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WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 24: Admiral Daryl Caudle, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Chief of Naval Operations, testifies during his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on July 24, 2025 in Washington, DC. If confirmed, Caudle will be taking over for Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the first female to serve in that position, after President Trump abruptly fired her as part of a series of high level staff changes at the Department of Defense personnel. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Navy

Submariner confirmed as new chief of naval operations

Adm. Daryl Caudle takes over the role, which has been empty since Adm. Lisa Franchetti was removed from the position in February.

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Mark H. Landes, Commanding General, First Army Division East, helps the family of Brig. Gen. Kevin J. Lambert, Deputy Commander – Maneuver for the 3rd Infantry Division, pin his new rank on during a promotion ceremony at Fort Stewart, Georgia, Sept. 2, 2022. The deputy commanding general-maneuver advises and assists the commanding general for the division's training and operational readiness. Lambert is a United States Army War College graduate and has deployed to Haiti, Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Dre Stout)
Army

Army will review selection boards that choose leaders for command

The Command Assessment Program, or CAP, uses formal review boards to select soldiers for command positions. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll ordered a review of the program.

Ranger transits the Pacific Ocean during Integrated Battle Problem (IBP) 23.2, Sep. 15, 2023.
Ships

Robot warships are here. Now the Navy needs to figure out how to use them.

From DARPA prototypes to the fully uncrewed USX-1 Defiant, the Navy is testing how far it can go without sailors aboard.

Army Tank Top 2025
Culture

No, the Army is not introducing a new ‘tank top’ PT uniform

When the Army’s vice chief of staff wore a tank top in an Army video, soldiers thought it was a vision of their fitness future. But the service is not issuing tank tops for the PT uniforms.

Cpl. Darrell Reynolds, the fiscal chief with 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, low crawls during the maneuver under fire portion of the Combat Fitness Test at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, Dec. 14, 2018. The CFT is an annual fitness assessment comprised of a simulated movement to contact, which is an 880-meter sprint; 2 minutes of 30-pound ammo can lifts, and a maneuver under fire, which is a timed 300-yard shuttle run of combat-related tasks. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tessa D. Watts)
Marine Corps

The Marine Corps is looking for ‘volunteers’ to leave the service early

EAS baby, you can't stop time.

210421-N-FC670-1008 PACIFIC OCEAN (April 21, 2021) A Seahawk medium displacement unmanned surface vessel participates in U.S. Pacific Fleet’s Unmanned Systems Integrated Battle Problem (UxS IBP) 21, April 21. UxS IBP 21 integrates manned and unmanned capabilities into challenging operational scenarios to generate warfighting advantages. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Shannon Renfroe)
Navy

What the US Navy could learn from Ukraine about sinking enemy ships

Ukraine has used drone boats to sink Russian ships and destroy aircraft and the U.S. is paying close attention.

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Bryson Kasuboski, a fuels specialist assigned to the 509th Logistics Readiness Squadron, fuels an MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft on the flight line at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, July 9, 2024. The MQ-9, which is capable of 20 hours of continuous flight, took off in North Dakota and was recovered midair by the 20th Attack Squadron, eventually landing on Whiteman for the first time in history. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ariel O'Shea)
Air Force

Details in an Air Force crash report open window on drone flights

The drone's crew, flying from a base in Missouri, tried a "rack swap" to regain control of the MQ-9A Reaper, but a decoupled propeller ended in a crash in the Mediterranean Sea.

U.S. Army Sgt. Elena Killough and Sgt. Demond Blach, assigned to the Deathwatch Platoon, 10th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, conduct maintenance on an Unmanned Aircraft System during a first person view individual qualification on Grafenwöhr Training Area, July 21, 2025. The 1st ABCT, 3rd Infantry Division, tests purpose-built, retrievable FPV drones to highlight the ability against autonomous targets to improve battlefield readiness and integration with armored units. The 1st ABCT, 3rd Infantry Division, and V Corps are part of America’s Forward Deployed Corps in Europe which works alongside NATO Allies and regional security partners to provide combat-ready forces, execute joint and multinational training exercises, and retain command and assigned units in the European Theater. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Josefina Garcia)
Army

No drone war for old men? How an Army exercise highlighted a generational divide

As the Army tests drone and counter-drone tech in Europe, its finding that its youngest soldiers have a distinct advantage.

