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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

MQ-9 Reaper
Americas

US deploys MQ-9 Reaper drones to the Caribbean

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 12, 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

War Powers
Analysis

Congress tries yet again to limit president’s war powers

By Jeff Schogol

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

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

An airman assigned to the Kentucky Air National Guard's 123rd Airlift Wing jumps above Henry E. Rohlsen Airport near Christiansted in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, Aug. 26, 2025, as part of Emerald Warrior 25.2, a large-scale special operations exercise being staged in multiple locations by Air Force Special Operations Command.
Air Force

Air Force special ops troops practice airfield seizures amid Caribbean build up

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 9, 2025

A new KC-46A Pegasus connects with an F-15 Strike Eagle for an aerial refueling test over California in 2018. (Courtesy photo by John D. Parker/Boeing)
Air Force

Stuck fuel probe caused trio of mishaps in Air Force’s newest tanker

By Matt White

Posted on Sep 8, 2025

Rangers Test Drones
Army

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)
Army

Soldier who died in Fort Leonard Wood range incident was a month from graduating basic

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 8, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 4: National Guard Military Police watch as trains arrive and depart during rush hour at L'Enfant Plaza station on September 04, 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

Georgia becomes seventh state to send its National Guard to DC

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 6, 2025

An F-35A Lightning II performs a restricted climb over March Air Reserve Base during takeoff for a practice demonstration, April 11, 2025. The F-35A Demonstration Team showcases the power, precision, and lethality of the world’s most advanced multirole stealth fighter. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Nathan Poblete)
Americas

US sending F-35s to Puerto Rico as military buildup in the Caribbean continues

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 5, 2025

FILE: A Naval Special Warfare operator conducts visit, board, search, and seizure training aboard a contracted vessel during maritime interdiction operations training. (Petty Officer 2nd Class Charles Propert/ Naval Special Warfare Group ONE)
Navy

SEAL Team 6 infiltrated North Korea in a mission gone wrong

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 5, 2025

UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 3: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, left, and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., attend a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony honoring the Harlem Hellfighters of World War I, in Emancipation Hall on Wednesday, September 3, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Americas

Drug cartels are ‘no different than al-Qaida,’ Hegseth says

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 5, 2025

U.S. Marines Lance Cpl. Kaitlyn M. Erkson, an intelligence analyst with the Aviation Combat Element, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command, and Sgt. Sean S. Saball, a data noncommissioned officer with the Command Element, SPMAGTF-SC, mix paint during a visit to Casa Misericordia orphanage for girls with disabilities in Comayagua, Honduras, Oct. 28, 2017. Service members with SPMAGTF-SC volunteered their time playing with the children, handing out toys and school supplies, and painting the orphanage. The Marines and sailors of SPMAGTF-SC have donated over 7,000 hours of community service to local communities throughout Central America during their six-month deployment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ian Leones)
News

VA may have sent 35,000 veterans ‘erroneous’ warnings about home foreclosure

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Sep 5, 2025

President Donald Trump said Thursday he wants to rename the Defense Department to the War Department, a name once held by the Department of the Army, before the creation of a single organization to oversee all branches of the millitary.
Army

Is ‘War’ the new name for the Department of Defense?

By Matt White

Posted on Sep 5, 2025

A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter assigned to Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, parks on a runway for a forward armed and refueling point (FARP) for ARCTIC EDGE 2025, August 18, 2025, at Cold Bay Airfield, Alaska. AE25 provided Special Operations Command North the opportunity to test a range of capabilities and response options to deter, disrupt, degrade, and deny competitor activity in the Arctic in support of globally integrated layered defense of the homeland. AE25 is a NORAD and U.S. Northern Command-led homeland defense exercise designed to improve readiness, demonstrate capabilities, and enhance Joint and Allied Force interoperability in the Arctic. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Gracelyn Hess)
Air Force

Every single F-35 delivered to the US military last year was late

By Matt White

Posted on Sep 4, 2025

An instructor with the Marksmanship Master Trainer Course, fires his weapon during an M7 familiarization course at Fort Benning, Georgia, July 2, 2025. The U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit regularly partners with units across the Army to enhance lethality and precision through expert firearms instruction. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Timothy Hamlin)
News

Army’s newest rifle for soldiers dropped from independent testing program

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Sep 4, 2025

Southern Border
Army

101st Airborne Division soldiers deploy to southern border

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 3, 2025

U.S. Soldiers with the 112th Military Police Battalion, Mississippi Army National Guard, patrol the Washington Metro in Washington, D.C., Aug. 30, 2025. About 2,300 National Guard members are supporting the D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force providing critical support to the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department in ensuring the safety of all who live, work and visit the District. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Renee Seruntine)
National Guard

