panamanian people. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Trey Woodard)

For the first time in decades, Marines and soldiers are back in Panama to train

Posted on Nov 11, 2025

U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (April 10, 2025) U.S. Sailors handle line aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) during a replenishment-at-sea with the fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (TAO-E 8) in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. (Official U.S. Navy photo)

Navy

Sailors can voluntarily extend Navy service as government shutdown continues

Posted on Nov 10, 2025

NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain (July 10, 2025) Col. Ryan Herman, incoming commander of 521st Air Mobility Operations Group, provides remarks during a change of command ceremony onboard Naval Station (NAVSTA) Rota, Spain, July 10, 2025. The 521 AMOG conducts en route operational support and aircraft maintenance, air mobility command and control, and aerial port operations, integrated with the Joint deployment and distribution enterprise and in concert with our allies and partners, to deploy and sustain the joint force in Africa, Asia, and Europe in support of national objectives. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jett Morgan)

Air Force relieves air mobility group commander in Spain after just four months

Posted on Nov 8, 2025

Staff Sgt. Kristopher Garbea, with the unmanned aerial system Platoon, 1st Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, prepares a reconnaissance drone for flight during Saber Junction 25 (SJ25) at the Joint Multinational Readiness Training Center at Hohenfels, Germany Sept. 9, 2025. Soldiers within the unit developed Purpose Built Attritable System drones to use against simulated enemy forces at SJ25. This exercise ensures that the 2nd Cavalry Regiment and allied forces are prepared to act decisively in response to emerging threats, crises, or opportunities. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Shenicquia Fulton)

Army

The Army is going to buy a million drones

Posted on Nov 7, 2025

Retired Sgt. Maj. of the Army Tony Grinston, currently the CEO of Army Emergency Relief, talks to troops in South Korea.

Benefits & Pay

Army charity offers grants to soldiers missing SNAP payments

Posted on Nov 3, 2025

Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric Smith and Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps stand in full dress uniform next to the Marine Corps War Memorial as it rains.

Culture

Top Marines stand in a rain storm to wish the Corps a happy birthday

Posted on Nov 3, 2025

National Guard mission in DC extended into 2026

Updated on Nov 2, 2025

National Guard soldier indicted in plot to send military radio to Russia

Posted on Nov 1, 2025

Airmen covered up details of fatal shooting after ‘joking’ with pistol

Updated on Nov 1, 2025

A U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook crew chief assigned to the 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment, Joint Task Force-Bravo, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, conducts pre-flight operations at Aeropuerto International de Panama Pacifico, Panama, during PANAMAX-Alpha Phase II, Sept. 10, 2025. U.S. Army helicopters moved over 100,000 lbs of school building materials and a generator to remote locations, increasing partner nation capacity in addressing humanitarian and education needs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Jymil Licorish)

First wave of disaster relief troops deploy to Jamaica after major hurricane

Posted on Oct 31, 2025

Among trounior enlisted service members with families are among those l231119-N-ML137-1033 NAVAL BASE GUAM, Guam (Nov. 19, 2023) Hull Technician 3rd Class Steven Tamse, right, and other Sailors assigned to the submarine-tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40), fill store shelves at Orote Point Commissary following a shipment of groceries, Nov. 19, 2023. The shipment is one of several high-priority grocery flights that will resupply Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) shelves at Andersen Air Force Base (AAFB) and U.S. Naval Base Guam (NBG) before Thanksgiving. Following the discovery of an isolated insect incident at base commissaries in Guam, Joint Region Marianas engaged DeCA leadership for immediate response. The shipments of groceries will provide much needed products to military service members and their families. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Samantha Jetzer)

Active Duty

As federal food assistance runs out, junior troops with families may be hit hard

Posted on Oct 27, 2025

Anthony Ramos in 'A House of Dynamite,' in military uniform standing in front of a vehicle.

Entertainment

Pentagon reportedly upset over Netflix’s nuclear war movie ‘A House of Dynamite’

Posted on Oct 27, 2025

250730-N-IP140-1119 U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (July 30, 2025) An F/A-18F Super Hornet, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 22, launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) during flight operations in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. (Official U.S. Navy photo)

Navy

Two USS Nimitz aircraft crash within an hour in separate mishaps