Sig Sauer M18
Air Force

Sig Sauer pushes back on criticisms over safety of M17 and M18 pistols

Sig Sauer issued a statement that the pistols “CANNOT, under any circumstances,” fire without the trigger being pulled.

Soldiers assigned to 11th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade, 2ID, 8th Army, pass in review during the battalion's change of command ceremony at Camp Humphreys, Korea, July 11, 2025. This part of the ceremony allows the new commander to inspect the battalion as Soldiers march past. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Mark Bowman)
Army

South Korea tours will now be a year longer as Army cuts down on moves

Single soldiers will get two-year assignments instead of the typical 12-month tour. Soldiers with families will get three-year tours.

Air Force M18 pistol
Air Force

Sig Sauer pistol still in wide use across military after airman’s death

While some units in the Air Force have pulled the M18 from duty after a discharge killed an airman last week, officials from the other services said they have no plans to modify or pause use of the pistol.

Marines
News

Marine veterans ‘instrumental’ in stopping stabbing attack, sheriff says

“I am just like any other member of the community. I wasn’t looking to be heroic. I just wanted to help my neighbors,” said one of the Marine veterans who intervened.

USS George Washington
Navy

Search underway for a Navy sailor reported overboard on aircraft carrier USS George Washington

Search efforts are continuing for a sailor from the aircraft carrier USS George Washington, who was reported missing on Monday.

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Donald Matts, 480th Fighter Generation Squadron noncommissioned officer in charge of engines, embraces his loved ones during a redeployment at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, July 23, 2025. The 480th FGS deployed to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility to demonstrate the United States’ commitment to peace through strength by partnering with allies, reinforcing deterrence, and enhancing regional capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Demi M. Ebert)
News

TRICARE could soon cover dependents up to 26 with no extra fees

The legislation, which failed to move forward in previous years, would allow dependents to stay on their parents’ military insurance until 26 without an extra premium.

The nose of a space plane.
Space Force

Space Force’s secretive X-37B space plane is heading back to orbit

The next flight will test out laser-based communications in low Earth orbit.

U.S. Army paratroopers operate and analyze a first-person view (FPV) drone in-flight April 27, 2025. Photo by Sgt. Mariah Y. Gonzalez
Artillery

‘Brutality over precision’ — What the Army is learning from Russia in Ukraine

A new Army report reveals how Russian forces are adapting to a long, grinding war — and what lessons the U.S. military is learning from it.

“Atomic Echoes.” Karin Tanabe and Victoria Kelly.
World War II

‘Atomic Echoes’ interviews survivors of atomic bombings

As the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings approaches, the documentary urges reflection and reckoning with a past that continues to shape our present.  

A THAAD rocket battery fires, with one munition launching from the system in a plume of fire into the sky.
Iran

The US used nearly a quarter of its most advanced missile interceptors against Iran

American forces fired more than 150 THAAD interceptors at Iranian missiles and drones during the 12-day conflict between Israel and Iran.

American musician Tom Lehrer cutting a cake in the shape of a woman's hand while backstage at the Palace Theatre, London, May 13th 1959. (Photo by Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Entertainment

Comedian, soldier, and NSA mathematician Tom Lehrer dies at 97

The musical humorist used his Army experience as the basis for several of his songs, and in turn worked in references to his music in his work at the NSA.

Cadet Neil Edara died on July 24 while doing land navigation training at Fort Knox.
Army

Army cadet dies during training at Fort Knox

Cadet Neil Edara, 22, was found unresponsive during land navigation.