Military Branches(Page 3)

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

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Tank Names
Army

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

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Oct 9, 2025

U.S. Army Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 184th Infantry Regiment, California Army National Guard, stand in formation at the Wilshire Federal Building in Los Angeles, June 22, 2025. The Soldiers were part of an element deployed to augment U.S. Marines in protecting the building and manning security points in the surrounding area. U.S. Northern Command is supporting federal agencies by providing military forces to protect federal functions, personnel, and property in the greater Los Angeles area. On June 7, the Secretary of Defense directed USNORTHCOM to establish Task Force 51 to oversee Title 10 forces supporting this mission. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Christy L. Sherman)
National Guard

Poll: Most Americans say military should be apolitical and face only ‘external threats’

By Drew F. Lawrence

Posted on Oct 8, 2025

True North
Air Force

Air Force training command may stop embedding mental health teams within units

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Oct 8, 2025

Air Force Fitness
Air Force

Air Force says viral ‘combat fitness’ memo isn’t real

By Jeff Schogol, Matt White

Posted on Oct 6, 2025

Aviation Structural Mechanic (Safety Equipment) 1st Class Anthony Huffman, from Forest Grove, Oregon, conducts maintenance on aircraft in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in the Pacific Ocean, July 27, 2024. Nimitz is underway conducting routine operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Anthony Lagunes)
Navy

Navy maintenance crews are stripping their own jets and submarines for spare parts

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Oct 6, 2025

National Guard troops carry riot shields with "California National Guard" on them.
National Guard

National Guard deployment to Portland blocked as Texas troops called up

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Oct 5, 2025

PORTLAND, OREGON - OCTOBER 04: Federal agents, including members of the Department of Homeland Security, the Border Patrol, and police, attempt to keep protesters back outside a downtown U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility on October 04, 2025 in Portland, Oregon. The facility has become a focal point of nightly protests against the Trump administration. A federal judge in Portland has temporarily blocked President Trump from sending in the National Guard to quell protests. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
National Guard

Judge halts National Guard deployment to Portland

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Oct 5, 2025

BROADVIEW, ILLINOIS - OCTOBER 03: Police confront demonstrators during a protest outside an immigrant processing and detention center on October 03, 2025 in Broadview, Illinois. The site has been the target of frequent protests as federal law enforcement agents continue Operation Midway Blitz in the Chicago area, an operation designed to apprehend and deport undocumented immigrants living in the area. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
National Guard

Trump authorizes 300 National Guard troops to deploy to Chicago

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Oct 5, 2025

U.S. Space Force Guardians monitor workstations in the Combined Space Operations Center (CSpOC) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. The center operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week; continuously coordinating, planning, integrating, synchronizing and executing space operations; providing tailored space effects on demand to support combatant commanders; and accomplishing national security objectives. (Composited images are used over the monitors for operational security.)
Space Force

Space Force wants an opposition force in orbit

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Oct 4, 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)
Army

Army cancels Best Squad Competition due to shutdown

By Matt White

Posted on Oct 3, 2025

Marines drive amphibious assault vehicles along the shore during an amphibious assault exercise as part of Bold Alligator 2012 at Camp Lejeune, N.C., on Feb. 6, 2012. (DoD photo by Marvin Lynchard, U.S. Marine Corps. (Released))
Marine Corps

Marines say goodbye to ‘workhorse’ Assault Amphibious Vehicle

By Drew F. Lawrence

Posted on Oct 3, 2025

Airman Returns Fire At Gunman
Air Force

Airman who returned fire at gunman was thinking of ‘everybody else’

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Oct 2, 2025

Navy beats annual recruiting goals with more recruiters, less paperwork
Navy

Navy beats annual recruiting goals with more recruiters, less paperwork

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Oct 1, 2025

QUANTICO, VIRGINIA - SEPTEMBER 30: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to senior military leaders at Marine Corps Base Quantico on September 30, 2025 in Quantico, Virginia. In an unprecedented gathering, almost 800 generals, admirals and their senior enlisted leaders have been ordered into one location from around the world on short notice. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Military Branches

Trump suggests ‘dangerous’ American cities should be military ‘training grounds’

By Drew F. Lawrence

Posted on Sep 30, 2025

Air Force Recruiting
Air Force

Air Force has the highest number of potential recruits on record

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 30, 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)
Army

Soldiers under misconduct investigation won’t see careers stall under new Army policy

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Sep 30, 2025

SAGEWIN STRAIT (Sept. 5, 2024) – The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) transits the Sagewin Strait, Sept. 5, 2024. Dewey is forward-deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Greg Johnson)
Navy

The Navy commissioned $400K worth of safety videos. Then it tried to make them disappear.

