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Pentagon desperately asks for do-over after sending ‘mistake’ letter to Iraqi government about withdrawal
"Here's the bottom line: This was a mistake," Milley said.

Navy petty officer faces 210 years in prison after admitting to sexually assaulting 7 young girls
A sentencing hearing is scheduled for March 1, 2021.

Pilot missing after Wisconsin Air National Guard F-16 crashes in Michigan
'We will continue to pray for the pilot’s safe return.'

Amateur mistakes by investigators at Fort Hood hampered the Vanessa Guillén investigation
Not CID's finest hour.

Marine officer: Let troops drop acid before they analyze intel
LSD is already a staple of the U.S. military's nuclear enterprise; now it's time to bring mind-expanding substances to the wide world of intelligence, a Marine Corps officer argues

14 Fort Hood leaders fired or suspended in fallout over Spc. Vanessa Guillén’s death
Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy is cleaning house at Fort Hood.

Army announces new missing soldier policy in response to Fort Hood review
"During the time that a soldier is listed as absent-unknown, unit leaders and Army law enforcement will make every effort to locate the soldier"

Fort Hood’s toxic environment has pushed women ‘into survival mode,’ new report says
"Numerous females soldiers reported that it is a daily battle to get through the day"

Meet retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin, Biden’s pick for defense secretary
Lloyd Austin is a Silver Star recipient.

Legendary pilot Chuck Yeager, who broke the sound barrier, has died
Chuck Yeager, the legendary pilot and retired Air Force brigadier general who broke the sound barrier in 1947, has died

The Fort Hood report is a damning indictment of the Army’s ‘structurally flawed’ SHARP program
“Commands just sweep it under the rug"

Soldiers are about to get a brand new infantry assault buggy to play with
The Army has been on the hunt for a lightweight battlewagon to ferry infantry squads around the battlefield since 2018