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Image:  Soldiers assigned to 5th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division (3rd ID), Marne Innovation Center, 3rd ID and Artificial Intelligence Integration Center, Army Futures Command, discuss a Tethered Unmanned Aircraft System with Sentinel Software at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California, July 18, 2024. By combining forces, the U.S. Army utilizes assets and creates technology to increase the lethality of its brigades, while also cultivating a culture of innovation. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Rebeca Soria)
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Army creates new AI-focused career field for officers

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jan 2, 2026

Image: The 1st Cavalry Division, Horse Cavalry Detachment poses for photos during a retirement ceremony for 1st Sgt. Brandon P. Mims, on Fort Hood, Texas, Dec. 05, 2025. The ceremony included a presentation of multiple awards, the Color Guard, a cavalry charge, and the attendance of family and friends. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Michelle Lessard-Terry)
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Army changes course, decides to keep horses at two bases

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Dec 30, 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)
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Army tosses out its Spiritual Fitness Guide after four months

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Dec 20, 2025

Jumpmaster save
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Jumpmaster who saved paratrooper breaks down viral video

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Dec 19, 2025

A photo taken by the Inspector General of the Doña Ana Range Complex's bathroom with sewage leaks.
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Soldiers at border lived with ‘leaking raw sewage,’ broken toilets, no AC, watchdog finds

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Dec 18, 2025

Soldiers with the U.S. Army Institute for Religious Leadership eat their Thanksgiving meals at the U.S. Army Drill Sergeant Academy dining facility, Nov. 27, 2024.
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Army wants to overhaul dining at basic training

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Dec 17, 2025

Iowa National Guardsmen killed in Syria
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Army identifies 2 Iowa National Guardsmen killed in Syria attack

By Nicholas Slayton, Jeff Schogol

Posted on Dec 15, 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)
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Two US soldiers killed in ambush in Syria

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Dec 13, 2025

Cadets from the United States Military Academy at West Point cheer on the Army football team at the 124th Army Navy Game at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, MA., Dec. 9, 2023. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. David Resnick)
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How about $0? — How Army and Navy football teams recruit against big money

By Matt White

Posted on Dec 12, 2025

FORT KNOX, Kentucky – U.S. Army Reserve drill sergeants observe apprehensive and disoriented Reserve Officers’ Training Corps cadets experiencing their initial immersion into military order and discipline – also known as “Shark Week” – after a 4 a.m. wake-up call on their first day of Basic Camp at Fort Knox, Kentucky, June 4, 2017. Task Force Wolf utilizes Army Reserve drill sergeants and training experts to develop future commissioned officers, with many of them choosing to serve in the Army Reserve. [U.S. Army photo by Army Capt. Loyal Auterson, U.S. Army Reserve Command-Public Affairs Office // RELEASED //]
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Drill sergeants accused of covering up sexual assault of trainees

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Dec 11, 2025

A New Jersey National Guard Soldier, 508th Military Police Company, walks down the hallway at East Orange General Hospital, East Orange, N.J., April 29, 2020. The National Guard is assisting the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management in reopening a wing of the East Orange General Hospital in response to the COVID-19 relief effort. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Michael Schwenk)
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Army OB-GYN doctor charged with making ‘indecent’ video recordings of patients

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Dec 10, 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)
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We salute the soldiers who named their tank ‘Executioners Finest’

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Dec 6, 2025

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Warner, left, and U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Christian Eichelberger, both with 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, assigned to Joint Task Force-Southern Border (JTF-SB), monitor the southern border near Nogales, Ariz., Sept. 17, 2025. JTF-SB executes full-scale, agile, and all-domain operations in support of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to protect the territorial integrity of the United States and achieve 100% operational control of the southern border. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Sean Hoch)
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In major restructure, Army stands up new Western Hemisphere Command

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Dec 5, 2025

World War II veteran Charles Norman Shay, a Penobscot Native American, who took part in the Operation Overlord (Battle of Normandy) during the D-Day on June 6, 1944, poses on May 4, 2019 in Omaha Beach, western France. (Photo by LOIC VENANCE / AFP) (Photo credit should read LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Images)
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D-Day vet who moved to Normandy in final years dies at 101