By Hope Hodge Seck

Posted on Sep 30, 2025

An MQ-9 Reaper taxis on the runway after landing in support of Freedom Flag 24-1 at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Oct. 23, 2024. Freedom Flag 24-1 is an advanced, large-scale tactical exercise between the U.S. and allied partners dedicated to the protection of regional peace and stability through the adaptation of novel and collaborative training methods, ensuring readiness against a wide range of threats. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Maria Umanzor Guzman)
Air Force

Air Force revives WWII-era squadron in South Korea as modern drone force

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 29, 2025

Michigan Shooting
Marine Corps

Service records released on two Marine veterans involved in weekend violence

By Jeff Schogol, Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 29, 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)
Army

Pentagon federalizes 200 Oregon National Guardsmen and orders them to Portland

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 29, 2025

Guardian Angel team members from the 129th Rescue Wing, California Air National Guard, prepare to jump from an HC-130J Combat King II during a long-range maritime rescue mission approximately 885 nautical miles off the California coast. The team parachuted with medical equipment to reach the Panamanian-flagged cargo vessel Grand Vega and stabilize a Filipino mariner suffering stroke-like symptoms. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Joseph Prouse)
National Guard

Air Guard pararescue team leaps onto a freighter at sea to rescue patient

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 28, 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.
Army

Most of the Army and Marine Corps’ vehicles are not ready for combat, watchdog finds

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 27, 2025

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 13, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), pin chevrons on Cpl. Amaury Ferrer, wrecker operator, while at sea aboard the Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47), May 1, 2018. The Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 13th MEU integrated to conduct the second major exercise of their pre-deployment training. ARG, MEU Exercise (ARGMEUEX) provides essential and realistic ship-to-shore training, designed to enhance the integration of the Navy-Marine Corps team. ARGMEUEX provides an opportunity to integrate unique individual and unit skills and develop the Essex ARG and 13th MEU’s collective proficiency in challenging and unfamiliar environments. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Danny Gonzalez)
Marine Corps

Marine infantry battalion backtracks on mustache ban

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 26, 2025

“Wildboy” and “Jizzle” are in trouble with federal prosecutors after allegedly scamming military members in a bank scheme.
Navy

Feds bust scammers known as ‘Wildboy,’ ‘Low Ball’ and others for targeting military members

By Drew F. Lawrence

Posted on Sep 26, 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)
Army

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.
Army

Soldier serving life sentence for Fort Hood assault spree dies in prison cell

By Drew F. Lawrence

Posted on Sep 25, 2025

Lt. Col. Rhonda C. Martin is the longest-serving active duty Marine and she is set to retire soon.
Marine Corps

Longest-serving active duty Marine to retire after 42 years

By Drew F. Lawrence

Posted on Sep 25, 2025

F-15s Against Drones
Air Force

No missiles, no problem. F-15 crews dropped bombs on Iranian drones.

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 24, 2025

Christopher Wilkinson, a former Army captain, was captured after almost five years on the run. (Left) Before his arrest. (Right) After his arrest.
Army

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)
Army

Food at dining hall with ‘F’ rating did not make 40 soldiers sick, officials say

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Sep 24, 2025

Air Force Fitness Program
Air Force

Air Force announces new force-wide fitness test: 2-mile run, twice per year

By Jeff Schogol

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)
Army

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)
Air Force

Pentagon shutters women’s advisory group

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Sep 23, 2025

Air Force Basic Military Training Changes
Air Force

Air Force to roll out major boot camp changes early next month

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 23, 2025

Air Force fitness
Air Force

Top Air Force leaders won’t mandate duty hours for PT amid fitness push

Jeff Schogol Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 23, 2025

Julia Moore watches Lt. Gen. Hal Moore at his retirement ceremony in 1977.
Army

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.
Army

Army identifies special operations soldiers killed in Black Hawk crash

By Matt White

Posted on Sep 22, 2025

BROADVIEW, ILLINOIS - SEPTEMBER 19: Curtis Evans walks through tear gas with an American flag during a protest outside the U.S Immigration & Customs Enforcement facility on September 19, 2025 in Broadview, Illinois. Protesters were speaking out against recent ICE raids and arrest taking place in Chicago and surrounding suburbs. President Donald Trump has deployed ICE Agents and other federal agencies to Chicago to enforce immigration laws. Trump is also threatening to send the National Guard to fight crime in the city. (Photo by Joshua Lott/The Washington Post via Getty Images).
Marine Corps

