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

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Capt. Gilbert Clark Jr.
Navy

Naval Academy Commandant fired just six months into role

By Matt White, Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Nov 24, 2025

Pentagon officials threatened Monday to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in the Navy after a Nov. 18 video urging troops to refuse “illegal” orders.
Navy

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

By Jeff Schogol

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

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Nov 23, 2025

Image:  Col. Daniel Voorhies, 341st Missile Wing commander, pins 20th Air Force’s first-ever Air Medal on Maj. Collin Urbanowicz, 341st Medical Group aeromedical physician assistant, at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, Nov. 20, 2025. The Air Medal recognizes meritorious achievement or heroism during aerial flight, acknowledging performance beyond standard expectations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Mary Bowers) 
Air Force

Malmstrom airman awarded Air Medal for mountain rescue

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Nov 22, 2025

Naval Academy seniors learn their future jobs with a ‘team jersey’ reveal
Navy

Naval Academy seniors learn their future jobs with a ‘team jersey’ reveal

By Matt White

Posted on Nov 21, 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

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)
Army

Every soldier in the Army will get a daily ‘check in’ under new holiday order

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Nov 20, 2025

The U.S. Naval Academy released its special edition football uniform for the 2025 Army-Navy football game.
Navy

Naval Academy custom football uniform honors ‘Original 6 Frigates’

By Matt White

Posted on Nov 18, 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 

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Nov 17, 2025

Marine Sgt. Gordon Reed as a lance corporal. After he collapsed during a PT test, family and friends said a series of mistake reduced his chances of survival.
Marine Corps

A Marine collapsed during a PT test. His family and former leadership say his death was preventable.

By Drew F. Lawrence

Posted on Nov 17, 2025

Reaper
Marine Corps

Marines send Reaper drone unit to South China Sea

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Nov 17, 2025

ELWOOD, ILLINOIS - OCTOBER 07: Members of the Texas National Guard stand guard at an army reserve training facility on October 07, 2025 in Elwood, Illinois. The Trump administration has been threatening for more than a month to send the guard to Illinois to address Chicago's crime problem and to support ICE and CBP during Operation Midway Blitz. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has been outspoken in his opposition to the move, accusing the president of using the guardsmen as political pawns. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
National Guard

National Guard begins drawdown in Portland, Chicago

By Nicholas Slayton

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)
Marine Corps

Marines begin a week of exercises miles from the Venezuelan coast

By Nicholas Slayton

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

By Nicholas Slayton

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)
Marine Corps

Marines got into a shootout with suspected gang members in Haiti

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Nov 15, 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

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.
Army

Here are the Easter Eggs built into West Point’s latest Army-Navy football uniform

By Matt White

Posted on Nov 12, 2025

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Nick Coronado, a diver assigned to Coast Guard Regional Dive Locker Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii, prepares to descend below the surface in the Honolulu Harbor, Hawaii Sep. 26, 2025. Coast Guard Regional Dive Locker Pacific members and a Coast Guard Station Honolulu 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew worked together to inspect and service channel marker buoys in Honolulu harbor, Hawaii. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Tyler Robertson)
Coast Guard

Coast Guard looks for another boot camp location as recruitment booms

By Drew F. Lawrence

Posted on Nov 12, 2025

The USS Gerald R. Ford sails towards the Caribbean.
Navy

Ford Carrier Strike Group arrives in Latin America

By Nicholas Slayton

Updated on Nov 11, 2025

Marines conduct full military funeral honors with escort for U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Harlan Chapman at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, Monday, Oct. 20, 2025.
Marine Corps

Vietnam War pilot and longest-held Marine POW laid to rest at Arlington

By Drew F. Lawrence

Posted on Nov 10, 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

By Nicholas Slayton

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

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

By Nicholas Slayton

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 

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Nov 7, 2025

The Grinch poses with a Tyndall F-35A Lightning II during Operation Jolly Jingle, a children’s holiday event hosted at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, Dec. 14, 2024. The event featured activities for the children such as face painting, a bounce house and photo opportunities with the Grinch and Santa Claus. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jennifer Jensen)
Air Force

Air Force families at Florida base told to take down Christmas decorations in privatized housing

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Nov 7, 2025

Chief Master Sgt. David Wolfe, Pacific Air Forces Command chief, speaks to an Airman Leadership School class during a site visit at Yokota Air Base, Japan, June 5, 2023. Site visits are opportunities for senior leadership to assess the health of wing level units, meet with local peer leaders, and to spend time mentoring Airmen. Airman Leadership School is the initial level of Professional Military Education enlisted Airmen experience. It’s designed as an entry level leadership course to prepare Senior Airmen for positions of greater responsibility by strengthening leadership, followership, and personnel management while also gaining more understanding of the military profession. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Lackey)
Air Force