By Matt White

Posted on Dec 4, 2025

UH-60 Blackhawk Pilots and Crew Chiefs of the 126th Aviation Regiment, Maine Army National Guard, conduct training flights and tasks during November Annual Training in Bangor, Maine. The 126th Aviation Regiment is the only MEDEVAC support unit in the state and helps organizations from the Warden Service to The National Park Service with search and rescue operations. (U.S. Army Photo By W1 Patrik Orcutt)
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Army pilots face low morale and ‘survivor remorse’ amid massive cuts

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Dec 3, 2025

Several men, one in an Army combat uniform, face the camera as the text "we are everywhere" is on the bottom.
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The Army’s latest PSYOP recruiting ad reminds you: ‘We are everywhere’

By Nicholas Slayton

Updated on Nov 30, 2025

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

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Nov 25, 2025

U.S. Soldiers with the 128th Military Police Company, Alabama National Guard, begin their patrol in Washington, D.C., Oct. 31, 2025. About 2,400 National Guard members support the D.C. Safe and Beautiful mission, assisting the Metropolitan Police Department in maintaining public safety for residents, commuters and visitors throughout the District. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Paris Hayes)
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National Guard soldier assigned to DC mission dies

By Patty Nieberg

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

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Nov 23, 2025

Maj. Gen. Michelle A. Schmidt, the commanding general of the 7th Infantry Division, engages in conversation with the Honorable Dan Driscoll, the 26th Secretary of the Army, at the hangar of the 2nd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, March 10, 2025. During Driscoll's visit to JBLM, a static display was set up to showcase the power capabilities of I Corps. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Brandon Bruer)
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Every soldier in the Army will get a daily ‘check in’ under new holiday order

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Nov 20, 2025

The football uniforms that West Point's team will wear in the Army-Navy game next month include script that mirrors the Constitution, a white-marble pattern based on headstones in military cemeteries, and a little-known ceremonial weapon.
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Here are the Easter Eggs built into West Point’s latest Army-Navy football uniform

By Matt White

Posted on Nov 12, 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)
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The Army is going to buy a million drones 

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Nov 7, 2025

Food Bank
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The Army listed German food banks for soldiers seeking shutdown help

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Nov 5, 2025

A Soldier enjoys a meal at a dining facility during the 20th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop, Dec. 1, 2017. Operation Toy Drop is the world’s largest combined airborne operation with eight partner nation paratroopers participating and allows Soldiers the opportunity to train on their military occupational specialty, maintain their airborne readiness, and give back to the local community. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Alicia Pennisi)
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Army closes only dining facility on Kansas base due to government shutdown

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Nov 5, 2025

A National Guard soldier, walks down the hallway at a hospital in April 2020.
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Fort Hood Army doctor accused of inappropriately filming female patients

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Nov 4, 2025

Retired Sgt. Maj. of the Army Tony Grinston, currently the CEO of Army Emergency Relief, talks to troops in South Korea.
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Army charity offers grants to soldiers missing SNAP payments

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Nov 3, 2025

Harris County landscaper Jose Chavarria evens out loose dirt after the planting of a tree to honor Houston native Pfc. Vanessa Guillen, at Veterans Memorial Park on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020, in Houston. (Photo by Godofredo A. Vasquez/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)
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If a soldier goes missing, the Army must now notify family within 8 hours

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Nov 3, 2025

U.S Army Maj. Gen. JP McGee, commanding general, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), addresses U.S. Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and Finnish army soldiers with the Jaeger Brigade following a combined arms live fire exercise between U.S. and Finnish forces, Rovaniemi, Finland, Aug. 11, 2022. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Tobias Cukale)
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Army 3-star general retires early from Pentagon role as shake-ups continue

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Oct 30, 2025

Drill Sergeant Hats
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Female drill sergeants will soon wear the Army’s iconic campaign hat