National Guard medics in DC are carrying overdose reversal drug Narcan

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Sep 3, 2025

Frank S. Wright Promoted To Sergeant
Marine Corps

Legendary Marine Raider finally promoted to sergeant at 100

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 3, 2025

A video still released by the White House of a boat U.S. officials say was carrying a drug shipment from Venezuela bound for the U.S. The video included an airstrike that appeared to destroy the vessel and kill those on it.
Navy

US forces stage ‘lethal’ airstrike on alleged drug boat in southern Caribbean

By Matt White

Posted on Sep 2, 2025

U.S. Space Force Senior Master Sgt. Brandi Gonzalez walks the Hap Arnold hallway while wearing the branch’s Service Dress Uniform at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., Aug. 22, 2025. (U.S. Air Force photo by Chad Trujillo)
Space Force

Space Force announces timeline for ordering new service dress uniform

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 2, 2025

The promotion board process can be one of the most stressful tasks Soldiers undergo during their military service. By understanding what the board is evaluating, and with some basic preparation, Soldiers can shine during one of the most important events of their career. (U.S. Army photo by Timothy Hale/Released)
Army

Army axes promotion boards that weighed opinions of peers, subordinates for commanders

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Sep 2, 2025

Larry Pickett Jr.
Army

West Point cadet pulls driver from car crash just before flames erupt

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 2, 2025

A UH-1N Huey flies over Tokyo.
Air Force

Hueys make their last flight at Yokota Air Base as the Air Force retires them

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 31, 2025

The US Navy warship USS Lake Erie (CG 70) docks at the Port of Balboa in Panama City on August 29, 2025. The United States sent three warships to the region amid escalating tensions with Venezuela, which deployed warships and drones to patrol the country's coastline on August 26, 2025. (Photo by Mauricio VALENZUELA / AFP) (Photo by MAURICIO VALENZUELA/AFP via Getty Images)
Navy

Navy warships amass near Venezuela

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 30, 2025

Navy CIO Jane Rathbun at the 2023 2023 Department of Defense Intelligence Information System Worldwide Conference.
Navy

Navy’s top cybersecurity official abruptly leaves

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 29, 2025

U.S. Army Col. Lawrence Doane, DC Safe and Beautiful Taskforce Commander, engages with U.S. Service Members assigned to JTF-DC and Civilians at Nationals Park in Washington D.C., August 19, 2025. Approximately 800 National Guard service members comprise JTF-DC to support the DC Safe and Beautiful Taskforce. These National Guard service members provide critical support such as crowd management, perimeter control, logistics and communications in support of law enforcement. A majority of the D.C. National Guard personnel live and work in the local community and have existing relationships to support law enforcement. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Joseph Spraktes)
National Guard

What the commander of the National Guard in DC wants the public to know

By Patty Nieberg, Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 29, 2025

A new Honor Guard Airman grips the bugle prior to unit’s graduation ceremony at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., March 1. Approximately 12 new Airmen graduated from the 120-plus-hour course. The graduation performance includes flag detail, rifle volley, pall bearers and bugler for friends, family and unit commanders. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)
Air Force

These are the funeral honors the Air Force says it will extend to Ashli Babbitt

By Matt White

Posted on Aug 28, 2025

250726-N-GC617-1241 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 26, 2025) An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 151, makes an arrested landing on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln, flagship of Carrier Strike Group Three, is underway conducting routine training operations in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations. As an integral part of U.S. Pacific Fleet, Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet operates naval forces in the Indo-Pacific and provides the realistic and relevant training to ensure the readiness necessary to execute the U.S. Navy’s timeless role across the full spectrum of military operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Shepard Fosdyke-Jackson)
Marine Corps

Navy ends carrier landings as a requirement to earn ‘Wings of Gold’

By Matt White

Posted on Aug 28, 2025

U.S. Army Spc. Hyrum Dore, assigned to the Tennessee Army National Guard, provides military police support to civil authorities in Washington, D.C., Aug. 24, 2025. About 2,000 National Guard members are supporting the D.C. Safe and Beautiful mission providing critical support to the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department in ensuring the safety of all who live, work and visit the District. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Kalina Hyche)
National Guard

What National Guard troops legally can and can’t do in Washington, DC

By Patty Nieberg, Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 27, 2025

Marine Lt. Gen. Jerry Carter
Marine Corps

Marine general will return to Parris Island 40 years after graduating

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 27, 2025

Iowa Air National Guard SMSgt Greg Cleghorn recieved the Army's new Master Combat Infantryman Badge this month. He qualified for the new award by his previous service in the Army and Iowa National Guard.
Air Force

The Army created a new award for top soldiers. An Air Force member just pinned it on.

