Military Branches(Page 10)

The US military has 6 service branches: Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and Space Force.

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Soldiers attached to garrison headquarters units across the Army are swapping their Army Materiel Command patches for local unit shoulder insignia.
Army

Here’s why garrison soldiers across the Army are swapping their shoulder patches

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Feb 25, 2025

Rocket Launch
Air Force

Airman reenlists as SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasts into space

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 24, 2025

A group of people on a snowy ridge raise their arms as the Sun crests over the horizon.
Space Force

This is the moment troops in Greenland saw the sun for the first time in 3 months

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Feb 23, 2025

United State Marines among the ruins of a house that was levelled by Marines who determined that Communists were taking refuge inside, in Hue, Vietnam, 15th February 1968. (Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)
Marine Corps

Marine awarded Navy Cross at Vietnam War’s Battle of Hue remembered as ‘magnificent,’ humble leader

By Matt White

Posted on Feb 23, 2025

A base entrance sign with the U.S. Air Force logo and the words Kirtland Air Force Base written on it.
Air Force

Airman dead in shootout at Kirtland Air Force Base

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Feb 22, 2025

CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq - Sgt. Robert B. Brown from Fayetteville, N.C. with Regimental Combat Team 6, Combat Camera Unit watches over the civilian Fire Fighters at the burn pit as smoke and flames rise into the night sky behind him on May 25th, 2007. Camp Fallujah has its own civilian run Fire Department to assist the Marines and Soldiers during a fire or emergency. Regimental Combat Team 6 is deployed with Multi National Forces-West in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq to develop Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic reforms, and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction. (Official USMC photograph by Cpl. Samuel D. Corum)(RELEASED)(RELEASED)
Military Branches

Senate rejects PACT Act protections, sending ‘signal’ that benefits could be cut, vet group says

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Feb 21, 2025

An X-37B onboard camera, used to ensure the health and safety of the vehicle, captures an image of Earth while conducting experiments in a highly elliptical orbit in 2024. As part of the X-37B's seventh mission, the vehicle executed a series of first-of-its-kind maneuvers, called aerobraking, to safely change its orbit using minimal fuel. (U.S. Space Force Courtesy Photo)
Air Force

US military releases first photo from orbit from its mysterious space plane

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Feb 21, 2025

Navy Capt. Dave Snowden has been relieved as the commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Harry. S Truman.
Navy

Commander of USS Harry Truman relieved a week after collision with merchant ship

By James Clark

Posted on Feb 20, 2025

A Tuskegee Airman describes an air-to-air dogfight in 'Wings For This Man,' a 1945 Army-produced film on the unit narrated by Ronald Reagan.
Air Force

Ronald Reagan narrated a short film in 1945 about the Tuskegee Airmen

By Matt White

Updated on Feb 20, 2025

New York Air National Guard Senior Airman Caleb Lapinel left) checks the map with another Soldier will participating in the international course conducted annually by the Brazil Jungle Warfare Center, known as CIGS for its Portugese initials, as an instructor looks on. Lapinel was the only American in the class of ten.( Courtesy Photo)
Air Force

Welcome to the jungle: Meet the New York Guardsmen who took on Brazil’s infamous jungle warfare school

By Matt White

Posted on Feb 19, 2025

Navy recruiting
Navy

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

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 19, 2025

Aircraft fly ahead of several aircraft carriers and other ships in a deep blue sea.
Navy

This is what it looks like when you have 3 aircraft carriers from 3 countries at sea

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Feb 15, 2025

Coast Guard Cutter 2024
Coast Guard

Coast Guard hit with data breach, impacting pay for more than 1,100 members

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Feb 15, 2025

Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Meyers (center) began his career in the Army Reserve (left) and completed an enlistment in the Navy Reserve (right).
Military Branches

Soldier, sailor and now airman: This NCO has served in three branches in 12 years

By Matt White

Posted on Feb 13, 2025

USS Harry S. Truman
Navy

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

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 13, 2025

An Alaska Army National Guard CH-47F Chinook assigned to 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment, operates Feb. 2, 2025, at the Whitehorse airport, Yukon Territory, Canada. The Chinook crew supported the repair of a 210th Rescue Squadron HH-60G Pave Hawk that had rescued two victims of a Jan. 26 ultralight plane crash near Faro, Yukon Territory. (Photo courtesy of Simon Blakesley)
Air Force

Alaska rescue units had a hell of week: 3 planes, 2 countries and 1 stuck helicopter

By Matt White

Posted on Feb 13, 2025

Air Force promotions
Air Force

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

By Jeff Schogol

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

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 12, 2025

Fort Bragg
Army

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

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 11, 2025

U.S. Air Force F-35 Lightning II aircrafts, assigned to the 115th Fighter Wing, Wisconsin Air National Guard, being prepared for the morning flight during Sentry Savannah 25-1, at the Air Dominance Center, Savannah Air National Guard Base, Georgia, Jan. 21, 2025. Sentry Savannah is the Air National Guard’s premier fourth- and fifth-generation fighter integration exercise, with this year’s event involving more than 1,000 participants and 56 aircraft from eight flying units. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Xaviera Stevens)
Air Force