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Oct 27, 2025

Garrett Illerbrunn, center, and Lorna Illerbrun, kneeling, surrounded by friends and pilots from their former units at Garrett's retirement ceremony in early October. Garrett was severly wounded in a 2023 drone attack in Iraq.
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An 82nd Airborne pilot took his final flight two years after Iraq drone attack

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Oct 24, 2025

Soldiers of the 10th Mountain 2nd Brigade Combat team faced an unprecedented campaign of drone attacks during a deployment to Iraq and Syria in the fall of 2023.
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An Army brigade’s trial by fire against Iranian drones

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Oct 23, 2025

Schofield Barracks, HI — Soldiers from across the 25th Infantry Division and U.S. Army Hawaii test their proficiency in basic infantry and Soldier tasks in the hopes of earning the Expert Infantryman Badge or the Expert Soldier Badge. The Expert Infantryman Badge is reserved for Soldiers possessing military occupational specialties of infantryman or special forces while the Expert Soldier Badge is open to the remainder of Soldiers aside from medics. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jessica Scott)
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Army extends contract for soldiers nearing end of service due to shutdown

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Oct 22, 2025

Lt. Gen. Christopher C. LaNeve as Eighth Army commanding general on Feb. 3, 2025.
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Trump taps Hegseth’s senior military assistant as Army’s No. 2 officer

By Drew F. Lawrence, Patty Nieberg

Posted on Oct 21, 2025

Soldiers gather during a promotion and reenlistment ceremony outside Army Counterintelligence Command headquarters, July 14, 2025, Fort George G. Meade, Maryland.
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Army counterintelligence agents to get expanded authorities off base

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Oct 21, 2025

A student in the fitness track of the U.S. Army’s Future Soldier Preparatory Course works on deadlifts during a training session. The fitness track of the course educates students on the Army’s Holistic Health and Fitness System to help them lose body fat in order to meet the Army’s enlistment standards.
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Army tightens standards for its basic training prep course

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Oct 20, 2025

Sgt. Terell Seales stands in uniform in front of the American flag.
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101st Airborne soldier dies in training in Germany

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Oct 20, 2025

The Army is implementing QR codes to speed up the process that soldiers go through to check into new bases.
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Army wants a QR code system to replace the paperwork of a new duty station

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Oct 17, 2025

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Dakota Navrath, assigned to the 421st Medical Battalion-Multifunctional, 30th Medical Brigade, reports to the board president during a Sgt. Morales Club board hosted by 21st Theater Sustainment Command, on Panzer Kaserne, Kaiserslautern, Germany, Feb. 12, 2025. Board members interview each candidate, seeking noncommissioned officers who will go the extra mile for their Soldiers by looking beyond problems to find solutions. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Daniel Yeadon)
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Army promotion boards will use AI to ‘augment’ selection process

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Oct 16, 2025

A smoke grenade is activated during exercise Jolly Vihar 24 near Pápa Air Base, Hungary, July 23, 2024. The 56th and 57th Rescue Squadrons participated in exercise Jolly Vihar 24 with their Hungarian partners to practice combat search and rescue in integrated operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Joseph Bartoszek)
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The Army is buying 30 tons of powdered sugar to use in its smoke grenades

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Oct 15, 2025

Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Carlos Ruiz leads Sailors and Marines in cadence pushups at the Philadelphia Museum of Art after a formation run to celebrate the Navy and Marine Corps 250th birthday in Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 10, 2025. The Navy and Marine Corps returned to Philadelphia, the birthplace of the sea services, to celebrate 250 years of heritage. The anniversary event highlighted advances in military technology and the commitment of service members, while providing the public the opportunity to visit ships and engage with Sailors and Marines while experiencing the hospitality of the City of Brotherly Love. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Miguel Santiago)
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Troops are starting to get paid, but aren’t out of the woods as shutdown continues

