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At the heart of the Air Force's combat search and rescue corps is its aging fleet of rescue helicopters. But as the Air Force phases in new HH-60Ws, the size of the force is set to shrink.

Sometimes called the "Inspector Gadget" jacket for its dated styling, the Marines' all-weather coats were found to leak an orange liquid.

“The simulated airstrips provide an immediate, realistic mission context that allows trainees to understand the ‘why’ behind their training.”

An Army unit created to train Afghan forces will operate the Combined Jungle Operations Training Course in Panama. Graduates of that course will now receive the Army’s jungle tab.

Officials are looking at alternative funds to keep base stores open if a government shutdown hits this weekend.

The Pentagon says China’s strategy of “national total war” aims to mobilize the country's civilian industry, tech, logistics, and cyber power to aid the nation's military.

“I told myself, ‘I know I can be better. I know I’m supposed to be better,’ and 'Just get it done. Don’t stop until you get it done.’”

The seven soldiers were kicked out of an ROTC program as World War II began. Last week, they were commissioned as Army officers eight decades later.

The man posted stolen health records to an Instagram account that was named "@ihackedthegovernment." He just pleaded guilty in federal court.

Zachary Harader and a fellow inmate tried to break out of the Midwest Joint Regional Correctional Facility at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, on April 29, 2025.

The Patriots are going to the Super Bowl and Marines are going to do extensive Arctic training amid tensions over Greenland.

Marines who agree to crosstrain into fields like cyber, intelligence and drone operations under long term contracts can collect big reenlistment bonuses. Infantry Marines will even get a taste.

The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln was last dispatched to the Middle East in 2024 to defend against possible Iranian strikes against Israel.

At least two A-10 Warthogs named for Nintendo characters are currently deployed in combat operations in the CENTCOM area of responsibility.

The formal ceremony this month follows Guardians’ involvement in the attack on Caracas that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

Children and teachers should have been 600 feet away when an Air Force HH-60W landed at their elementary school for a family event. Instead, they were less than 100. A teacher died when she was thrown to the ground by rotor wash.

The attack in the eastern Pacific killed two and left one survivor. 

Troops will be supporting local law enforcement “securing” the site where Alex Pretti was shot, as well as a federal building.

A major winter storm is expected to impact military bases from Missouri to North Carolina and Virginia, with a mix of heavy snow, icy rain and days of frozen temperatures.

Capt. Douglas Whimpey had been in charge of the regiment since 2023.