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Combat roles in the Marines have had gender-neutral requirements since 2015. A new policy will extend that rule to annual fitness test scores.

“People are pissed,” a military spouse said. “They're like, ‘oh, of course, Congress doesn't give an F about us.’”

Sgt. Maj. Keith Platt explains why he stopped a paratrooper in a widely seen video whose static line was across his neck. His lesson: “If something isn’t right, say something.”

An Inspector General report found leaking sewage, broken AC, and fire hazards in housing for soldiers deployed to the southern border in July.

“Screaming through your diaphragm, you pretty much save your vocal cords,” the Marine Corps’ Drill Instructor of the Year for 2025 said.

Iranian-made attack boats, missiles, drones, and Hezbollah-linked networks have given Venezuela a small but real combat capability in the Caribbean - and a new way for Tehran to poke at the United States.

The Army is calling for proposals to privatize and modernize how basic training recruits and advanced individual trainees go to chow.

Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy John Perryman said he foresees enlisted sailors making barracks repairs “kind of how you would normally do if it was your own house.”

All medical shaving waivers issued to airmen and Space Force guardians before March 1 will be invalid as of Jan. 31, 2026

Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy John Perryman said the service may follow Army efforts at privatization, but must consider the impact on culinary specialists, the Navy’s cooks.

The Chrysler TV-8 was meant to be an amphibious, futuristic armored vehicle capable of fighting in — and powered by — the Atomic Age.

Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard and Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar were killed on Dec. 13 in Palmyra, Syria.

The 357th Fighter Squadron is saying goodbye to the “last of the dragons” as the A-10 Warthog winds down its time in service.

The new defense policy bill calls for a study on how directly or indirectly working with drones impacts crews' mental health, including the impact of watching lethal strikes.

Space Force wants to give its tools familiar, identifiable nicknames. It unveiled the themes for weapons and satellite names with bright, colorful playing card-like graphics.

Task & Purpose grilled Lt. Gen. Steve Gilland and Lt. Gen. Michael Borgschulte about MREs, no-gos and their mental happy places ahead of the Army-Navy game.

Lt. Col. Tyler Hiatt was removed from the 90th Missile Security Forces Squadron following disagreements with his commander and several deaths involving members of the unit.

An ISIS gunman attacked an American delegation in Palmyra, Syria, killing the soldiers and an American interpreter and leaving more injured.

Nate Boyer, a Special Forces veteran, NFL player and actor, talked football, MREs and more ahead of the Army-Navy game.