By Drew F. Lawrence

Posted on Oct 14, 2025

The shut down Grohnde nuclear power plant (KWG) is located next to River Weser, north of the town of Grohnde in the Lower Saxony municipality of Emmerthal in the Hameln-Pyrmont district. The plant began commercial power operation February 1, 1985. The plant was shut down on 31 December 2021 as part of Germany's transition to a renewable energy future (Atomausstieg). Nuclear decommissioning is expected to take 15 years.
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Army details plans to put nuclear reactors on 9 bases

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Oct 14, 2025

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Nikko Guerra, left, 718th Force Support Squadron food services shift lead, hands food to Airman 1st Class Gavin Lunn, 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron supply journeyman during the midnight service at the Marshall Dining Facility on Kadena Air Base, Japan, July 24, 2025. Dining facilities ensure service members receive nutritious meals to maintain peak performance. (U.S Air Force photo by Senior Airman James Johnson)
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Army now planning campus–style dining at up to 10 large bases

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Oct 13, 2025

A S-70UAS U-Hawk, a modified uncrewed Black Hawk helicopter.
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This wild new Black Hawk prototype is part drone, part Transformer

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Oct 13, 2025

Tank Names
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We salute the soldiers who named their tank ‘Divine Intervention’

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Oct 9, 2025

Spc. Mason Breunig of Sauk City, Wisconsin, member of Team 8 representing USARPAC, practices a functions check on the M136 AT4-Anti Tank Weapon during the E3B lanes at the Army Best Squad Competition on Fort Liberty, North Carolina, Oct. 2, 2024. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jason Everett)
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Army cancels Best Squad Competition due to shutdown

By Matt White

Posted on Oct 3, 2025

Soldiers assigned to the 1st Multi-Domain Task Force, stand in formation waiting to start a run in celebration of the task forces' fifth anniversary at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Sept. 22, 2025. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Ian Sandall)
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Soldiers under misconduct investigation won’t see careers stall under new Army policy

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Sep 30, 2025

Spc. Jack Clark, 1st Battalion, 186th Infantry Regiment, Oregon Army National Guard, practices moving through a wall opening while Staff Sgt. Arturo Veloz supervises during urban operations training at Camp McGregor, New Mexico, Dec. 15, 2024. The training is part of the unit's preparation for their upcoming deployment to the Multinational Force and Observers mission in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Maj. W. Chris Clyne, Oregon National Guard Public Affairs)
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Pentagon federalizes 200 Oregon National Guardsmen and orders them to Portland

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 29, 2025

Soldiers from A Company and B Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, conduct inspections on an M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicles at the Coleman Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite in Mannheim, Germany, Sept. 5, 2025. The Fort Hood, Texas, Cavalry Soldiers were issued almost three dozen Bradleys from Army Field Support Battalion-Germany at Coleman for their upcoming rotational mission to Poland.
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Most of the Army and Marine Corps’ vehicles are not ready for combat, watchdog finds

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 27, 2025

Soldiers with the 34th Infantry Division receive instruction on the M250 automatic rifle during a New Equipment Training fielding at Camp Ripley, Minn. September 14, 2025. The M250, part of the Army’s Next Generation Squad Weapon program, replaces the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Timothy Hamlin)
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National Guard units are getting the new M250 machine gun

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Sep 25, 2025

A Fort Hood sergeant sentenced to life in prison for rape, kidnapping and dozens of other crimes died in his prison cell Friday.
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Soldier serving life sentence for Fort Hood assault spree dies in prison cell

By Drew F. Lawrence

Posted on Sep 25, 2025

Christopher Wilkinson, a former Army captain, was captured after almost five years on the run. (Left) Before his arrest. (Right) After his arrest.
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Army captain who fled court-martial found in mother’s home 5 years later

By Drew F. Lawrence

Posted on Sep 24, 2025

A Kleber Kaserne Clocktower Cafe Dining Facility employee hands a Soldier her lunch on March 20, 2025 at their “Welcome Back” lunch, featuring filet mignon, shrimp scampi, and king crab legs. On March 10th, the dining facility reopened its doors after a three-month closure, giving Soldiers and civilians working in the Kaiserslautern military community a healthy and reliable meal option again. (Photo by Sarah Ridenour, 21st TSC public affairs)
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Food at dining hall with ‘F’ rating did not make 40 soldiers sick, officials say