Air Force’s new top enlisted leader had long career in security forces

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Nov 6, 2025

The Marine Corps is offering cash bonuses for recruits wanting to join cyber, electronic jobs.
Marine Corps

Marines offer tech-savvy recruits $15,000 to enlist

By Drew F. Lawrence

Posted on Nov 5, 2025

Food Bank
Army

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)
Army

Army closes only dining facility on Kansas base due to government shutdown

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Nov 5, 2025

NAVAL STATION GREAT LAKES (November 3, 2025) — Fireman William Thompson, right, a native of Seale, Ala., and student at Surface Warfare Engineering Schools Command (SWESC) Great Lakes, receives a command challenge coin from Commanding Officer Cmdr. Quentin Cooper, Nov. 3, for his role in rescuing a man from a flame-engulfed vehicle. Oct. 25. Thompson dove into action by breaking open a car's window after noticing it had caught fire and filled with smoke on the upper level of a mall's parking garage in Schaumberg, Ill. SWESC is responsible for providing technical training to every surface Navy engineer, quartermaster, boatswain and deck seaman; preparing each Sailor to perform on U.S. Navy ships operating around the globe. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Brian T. Glunt)
Navy

Navy sailor rescues driver from burning car but mother’s vehicle lost to flames

By Drew F. Lawrence

Posted on Nov 4, 2025

Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon
Marine Corps

New ‘Tun Tavern’ to open in Philadelphia 250 years after Marine Corps was born

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Nov 4, 2025

A National Guard soldier, walks down the hallway at a hospital in April 2020.
Army

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.
Army

Army charity offers grants to soldiers missing SNAP payments

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Nov 3, 2025

Air Force Mustaches
Air Force

Air Force rolls out new rules on mustaches and sideburns

By Jeff Schogol

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)
Army

If a soldier goes missing, the Army must now notify family within 8 hours

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Nov 3, 2025

16 October 2025, USA, Washington Dc: US National Guard soldiers walk up the steps to the Lincoln Memorial in the early morning. Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa (Photo by Kay Nietfeld/picture alliance via Getty Images)
National Guard

National Guard mission in DC extended into 2026

By Nicholas Slayton

Updated on Nov 2, 2025

A mugshot of Canyon Amarys.
National Guard

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

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Nov 1, 2025

90th Security Forces Group
Air Force

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

By Nicholas Slayton

Updated on Nov 1, 2025

Airmen at Aviano Air Base, Italy gather together to run in formation on Aug. 15, 2019. The 31st Fighter Wing conducts formation runs to develop esprit de corps. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Heidi Goodsell)
Air Force

Daily workouts at many Air Force units signal major culture shift

By Matt White

Posted on Oct 31, 2025

Marine squadron's leadership fired
Marine Corps

Marine Corps fires senior officers and top enlisted leader of Osprey squadron

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Oct 31, 2025

Marines detonate C4 plastic explosives at the ETA-7 Engineer Demolition Training Range on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C. on April 17, 2018.
Marine Corps

Marines beef up security for weapons, ammo, explosives after lapses were found

By Drew F. Lawrence

Posted on Oct 31, 2025

Gen. Ken Wilsbach, Pacific Air Forces commander, returns from a flight at Kadena Air Base, Japan, April 17, 2023. Wilsbach attended the Kadena Eagle Sunset Celebration this past weekend and flew with the 18th Wing to bid the F15C/D models farewell. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Sebastian Romawac)
Air Force

New Air Force chief of staff confirmed after predecessor’s early departure

By Matt White

Posted on Oct 30, 2025

Air Force Extensions
Air Force

Airmen and Space Force guardians will be extended for 60 days due to shutdown

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Oct 30, 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)
Army

Army 3-star general retires early from Pentagon role as shake-ups continue

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Oct 30, 2025

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 12: California National Guard soldiers stand guard as protests continue in an approximately one-square mile area of downtown Los Angeles in response to a series of immigration raids on June 12, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Protests escalated after President Donald Trump authorized military forces to protect federal property against the wishes of city and state officials who say that the Los Angeles police have the expertise and decades of experience to handle large protest crowds. National Guard troops have so far played no role in quelling violence in the streets, according to Mayor Bass, but are stationed to guard federal buildings. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)
National Guard

Leaked memo details National Guard plan for a ‘quick reaction force’ in US cities

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Oct 29, 2025

Navy Social Media Review
Marine Corps

Navy launches review of Marines’ and sailors’ personal social media posts

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Oct 28, 2025

BOOTS. (L to R) Blake Burt as John Bowman, Zach Roerig as Knox, and Miles Heizer as Cameron Cope in Episode 101 of Boots. Cr. Alfonso "Pompo" Bresciani/Netflix © 2023
Marine Corps

The real-life Marine behind Netflix’s coming of age story, ‘Boots’