The Marine veteran behind this viral photo at the Chicago ICE protest

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 22, 2025

A U.S. Marine Air Defense Integrated System, far left, a Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System, left, a Japan Self-Defense Force Type 12 Surface-to-Ship Missile, right, and Type 03 Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missile are displayed at a press conference during Resolute Dragon 25 at Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Camp Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 17, 2025. Resolute Dragon 25 is an annual bilateral exercise in Japan that strengthens the command, control, and multi-domain maneuver capabilities of U.S. Marines in III Marine Expeditionary Force and Japan Self-Defense Force personnel, with a focus on controlling and defending key maritime terrain. The NMESIS and the MADIS are 3rd Marine Division Assets. The Type 12 SSM and the Type 03 Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missile are Western Army assets. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Evelyn Doherty)
Marine Corps

Marines showcase ship-killing NMESIS missile system in Japan

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 21, 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)
Army

4 special operations soldiers believed to be dead after Black Hawk crash

By Patty Nieberg, Jeff Schogol

Updated on Sep 19, 2025

F-35 drug missions
Marine Corps

Why does the US have F-35s flying anti-cartel missions in the Caribbean?

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 19, 2025

241102-N-AB116-7104 U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Nov. 2, 2024) Vice Adm. George Wikoff, commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and U.S. 5th Fleet, speaks to Sailors while touring the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). (Official U.S. Navy photo)
Navy

Admiral who led Red Sea fight tapped to head Navy’s European operations

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted 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)
Army

Army cutting 6,500 aviation jobs as it moves toward drones

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Sep 19, 2025

Students of Martial Arts Instructor Course 2-14 grapple against each other during their final exercise on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, April 17, 2014.
Marine Corps

Marines are fighting over who gets to rebuild Tun Tavern

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 18, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 2: Members of the National Guard are seen standing near the Washington Monument, on September 02, 2025 in Washington, DC. Members of the National Guard and Federal Law Enforcement continue to patrol the Nation's Capital, weeks after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the National Guard and law enforcement to patrol the nation's capital to assist in crime prevention with more than 2,200 National Guard troops have been deployed in Washington, D.C., a mission that experts estimate is costing over $1 million a day when factoring in pay, housing, travel, food, fuel and other logistics, according to comparisons with the 2020 mobilization of 5,000 Guard members that cost more than $2 million daily. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 2: XXX while patrolling the National Mall, on September 02, 2025 in Washington, DC. Members of the National Guard and Federal Law Enforcement continue to patrol the Nation's Capital, weeks after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the National Guard and law enforcement to patrol the nation's capital to assist in crime prevention with more than 2,200 National Guard troops have been deployed in Washington, D.C., a mission that experts estimate is costing over $1 million a day when factoring in pay, housing, travel, food, fuel and other logistics, according to comparisons with the 2020 mobilization of 5,000 Guard members that cost more than $2 million daily. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
National Guard

National Guard seeks vendors to feed troops in DC through January

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Sep 17, 2025

A member of the National Guard takes a photograph of a woman standing against military equipment as the National Guard patrols outside of Union Station in Washington, DC, August 21, 2025. President Donald Trump said he plans to patrol Washington's streets on Thursday with troops he deployed to the US capital in a show of force against what he claims is a "crime emergency." Trump ordered hundreds of National Guard to deploy in Washington last week vowing to "take our capital back," despite protests by some residents and statistics showing violent offenses falling. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)
National Guard

Guard troops in DC are facing the wrath of the TikTok generation

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Sep 17, 2025

DoD Venezuela boat
Navy

Trump says US military struck a second boat in Caribbean linked to ‘cartels’

