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“This revision was taken as a result of reviews by the Navy in the wake of the murder of Petty Officer 3rd Class Angelina Resendiz by a fellow sailor,” a Navy spokesman said.

The new policy reinstates flu vaccine requirements for deployments and among officer candidates. A boot camp mandate for new enlisted sailors returned in June.

The waist-to-height assessment, due by the end of the month, won’t be scored, the Air Force says.

More than 600 troops have been wounded in the Iran war, officials disclosed Saturday, almost 200 more than previously known.

Navy Information Professionals are now "Communications Systems Warfare Officers." The Navy called it a “direct warfighting imperative.”

The Army, Air Force and Navy joined troops from other nations in blowing up the decommissioned USS Mobile Bay and USS Peleliu.

The “Freedom Hauler” campaign seeks to get veterans who drove heavy vehicles in the military to haul freight.

The current III Armored Corps commander is tapped to replace Gen. Chris Donahue, who announced last month he would retire earlier than expected.

Originally a mission for 800 National Guardsmen, there are now 4,750 troops are assigned to the Washington, D.C., mobilization. A new housing contract runs for three years.

For the Air Force in particular, their controllers make about 43% less than their counterparts working at the Federal Aviation Administration.

Because the “foundational defects” with the dormitories cannot be fixed through regular repairs, the buildings will be demolished, a base spokesperson said.

“What are we trying to do to Iran? We're trying to impose pain. What is Iran trying to do to us? They're trying to impose costs. Those are two different things.”

Congress is debating a rule in next year's defense bill that would direct the Pentagon to consider making hazing a specific charge in the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

The only enlisted barracks with individual rooms for Marines from the rank of E1 to E4 will be built in Japan, a Marine Corps official said.

The three active-duty soldiers were killed in an Iranian attack against Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, Jordan, on July 17.

"When those standards are not met and that trust is broken, we must take appropriate action," wrote the Wyoming Air National Guard's top officer about the firings.

Scores of empty homes and collapsing buildings on a former Navy base in Alaska receive tax-funded internet access, an investigation by local reporters found.

Michael Emmanuel Swinton, 30, was killed on July 18 in Erbil, Iraq.

Despite moves by the Trump administration to reclassify marijuana, the military’s no-use stance remains unchanged. 

The new program at Fort Stewart, Georgia, will give soldiers the ability to use their meal cards at chain restaurants on base.