By Matt White

Posted on Aug 26, 2025

Sgt. 1st Class Jonathan Estridge's TikTok profile highlights old Army photos and a video in which he discusses being counseled and removed from his Army Reserve job for social media posts.
Army

Army reservist says he was dropped from full-time role over posts on ICE agents, Israel

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Aug 26, 2025

A North American Aerospace Defense Command F-16 Fighting Falcons takes-off in support of OPERATION POLAR VORTEX on September 11, 2024 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. The F-16’s conducted integration training with the 611th Air Operations Center and Navy assets in the Alaska Theater of Operations. Deterring and protecting the homelands from aggression requires the persistent and seamless exchange of information with combatant commands, conventional and special operations forces, the intelligence community, and the spectrum of interagency and international partners. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Carson Jeney)
Air Force

NORAD intercepts third Russian reconnaissance plane in a week near Alaska

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 25, 2025

Adm. Daryl Caudle salutes the sideboys during a U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFFC) Relinquishment of Command ceremony aboard Naval Station Norfolk, August 6, 2025. USFFC is responsible for manning, training, equipping and providing combat-ready forces forward to numbered fleets and combatant commanders around the globe. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Dustin Knight/Released)
Navy

Navy’s new top admiral takes command amid leadership purge

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 25, 2025

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jackie Hamersley from the 205th Engineering Installation Squadron, Oklahoma Air National Guard, clears a SIG Sauer M18 in Camp Ripley, Minn., May 1, 2025. Airmen from the 210th and 205th EIS participated in a joint training exercise that prepared them for future missions while simultaneously completing a multi-year project to install fiber optic cable across the installation to enhance range communications. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman Kaci Brannan)
Air Force

Air Force returns M18 pistols to service after inspections across nuclear force

By Matt White

Posted on Aug 25, 2025

A CH-53E helicopter with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing burns on Aug. 22, 2025.
Marine Corps

Marine Corps CH-53E helicopter catches fire at Twentynine Palms

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 25, 2025

The new Mexican Border Defense Medal, with a green and yellow ribbon.
Mexico

Pentagon releases design for Mexican Border Defense Medal

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 23, 2025

Navy aviator Donald McPherson sits inside his Grumman F6F Hellcat fighter during World War II.
Navy

Last American fighter ace from World War II dies at 103

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 23, 2025

Two Navy admirals, Milton "Jamie" Sands and Nancy Lacore, in dress uniform.
Navy

Pentagon fires heads of Navy Reserve, Naval Special Warfare Command

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 23, 2025

Two men in uniform in a composite. Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse on the left, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin on the right.
Air Force

A second senior Air Force general has been forced out at the Pentagon

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Aug 22, 2025

National Guard in Washington, D.C.
United States

Pentagon authorizes National Guard troops in DC to carry ‘service weapons’

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 22, 2025

Paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, conduct a UH-60 Black Hawk aerial gunnery range at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, on April 2, 2024. Aerial gunnery ranges are used to train and progress Paratroopers on their day and night shooting qualifications. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Catessa Palone)
Army

King of Malaysia cancels purchase of UH-60 Black Hawks, calling them ‘flying coffins’

By Matt White

Posted on Aug 22, 2025

Syria
News

US forces kill ISIS ‘key financier’ in Syria raid

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 21, 2025

Army Maj. Gen. Michael J. Turley Lawsuit
Army

Demoted general sues Utah National Guard, governor over firing

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 21, 2025

1st Cavalry Division Trooper, Sgt. Nathaniel Martin, an Unmanned Aircraft System Operator, assigned to 8th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, launches a drone from his hand during Pegasus Forge, on Fort Hood, Texas, Aug. 6, 2025. Pegasus Forge allows the First Team to utilize new technology and gain experience in the field to support and progress in the Army's Transformation in Contact initiative. (U.S. Army Photo by Spc. David Dumas)
Army

Army plays ‘catch up’ on drone warfare with new operator course

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Aug 21, 2025

USS New Orleans
Navy

Sailors extinguish fire aboard USS New Orleans after 12-hour fight

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on Aug 20, 2025

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Tatiana Zullig poses with Air Force and Space Force patches on her uniform in the Air Force studio at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., Nov. 2, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Eric Dietrich)
Air Force

Space Force authorizes ‘mission tabs’ similar to patches banned by the Air Force

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 20, 2025

Spc. Layne Alfieri, a Soldier assigned to 1st Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, dons an Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) 1.2 protype during the IVAS 1.2 Phase One User Assessment held by Program Executive Office (PEO) Soldier on Fort Drum, August 22. The user assessment was designed to collect Soldier feedback on the IVAS 1.2 prototypes. (U.S. Army photo by Jason Amadi, PEO Soldier Public Affairs)
Army

Soldiers using IVAS headsets, Dronebusters at the US-Mexico border

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Aug 20, 2025