Airmen say ‘people first, mission always’ is falling by the wayside in DEI crackdown

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Feb 11, 2025

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth visits Joint Task Force North, U.S. Northern Command, to see the efforts military men and women are undertaking in support of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to secure the southern border at Fort Bliss, Texas, Feb. 12, 2025. U.S. Northern Command is working together with the Department of Homeland Security to augment U.S. Customs and Border Protection along the southern border with additional military forces. This initial deployment of 1,600 active-duty personnel brings the total military Title 10 forces along the border to nearly 4,000 personnel. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Andrew R. Sveen)
Military Branches

Pentagon orders immediate hold on gender-affirming care for transgender troops

By Matt White

Posted on Feb 10, 2025

A headshot of a Marine in full dress, with the American flag behind him.
Marine Corps

Marine killed in Philippines plane crash identified

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Feb 9, 2025

A side-by-side composite of two mugshots. On the left is a woman on the right is a bearded man.
Army

Two charged in murder case of 101st Airborne soldier

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Feb 8, 2025

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft, assigned to the 122nd Fighter Wing, performs a sortie above the 122nd Fighter Wing in Fort Wayne, Indiana, May 3, 2024. The F-16, originally from Holloman Air Force Base, executed a routine flying pattern for training. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Halley Clark)
Air Force

How a broken part in a jet engine’s ‘blind spot’ brought down an Air Force F-16

By Matt White

Posted on Feb 7, 2025

Actor Anthony Mackie, who plays Captain America, flies as the passenger of a tandem freefall jump with an Air Force pararescue tandem master at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.
Air Force

Air Force PJs welcomed the new Captain America with a freefall jump

By Matt White

Posted on Feb 6, 2025

Local Marines fold flags for Lance Cpl. Joe Jackson’s family during his funeral May 4 at Tahoma Cemetery. Jackson was killed April 24 by an improvised explosive device blast in Afghanistan.
Marine Corps

US Marine, 3 Pentagon contractors die in Philippines plane crash

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Feb 6, 2025

Army Basic Combat Training
Army

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

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on Feb 6, 2025

Doug Collins
Air Force

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

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 4, 2025

The Army's new gym for Special Forces students and other soldiers in special operations pipelines features 100 workout stations, 30,000 pounds of free weights and a digital shooting range.
Army

This new Army special ops fitness center is decked out like a pro sports gym

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Feb 4, 2025

Stolen Humvees
Army

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

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 4, 2025

Tuskegee Airman, Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr. celebrating his 100th birthday.
Air Force

Tuskegee airman who notched three air-to-air victories in one day dies at 100

By Joshua Skovlund

Updated on Feb 3, 2025

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division board a C-130 Hercules on Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina, Feb. 1, 2025. The Marines are deploying in support of the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security mission to expand the Migrant Operations Center at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexandria Serrano)
Army

Marines, soldiers arrive at Guantanamo Bay for migrant ‘holding operations’

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Feb 3, 2025

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

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

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 3, 2025

Army Capt. Rebecca Lobach
Army

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

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 1, 2025

Two soldiers in a composite image. On the left a man smiles in uniform. On the right a woman stands with a camouflage uniform and hat.
Army

3rd Infantry Division identifies two soldiers killed in training accident

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Feb 1, 2025

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

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

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 31, 2025

UNITED STATES - JANUARY 30: Daniel Driscoll, left, President Donald Trump's nominee to be secretary of the Army, talks with Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., during his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing in Dirksen building on Thursday, January 30, 2025. Driscoll was introduced by Mullin and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Army

Senators grilled Army secretary nominee for 2 hours. Quality-of-life issues barely came up.

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jan 30, 2025

army helicopters
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

Contractors with JMJ Construction of New Lisbon, Wis., along with support from Heritage Movers of Blue River, Wis., move a World War II-era building in the 1600 block on the cantonment area Feb. 24, 2023, at Fort McCoy, Wis. The contractors are relocating and repairing four barracks buildings that are currently located in the 1600 block to alternate locations in the 1700 and 1800 blocks, according to the Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works. The plan is to relocate the buildings to the new locations before the ground thaws, then lift them onto the new foundations and complete the remaining work by summer 2023. This was the first time in Fort McCoy's history a barracks building was moved like this. (U.S. Army Photo by Greg Mason)
Army