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Sep 24, 2025

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Brian Myers, an automotive maintenance warrant officer for 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, wears the rank of chief warrant officer 3 at Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland, July 5, 2022. The 3/4 ABCT is among other units assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, proudly working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, America's forward-deployed corps in Europe. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Sgt. Tara Fajardo Arteaga)
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Army approves $1,550 monthly bonus for some warrant officers

By Drew F. Lawrence

Posted on Sep 23, 2025

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Brianna Eisenhower, left, a combat marksmanship trainer assigned to Weapons and Field Training Battalion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, corrects a shooter’s position in preparation for an all-female marksmanship subject matter expert exchange between U.S. Marines and Jordanian Soldiers during Intrepid Maven 25.1 in Al-Quwayrah, Jordan, Oct. 26, 2024. The second iteration of this exchange between U.S. and Jordanian female engagement teams was nested in Intrepid Maven 25.1 and represents a step forward in strengthening military cooperation and promoting Women, Peace, and Security initiatives. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Angela Wilcox)
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Pentagon shutters women’s advisory group

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Sep 23, 2025

Julia Moore watches Lt. Gen. Hal Moore at his retirement ceremony in 1977.
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Fort Moore could come back as Congress considers base name changes

By Drew F. Lawrence

Posted on Sep 22, 2025

Chief Warrant Officer Three Andrew Cully, 35, of Sparta, Missouri, Chief Warrant Officer Three Andrew Kraus, 39, of Sanibel, Florida, Sgt. Donavon Scott, 25, from Tacoma, Washington and Sgt. Jadalyn Good, 23, from Mount Vernon, Washington.
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Army identifies special operations soldiers killed in Black Hawk crash

By Matt White

Posted on Sep 22, 2025

A U.S. Army MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter assigned to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) conducts a low-level flight during Exercise Balikatan 25 over the Philippine Sea, April 25, 2025. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen our ironclad alliance, improve our capable combined force, and demonstrate our commitment to regional security and stability. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ty Pilgrim)
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4 special operations soldiers believed to be dead after Black Hawk crash

By Patty Nieberg, Jeff Schogol

Updated on Sep 19, 2025

Warrant Officer 1 Alan Ortiz, a UH-60 Blackhawk pilot assigned to 2nd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, trains in a flight simulator at Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii, August 25, 2025. The flight simulator is a tool that creates realistic scenarios to practice complex maneuvers and emergency procedures safely. (U.S Army photo by Sgt. Olivia Cowart)
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Army cutting 6,500 aviation jobs as it moves toward drones

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Sep 19, 2025

Sgt. Ryan Meglio fastens the belt on his Army Green Service Uniform before his squad board at the Best Squad Competition in August 2024, at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.
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Army rolls out uniform changes and allows phone belts with PT gear 

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Sep 15, 2025

Specialist Rosealina Ortiz (left) assists Specialist Oscarina Pepen (right) with her hair following live fire training. CFB Gagetown, New Brunswick, Canada, August 9, 2022. In 2021 the Army released updated female grooming standards which are more inclusive of various natural hair styles. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. David Connors)
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Army grooming standards and hairstyles get more strict under new orders

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Sep 15, 2025

New soldiers arriving for their first day of Basic Combat Training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina being greeted by drill sergeants.
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Army tells drill sergeants to stop posting videos of recruits during basic training

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Sep 11, 2025

Army Body Fat Exemptions
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Soldiers who score high on fitness tests are once again exempt from body fat standards

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 10, 2025

Rangers Test Drones
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Army Rangers are testing out drones as anti-tank weapons

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 8, 2025

Soldiers in basic training complete the Rite of Passage ceremony at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, May 11, 2023. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. David Resnick)
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Soldier who died in Fort Leonard Wood range incident was a month from graduating basic

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 8, 2025