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Vice Adm. Shoshana Chatfield, a career Navy helicopter pilot, had been the U.S.'s top military representative to the NATO Military Committee.

The Marine Corps will stick with 13-Marine rifle squads for both traditional infantry battalions and littoral combat teams.

Republican Rep. Pat Harrigan's bill would ban companies with owners based in China, Russia, North Korea or Iran from operating on military bases. GNC was bought by a Chinese company in 2020.

A Defense Department-wide review into grooming and uniform standards will revisit the one-year-old rule allowing sailors to put their hands in their pockets while in uniform, Acting Chief of Naval Operations Adm. James Kilby said.

The Virginia-class nuclear submarine is the first submarine to bear the name of the state.

We salute Ronin, who has sniffed out 109 landmines and 15 other kinds of unexploded ordnance.

The Marine Corps Attack Drone Team will help develop tactics for using first-person-view drones.

The Army has reduced the number of training courses that soldiers must take so they can spend more time going through “tough, realistic training.”

Navy Cmdr. Christopher Johnson was relieved on Thursday “due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command.” No specific reason for his firing has been given.

The assessment will determine whether Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other defense officials followed proper procedures for using a commercial messaging app to conduct official business and retaining classified information.

The bipartisan bill would establish “innovative therapies centers of excellence” under the VA to treat and study veterans with a variety of mental and physical health conditions.

The Air Force also ruled out ejection seat-equipped aircraft for pregnant pilots but extended their flying window in other planes.

Staff Sgt. Troy S. Knutson-Collins, 28, was the final soldier recovered from an M88A2 Hercules recovery vehicle that sank in a Lithuanian swamp on March 25. Hundreds of U.S. and Lithuanian soldiers, sailors and civilians worked around the clock to retrieve the four missing in the crash.

The call-out was at least the fourth time since 2018 that local fire fighers responded to a paratrooper caught in a tree at the Indiana National Guard's Muscatatuck Training Center.

More than 1,000 soldiers and veterans showed up for a bone marrow donor screening event at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and more than 1,000 others requested test kits online.

The Army identified three soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division based out of Fort Stewart, Georgia who died in a Lithuania training accident last week.

The changes come as part of a broader focus shift toward war fighting, readiness, and removes “burdens” on soldiers to do extra training in other categories, Army officials announced.

The seven-day search operation to find the missing soldiers drew in hundreds of U.S. and Lithuanian troops, U.S. Navy divers from Spain, specialized ground search radars and even helicopters to transport teams from a nearby airport.

Jackie and Anthonie Talarico say their family developed chronic health issues and spent an entire reenlistment bonus to replace furniture ruined by mold in Navy housing. They have joined a lawsuit against Balfour Beatty, the private contractor.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered that the standards for combat arms jobs must be “based solely on the operational demands of the occupation and the readiness needed to confront any adversary.”