The Army is moving WWII-era barracks across a base to house visiting troops

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jan 29, 2025

Brig. Gen. Erik Quigley fired
Air Force

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

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 29, 2025

Air Force shaving waivers will soon expire under new policy
Air Force

Air Force shaving waivers will soon expire under new policy

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 28, 2025

m4 military rifle lost during trump inauguration training
National Guard

A National Guardsman lost their rifle when it fell off a truck on a Delaware highway

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jan 27, 2025

Coast Guard flying migrants to California and Texas for deportation
Coast Guard

Coast Guard flying migrants to California and Texas for deportation

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jan 27, 2025

Five men stand listening to their instructor who is pointing at a plane.
Air Force

Boot camp recruits will learn about Tuskegee Airmen, Air Force insists

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jan 26, 2025

Two sailors stand in front of a computer screen mapping out potential scenarios.
Navy

New Navy video imagines high-tech warfare in 2043

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jan 26, 2025

Air Force cuts Tuskegee Airmen, WASP history class from boot camp on Trump order
Air Force

Air Force cuts Tuskegee Airmen, WASP history class from boot camp on Trump order

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jan 25, 2025

Soldiers in uniform and camouflage consult documents while in the field.
Army

101st Airborne, other Army units deploying to Europe, Middle East and South Korea

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jan 25, 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

Airmen of the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing take part in a 9/11 20th anniversary ceremony in Sioux City, Iowa September 11, 2021. During the ceremony 185th Wing Commander Col. Muckey reminded members of the importance of remembering the events that took place on September 11, 2001 and the many achievements the unit had accomplished since. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Ter Haar/Released)
Air Force

Army and Air Force sweep out DEI-coded programs

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jan 23, 2025

Capt. Jordan Wiggins, 23d Fighter Group pilot, speaks into his HGU-55/P helmet prior to departure July 2, 2020, at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. Wiggins is flying one of the two A-10s assigned to the 23d Fighter Group that are scheduled to conduct a flyover as a part of the 2020 Salute to America in Washington, D.C., celebrating the United States of America’s 244th birthday. The flyover provides the men and women of the 23d Fighter Group the opportunity to demonstrate capabilities and join in national celebration, while obtaining necessary training hours. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Kaylin P. Hankerson)
Air Force

Cancer rates in military pilots and other aviators could get a closer look

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jan 23, 2025

Pvt. Alecsander Daniel (Left) and Sgt. Kyle Angove (Right), with Alpha Troop, 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, bore-sight their M2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle in Central Command (CENTCOM) area of responsibility, Oct. 20, 2020. The soldiers are in Syria to support Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) mission. CJTF remains committed to working by, with and through our partners to ensure the enduring defeat of Daesh. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jensen Guillory)
Army

Army recruits hoping for cav scout or armor jobs will have to wait for boot camp

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jan 23, 2025

A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 14th Airlift Squadron, 437th Airlift Wing, flies overhead during a strategic mobility exercise as part of Service Level Training Exercise 2-24 at Camp Wilson, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Jan. 25, 2024. Joint interoperability between the Air Force and the U.S. Marine Corps enables Marine units to rapidly embark on C-17’s, allowing the Marine Corps to provide support for expeditionary operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Richard PerezGarcia)
Air Force

Air Force planes will fly deportation flights under Trump order

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 23, 2025

Lohmeier and Scheller
Air Force

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

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 22, 2025

A circular patch with the U.S. Capitol in the background. A minuteman soldier stands on the foreground.
National Guard

National Guard troops issued special identification patch for Presidential inauguration

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jan 19, 2025

The USS Indianapolis at sea with two smaller boats in front of it.
Navy

The Navy is upgrading littoral combat ships to fight drones

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jan 18, 2025

A commanding officer stands over another's shoulder, pointing at a screen.
Air Force

Space Force officer who was relieved of command tapped for senior Air Force role

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jan 18, 2025

Sgt. Manfredo M. Madrigal III, a paratrooper assigned to 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, catches his breath after completing a strenuous, 20 km ruck march to earn his Expert Infantryman Badge on Fort Bragg, N.C., Nov. 21, 2014. (82nd Airborne Division photo by Sgt. Eliverto V. Larios/Released)
Army

Army Ranger-turned-lawyer who recorded himself deleting files and lied about Russian contacts gets prison

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jan 17, 2025

Battalion Commanders Assessment Program
Army

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

By Jeff Schogol

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

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on Jan 16, 2025

Army trainee dies three weeks short of graduating from infantry training at Fort Moore
Army

Army trainee dies three weeks short of graduating from infantry training at Fort Moore

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jan 16, 2025

Chief Warrant Officer 5 Joseph Rosamond and his crew.
National Guard

How California National Guard helicopter crews are fighting the LA wildfires

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Jan 16, 2025

Marines on Guam
Marine Corps

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

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 15, 2025

The front gate sign for Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
Army

Army doctor sentenced to more than 13 years in prison for abusing patients

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jan 15, 2025

Marine beards
Marine Corps

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

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 15, 2025