News (Page 2)

Posted on Nov 25, 2025

Fake Marine convicted of claiming Purple Heart for $140,000 in VA benefits

By Jeff Schogol, Nicholas Slayton

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)

Army

National Guard soldier assigned to DC mission dies

Posted on Nov 24, 2025

Navy

Naval Academy Commandant fired just six months into role

By Matt White, Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Nov 24, 2025

Navy

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

Posted on Nov 24, 2025

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

Army

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

Posted on Nov 23, 2025

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

Posted on Nov 22, 2025

Malmstrom airman awarded Air Medal for mountain rescue

Posted on Nov 22, 2025

Navy

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

Posted on Nov 21, 2025

Marine Harriers are in the Caribbean just ahead of retirement

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

Posted on Nov 20, 2025

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Military families forced to pay out of pocket for problems with privatized base housing

Posted on Nov 20, 2025

News

Christmas truce: More troops allowed to display holiday decorations early

Posted on Nov 19, 2025

A U.S. Marine with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 225, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South, signals to a U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II assigned to VMFA-225 at Jose Aponte de la Torre Airport in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, Nov. 6, 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)

What 3 former SOUTHCOM commanders say troops should know about Venezuela

By Jeff Schogol, Drew F. Lawrence

Posted on Nov 19, 2025

Navy

Naval Academy custom football uniform honors ‘Original 6 Frigates’

Posted on Nov 18, 2025

The US designated more terrorist groups in 2025 than in the last 10 years combined

By Patty Nieberg, Jeff Schogol

Updated 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

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.

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

Posted on Nov 17, 2025

Marines send Reaper drone unit to South China Sea

Posted on Nov 17, 2025

National Guard begins drawdown in Portland, Chicago

Posted on Nov 16, 2025

CARIBBEAN SEA – U.S. Marines with the Maritime Special Purpose Force, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), enter a board a U.S. Navy MH-60S Sea hHawk helicopter with Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 26, Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group, during fast rope insertion drills while aboard the U.S. Navy Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), IWOARG, while underway in the Caribbean Sea, Oct. 23, 2025. U.S. military forces are deployed to the Caribbean in support of the U.S. Southern Command mission, Department of War-directed operations, and the president’s priorities to disrupt illicit drug trafficking and protect the homeland. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tanner Bernat)

Marines begin a week of exercises miles from the Venezuelan coast

Posted on Nov 16, 2025

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

Navy

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

Posted on Nov 15, 2025

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

Marines got into a shootout with suspected gang members in Haiti

Posted on Nov 15, 2025

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

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

Posted on Nov 14, 2025

Air Force publishes photos of B-2 bomber squadron flying ‘to conduct combat missions’

Posted on Nov 14, 2025

Air Force families given the go-ahead for early Christmas decorations after outcry

Posted on Nov 12, 2025

Army

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

Posted on Nov 12, 2025

Coast Guard

Coast Guard looks for another boot camp location as recruitment booms

Posted on Nov 12, 2025

The USS Gerald R. Ford sails towards the Caribbean.

Navy

Ford Carrier Strike Group arrives in Latin America

Updated on Nov 11, 2025

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

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

Posted on Nov 11, 2025

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

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

Posted on Nov 10, 2025

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

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

Posted on Nov 8, 2025

Nearly all commissaries on military bases in the U.S. could close in early December if the government shutdown continues.

United States

Military officials tell troops 168 commissaries could close next month

By Patty Nieberg, Jeff Schogol

Posted on Nov 7, 2025

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

Army

The Army is going to buy a million drones

Posted on Nov 7, 2025

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

Posted on Nov 7, 2025

The FDA recalled a drug prescribed by VA doctors to veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder nightmares.

News

Drug used to treat PTSD nightmares recalled for cancer risk

Posted on Nov 6, 2025

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

Posted on Nov 6, 2025

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

Posted on Nov 5, 2025

Army

The Army listed German food banks for soldiers seeking shutdown help

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

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

Posted on Nov 4, 2025

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

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

Posted on Nov 4, 2025

Army

Army charity offers grants to soldiers missing SNAP payments

Posted on Nov 3, 2025

Air Force rolls out new rules on mustaches and sideburns

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

Posted on Nov 3, 2025

National Guard mission in DC extended into 2026

Updated on Nov 2, 2025

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

Posted on Nov 1, 2025

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

Updated on Nov 1, 2025

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

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

Posted on Oct 31, 2025

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)

Daily workouts at many Air Force units signal major culture shift

Posted on Oct 31, 2025

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

Posted on Oct 31, 2025

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

Posted on Oct 31, 2025

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

Posted on Oct 30, 2025

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

Posted on Oct 30, 2025

Soldiers with the 4th Ranger Training Battalion watch as a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter medevacs a casualty during a Rangers in Action demonstration, Oct. 3, 2025, at Victory Pond on Fort Benning, Georgia. (U.S. Army photo by Patrick A. Albright)

News

Pentagon says troops will get paid at end of week

Posted on Oct 30, 2025

Army

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

Posted on Oct 30, 2025

Soldiers from A-Co, 1-502nd Infantry Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division conduct a mounted patrols on their Infantry Squad Vehicles (ISV) at Hohenfels Training Area, Germany Oct. 19, 2025. The 101st is currently executing Combined Resolve 26-1 at the Joint Multinational Training Center (JMRC). This critical exercise assesses and stresses the new Mobile Brigade Combat Team (MBCT) formation, and builds upon lessons learned from their previous CTC rotation in 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Brian Sutherland)

Europe

101st Airborne infantry unit leaves Europe as US focuses on border, drug war

By Drew F. Lawrence, Jeff Schogol

Posted on Oct 29, 2025

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

Posted on Oct 29, 2025

New billboards were put up on expressways leading to U.S. Southern Command in Doral, Florida, where the U.S. military’s ongoing operations in the Caribbean Sea are being overseen.

Billboards outside US Southern Command urge troops not to ‘break the law’ in Caribbean strikes

Posted on Oct 29, 2025

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

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

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