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The Navy followed the Army and Air Force in banning sailors and Marines from using and possessing kratom. The herbal supplement is often sold alongside CBD and vapes.

A soldier based in Hawaii said a dining facility at Schofield Barracks is frequently closed, and he asked if troops could use their meal cards off base.

“At home, we’ve been able to talk through lanes together and help fill in gaps in our knowledge,” Sgt. Kaitlin Flynn said.

The Army will house more soldiers per barracks room than a service regulation allows due to an increase of more than 690 troops assigned to units in Hawaii.

The 494th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron previously destroyed Iranian drones launched against Israel. Now, its F-15s are back in the Middle East.

A Minnesota National Guard recruiter told high school students that enlisting could help their parents get a Green Card.

Sailors aboard the fast-attack submarine USS Indiana, which shares a name with the new college football champions, snapped a celebratory picture on the ship's hull.

The archbishop who oversees Catholic priests across the U.S. military questioned the moral justification of an invasion of Greenland.

Minnesota National Guardsmen will wear reflective vests, so their members are not mistaken for state and federal agents.

Cold War experiments were weird.

The move of new aircraft to Pituffik Space Base comes amid growing tensions as the Trump administration reiterates calls to acquire Greenland. 

More than 2,000 troops from the District of Columbia and 11 other states are still active in the nation’s capital.

American forces left on Saturday, after using the base for years as part of anti-ISIS operations.

The USS Gerald R. Ford, currently taking part in operations in the Caribbean, sees some of toilets fail nearly every day.

U.S. Central Command says it took out an al-Qaeda affiliate commander directly linked to the Dec. 13 attack on American forces in Palmyra.

Amid demands to control the island, the U.S. military is trying to overhaul infrastructure at its decades-old Pituffik Space Base.

A new bipartisan bill would make private companies that manage military housing pay for costs associated with mold, but an attorney worries families would only collect damages through lawsuits.

Two members of Congress and a senior Pentagon official weighed in on the firing, implying it was tied to a Corps of Engineers dispute with homeowners around a lake in Missouri.

The Defense Commissary Agency will offer online delivery from 70 base stores by the end of January and the remaining 108 stores by the summer.

Two AI chat tools, including Microsoft Copilot, are in use at the VA but have not been reviewed by patient safety offices.