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Oct 28, 2025

A U.S. Air Force Airman from Fairchild Air Force Base shaves his mustache off during the Mustache Dash event at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, March 31, 2023. The Mustache Dash was an event created to raise awareness for mental health that encompasses all four pillars of Comprehensive Airman Fitness, mental, physical, spiritual and social. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Morgan Dailey)
Air Force

Hegseth won’t meet troops with beards during South Korea trip

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Oct 27, 2025

Drill Sergeant Hats
Army

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

By Jeff Schogol

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

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Oct 26, 2025

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, reload an M777 lightweight 155mm howitzer during a rehearsal for the 250th Amphibious Capabilities Demonstration at Red Beach combat town, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Oct. 17, 2025. The 250th Amphibious Capabilities Demonstration at Camp Pendleton marks the Marine Corps’ 250th birthday and America’s Semiquincentennial. The live-fire event highlights the Navy-Marine Corps team’s ability to integrate across air, land, and sea, showcasing the Corps’ enduring role as America’s force in-readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Aaron S. Patterson)
Marine Corps

Marines fired artillery over freeway without warning during rehearsal

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Oct 26, 2025

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Isaac Reigstad, a low altitude air defense gunner with 1st Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, Marine Air Control Group 18, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, fires a FIM-92 Stinger during exercise Tenacious Archer 25, at Koror, Palau, Aug. 17, 2025. This exercise included training on Integrated Air and Missile Defense systems with live-fire events, increasing interoperability, promoting regional security and stability, and supporting a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Carlos Daniel Chavez-Flores)
Marine Corps

Marine Corps’ latest plan for war in the Pacific emphasizes logistics, firepower

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Oct 25, 2025

A turboprop plane rests in a field after crashing, two power poles askew in the front.
Air Force

The Air Force’s special operations crop duster crashed in a field in Oklahoma

By Nicholas Slayton

Updated on Oct 25, 2025

Lt. Col. Tyler Hiatt (left), 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

Airman found dead at F.E. Warren was under investigation for M18 incident

By Matt White

Posted on Oct 24, 2025

From front to back, the world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), Royal Moroccan Navy FREMM multipurpose frigate Mohammed VI (701), and Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Supply (T-AOE 6), steam in formation while transiting the Strait of Gibraltar, Oct. 1, 2025. Gerald R. Ford, a first-in-class aircraft carrier and deployed flagship of Carrier Strike Group Twelve, is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations to support the warfighting effectiveness, lethality and readiness of U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa, and defend U.S., Allied and partner interests in the region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Alyssa Joy)
Navy

Pentagon orders USS Gerald R. Ford into Caribbean, first carrier sent to region

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Oct 24, 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.
Army

An 82nd Airborne pilot took his final flight two years after Iraq drone attack

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Oct 24, 2025

WASHINGTON D.C., USA - SEPTEMBER 15: National Guard troops patrol around the Farragut west metro station as part of heightened security measures in Washington, D.C., United States, on September 15, 2025. (Photo by Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu via Getty Images)
National Guard

Man arrested for taunting DC troops with ‘Star Wars’ song strikes back

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Oct 24, 2025

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 23: Police investigate after shots were fired near the Coast Guard Island entrance in Oakland, Calif. on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. U.S. Coast Guard police opened fire on a U-Haul truck after it backed up a ramp at the entrance to the Alameda island, where U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents have been staying. (Jane Tyska/Digital First Media/East Bay Times via Getty Images)
Coast Guard

Guards fire on truck at Coast Guard base where federal agents had arrived

By Matt White

Posted on Oct 24, 2025

The 39th Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Eric M. Smith, awards Staff Sgt. Dylan T. Rasmussen, a Marine Combat Instructor with the School of Infantry East, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal for being the Runner-up Marine Combat Instructor of the Year during the CMC Combined Awards Program at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle, Virginia, Jan. 29, 2025. The CMC Combined Awards Program recognized outstanding performance by Recruiters, Prior Service Recruiters, Drill Instructors, Marine Combat Instructors, Marine Security Guards, and Career Retention Specialists. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Joshua Barker)
Marine Corps

A top Marine combat instructor was killed in a traffic confrontation

By Matt White

Posted on Oct 23, 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.
Army

An Army brigade’s trial by fire against Iranian drones

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Oct 23, 2025

Air Force barracks inspections
Air Force

Air Force announces all-hands room inspections for every barracks

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Oct 22, 2025

A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bomber with two U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft in the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility, Oct. 15, 2025.
Air Force

Air Force B-52 bombers flew ‘attack demonstration’ near Venezuela

By Drew F. Lawrence

Posted on Oct 22, 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)
Army

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.
Army

Trump taps Hegseth’s senior military assistant as Army’s No. 2 officer

By Drew F. Lawrence, Patty Nieberg

Posted on Oct 21, 2025