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The president announced plans to send unspecified amounts of troops to the city, while the Pentagon draws up a proposal for 1,000 guardsmen to deploy to Louisiana.

A B-2 Spirit dropped its “Quicksink” munition on a target in a joint exercise with the Norwegian Armed Forces in the Arctic.

At least two MQ-9 Reaper drones were spotted in Puerto Rico, joining 10 F-35 fighter jets recently deployed to the region.

Tech. Sgt. Abdoulie Bah, an Air Force Reserve recruiter, will join the “Century Club” — an exclusive list made up of airmen who get more than 100 new trainees to enlist.

Experts wonder if the renewed lefforts by lawmakers could be a “revival of Congressional interest in its role in the war powers debate.”

After the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, was put on lockdown, officials confirmed there was no active shooter threat.

“The Marine in question has been relieved of his recruiting duties and the matter is currently under investigation,” a Marine spokesperson said.

An update to Army basic training rules forbids drill instructors from creating "social media content" with new recruits, and changes the rules on PT-based "smoke" - a term frowned upon in the rules.

The ship is currently in the 5th Fleet's area of operations which covers waters in the Middle East.

Lethality?

NASA named an Air Force test pilot, a Space Force officer who was once an ICBM missile officer, and a Marine Corps F/A-18 pilot as crew for a year-long Mars simulation mission.

“Disapproval from fellow Americans can only exacerbate feelings of isolation and low morale for the military deployed,” 11 generals wrote in a recent court filing.

Soldiers who qualify for exemptions but do not meet the Army’s height and weight standards will not be referred to the Army’s Body Composition Program.

Leighton Willhite visited Virginia to see the tank he drove at Iwo Jima, 80 years ago.

A rule that required boots to be 8 inches tall in the heel will now be reduced to 6 inches after airmen found that boots in smaller shoe sizes were often too short.

After twenty years and billions of dollars, littoral combat ships are finally performing mine countermeasures as originally planned.

Air Force special operations commandos practiced seizing airfields in the Caribbean as the Navy amassed ships in the region.

All three suffered “nozzle binding” events when the tanker’s fuel probes got stuck in fighter planes during refueling.

The Army’s 75th Ranger Regiment has been testing whether first-person view drones laden with explosives can penetrate enemy armor.

Pvt. Andrey Okunev died on Friday after being injured on the rifle range. He and his fellow soldiers were slated to graduate next month.