By Matt White

Posted on Sep 15, 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.
Army

Army rolls out uniform changes and allows phone belts with PT gear 

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Sep 15, 2025

Ross Elder sits inside the cockpit of a fighter plane.
Air Force

A-10 combat pilot prepares for 378-day NASA Mars simulation

By Jeff Schogol

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)
Army

Army grooming standards and hairstyles get more strict under new orders

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Sep 15, 2025

U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (March 31, 2025) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) displays its battle flag in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. (Official U.S. Navy photo)
Navy

Venezuela says US Navy raided a fishing boat in its waters

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 14, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 8: Members of the National Guard stand outside Union Station on September 8, 2025 in Washington, DC. Congress is not expected to extend the Trump administration's federal control of the DC Metropolitan Police Department which is set to expire September 10th. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
National Guard

National Guard deploying to Memphis next, Trump says

By Nicholas Slayton

Updated on Sep 13, 2025

A B-2 bomber drops a JDAM.
Air Force

Air Force B-2 bomber tests ship-killer bomb off of Norway

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 13, 2025

U.S. Air Force Col. Michael S. Albert, 434th Air Refueling Wing commander, Grissom Air Reserve Base, Indiana, coins Tech. Sgt. Abdoulie Bah, 350th Recruiting Squadron recruiter, for breaking a recruiting record by reaching 100 accessions within the 2025 fiscal year, becoming a ’Centurian Club’ recruiter on Aug. 9, 2025, Grissom Air Reserve Base, Indiana. The last time a recruiter accessed 100 or more new Airmen was in 2014 and there have been fewer than 10 to earn the distinction within the past 20 years. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Benjamin Mota)
Air Force

Airman joins recruiter hall of fame for getting 100 people to enlist

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Sep 12, 2025

ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND - JUNE 29: Incoming plebes (freshmen) march into Bancroft Hall after taking part in their Oath of Office Ceremony during Induction Day at the U.S. Naval Academy on June 29, 2023 in Annapolis, Maryland. Approximately 1,200 midshipmen with the Naval Academy's Class of 2027 took part in Induction Day which is their first official day of Plebe Summer and their transition from civilians into fourth-class midshipmen. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Navy

Two people injured during US Naval Academy lockdown

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on Sep 12, 2025

Marine Recruiter Investigation
Marine Corps

Marine officer fired from recruiting duty over Charlie Kirk social media post

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 11, 2025

New soldiers arriving for their first day of Basic Combat Training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina being greeted by drill sergeants.
Army

Army tells drill sergeants to stop posting videos of recruits during basic training

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Sep 11, 2025

Cmdr. Adam Ochs was relieved of command of the USS Santa Barbara, a littoral combat ship deployed to the Navy's 5th Fleet area of operations.
Navy

Navy relieves commander of littoral combat ship on deployment

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Sep 11, 2025

A painting showing a space plane, cargo bay open, flying to capture a satellite.
Space Force

Space Force considers adding ‘combat’ to command’s name

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 11, 2025

Air Force Maj. Ross Elder, a test pilot and combat fighter pilot, was named by NASA as the commander of an upcoming year-long Mars simulation mission. A Space Force officer and Marine Corps fighter pilot were also named to the crew.
Air Force

Air Force test pilot picked to command year-long Mars simulation mission

By Matt White

Posted on Sep 10, 2025

Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 185th Infantry Regiment, 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team in a Title 10 status protect a Los Angeles Federal Building and federal personnel in Los Angeles, Calif., June 9, 2025. Approximately 2,000 National Guard forces are supporting the protection of federal personnel and federal property in the greater Los Angeles area. (Department of Defense photo by Capt. Alex Werden)
National Guard

Former generals say LA, DC deployments harm troop morale, apolitical reputation

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Sep 10, 2025

Army Body Fat Exemptions
Army

Soldiers who score high on fitness tests are once again exempt from body fat standards

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 10, 2025

Iwo Jima Tank
Marine Corps

World War II Marine veteran reunites with tank he drove on Iwo Jima

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 10, 2025

U.S. Air Force Airmen 1st Class Maya Hartung, an admin with the 182nd Command Support Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard, poses for a photo of her boots at the 182nd Airlift Wing in Peoria, Illinois, March 1, 2024. The 182nd Airlift wing operates and maintains C-130 Hercules Aircraft. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Avery Litton)
Air Force

Air Force walks back rules on taller combat boots

By Matt White

Posted on Sep 9, 2025