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The Air Force is in the middle of replacing its aging rescue helicopter fleet. But the number it plans to buy has been cut.

The big problem facing Air Force combat search and rescue

Posted on Jan 30, 2026

Chinese PLA Navy ships, including the Hainan, sail together in excercises.

Inside China’s plans for ‘national total war,’ according to the Pentagon

Posted on Jan 28, 2026

Operation Absolute Resolve

Here’s what we know in the wake of Operation Absolute Resolve (and what we don’t)

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 7, 2026

The vessels would allow the Marines to move small teams onto remote islands. Medium Landing Ship, or LSMs, can carry 200 Marines to shore.

Marines may finally get landing ships for modern-day island hopping

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Dec 23, 2025

Peykaap III fast-attack craft, one of several Iranian designed or built weapons currently in use by Venezuela.

Inside Venezuela’s growing arsenal of Iranian weapons

Posted on Dec 17, 2025

The updated USS Missouri returning from the Gulf War in 1991.

Could battleships really make a comeback?

Posted on Dec 10, 2025

China's aircraft carriers

China’s navy flexes muscles with new flattops

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Dec 2, 2025

Two U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs, assigned to the F-35A Lightning II Demonstration Team, fly in formation prior to conducting air-to-air refueling over Utah, July 1, 2025.

Why are so many US military aircraft painted grey?

Posted on Nov 25, 2025

A XM30 Bradley replacement illustration showing a concept of the vehicle.

Inside the XM30 program: The Army’s Bradley replacement

Posted on Nov 19, 2025

A U.S. Marine Corps Amphibious Combat Vehicle and Marines assigned to Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, secure a beach during a simulated amphibious assault at Hwajin-ri, South Korea, Sept. 2, 2024, as part of exercise Ssang Yong 24. Exercise SY24 strengthens the Republic of Korea-U.S. Alliance through bilateral, joint training, contributing toward combined amphibious capability in defense of the Korean Peninsula. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Amelia Kang)

This is how the Marine Corps storms a beach

Posted on Nov 10, 2025

USS Gerald R. Ford sailing through the Strait of Gibraltar.

Why the US sent its most advanced aircraft carrier to the Caribbean and what it can do

Posted on Nov 5, 2025

U.S. Soldiers maneuver a M1 Abrams main battle tank into a breaching position during Rotation 25-04 at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., Feb. 9, 2025.

The next Abrams tank, built lighter and quieter, is due next year

Posted on Oct 30, 2025

Personnel with U.S. Cyber Command work in the Integrated Cyber Center, Joint Operations Center at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on April 2, 2021. Army photo by Josef Cole.

Does the US military need a Cyber Force?

Posted on Oct 27, 2025

A Typhon missile battery is displayed.

The Army’s Typhon missile system is in Japan

Posted on Sep 16, 2025

The USS Canberra sails in the CENTCOM area of operations.

The Navy turned its ‘little crappy ship’ into a mine hunter

Posted on Sep 9, 2025

A soldier uses the KnightFigher drone jamming device during Project Flytrap, July 28, 2025.

Project Flytrap and the Army’s answer to drone warfare

Posted on Aug 29, 2025