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News

Ditch fast food on base to reduce obesity, says Pentagon’s top senior enlisted leader

Removing fast-food restaurants from bases would cut obesity within the military, said Marine Sergeant Maj. Troy E. Black, Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Army

10th Mountain soldier charged with murder of fellow soldier at Fort Drum

Both soldiers were assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team.

Humor

Commanding general in Iraq and Syria goes ‘Between Two T-Walls’ with Task & Purpose

Army Maj. Gen. Joel “JB” Vowell spent a year as the commanding general of Operation Inherent Resolve, the US-led mission to defeat ISIS in Iraq and Syria.

Army

Army fires command sergeant major for Military District of Washington

Command Sgt. Major Veronica E. Knapp was relieved on Aug. 8 as a result of an Army 15-6 investigation.

Marine Corps

Marine training for winter Olympics bobsled team while in Iraq

Marine Capt. Riley Tejcek is training to be on the US 2026 winter Olympics Bobsled team while deployed to Iraq.

Air Force

Military to start cognitive tests for troops exposed to artillery, gunfire and explosions

The Pentagon also released new rules for safe distances troops should be from mortars, howitzers, rifles and breaching explosives.

News

FDA denies MDMA assisted therapy for PTSD treatment

Veterans, members of Congress, and many others advocated for the groundbreaking PTSD treatment, but the FDA declined it saying more research is needed.

Air Force

A guide to all the parachutes that American paratroopers ‘ride to work’

Whether on a special ops jump from 25,000 feet or with hundreds of paratroopers filling the sky, U.S. troops use a wide range of parachutes.

Around the World

USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group ordered to ‘accelerate’ to Middle East

The Pentagon ordered the carrier strike group and its fighter squadrons to hurry to the region as the United States prepares for a possible Iranian attack on Israel.

News

Two NASA astronauts, both Navy veterans, could be stuck in space until 2025

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are currently on the International Space Station waiting for NASA to resolve issues with the Boeing Starliner.

News

11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade tells soldiers on staff duty to get more sleep

The Fort Bliss-based unit is the latest Army command to issue guidance on the needs of some rest.

News

VA changes rules, expands housing assistance for disabled veterans

Previously disability compensation pushed unhoused veterans above the income limit to receive federal housing subsidies. Updated rules end that Catch-22.

Marine Corps

Marine Osprey crewman died trying to reach pilots on doomed plane

A new report outlines how several failures, including a near-air collision, led to the deaths of three Marines in Australia in August 2023.

Air Force

This Cybertruck’s B-24 Liberator wrap honors a WWII bomber pilot

The cybertruck's wrap is a tribute to a B-24 Liberator known as Silver Babe which the owner's grandfather flew in WWII.

Army

Army adds new boot camp companies in Oklahoma and Missouri

Army

Army identifies contract instructor pilot killed in Apache crash

Daniel Munger, a contract instructor pilot, was killed on Wednesday when an AH-64 Apache crashed at Fort Novosel, Alabama.

Humor

We salute this sailor rockin’ out during underway refueling at RIMPAC

It's either a junior enlisted sailor giving a free show or Eddie from Stranger Things.

Army

Soldiers created their own drone attack simulator ahead of Middle East deployment

The computer program 'REACT' simulates drone and rocket attacks like the ones troops face in Iraq and Syria.

Army

Command sergeant major for Army’s 173rd Airborne Brigade fired

Command Sgt. Maj. Matthew Carlson was fired on July 16. He had been the senior enlisted leader for the 173rd Airborne Brigade.

Army

The ‘Swift Boating’ of Tim Walz has begun. What is the truth?

Tim Walz retired from the National Guard two months before his unit was activated for an Iraq deployment. Republicans want that timing to be a major issue.