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Spc. Miguel-Angel Gonzalez, assigned to 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, works with Zach Albin, a strength conditioning coach with Holistic Health and Fitness for 4-31 IN, to discuss goodmorning form and strength skills during the Polar Bear Team Leader Academy on Fort Drum, New York, Aug. 27, 2024. H2F enhances Soldier performance and resilience by providing the tools and resources needed to maintain optimal health and readiness. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Alyssa Norton)
Army

Army cuts athletic trainers from fitness teams, with medics to take up slack

An Army official joked that fitness goals "will not have arrived until we have a no-neck Army" as service makes changes to holistic health and fitness program.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Troy E. Black, the 19th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, observes a forward area refueling point demonstration at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, Jan. 13, 2022. The demonstration was part of a three-day Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Force Level Summit. The summits are held quarterly to support force level sergeants major at their respective commands. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Victoria Ross)
Marine Corps

Marine in top enlisted spot leaving the Pentagon after just 2 years

Marine Sgt. Maj. Troy Black will not be reappointed as Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He will leave in late summer, early fall.

Staff Sgt. Raycel Dasher, an infantryman assigned to A Company, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, U.S. Army South performs the standing power throw during an Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) during the U.S. Army Futures Command Best Squad Competition at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., June 4, 2024. The ACFT was one of the various events during the week-long competition designed to assess the competitors’ technical and tactical proficiency, as well as their ability to work as a disciplined and cohesive team. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Joshua Taeckens)
Army

End of the ‘yeet’: the standing power throw is out as new Army fitness test goes ‘sex-neutral’ for combat jobs

Army fitness test changes will mean “sex-neutral” standards for soldiers in 21 combat jobs. Meanwhile, the standing power throw will be eliminated.

Army Col. Sheyla Baez Ramirez suspended
Army

Fort McCoy garrison commander’s suspension ‘not related to misconduct’

Army Reserve officials say missing photos on a command board at Fort McCoy were ‘corrected’ and Baez Ramirez’s suspension “is not related to any misconduct.”

A black and white photo showing several U.S. Army tanks moving through the rubble of a bombed out German city.
World War II

80 years ago, American soldiers captured the center of Nazi Germany

The five-day Battle of Nuremberg ended on April 20, 1945, taking one of the Nazi’s remaining strongholds and cutting off a route of escape.

A soldier looks on as troops march into a CH-47 Chinook in a desert plain.
Middle East

US military to pull more than 1,000 troops out of Syria

The drawdown in the coming months will cut the American footprint in the country by half.

A soldier in heavy camouflage holding a rifle crouches in a wooded and grassy area.
Army

Army announces latest unit rotations, including soldiers from Lithuania heading home

The end of the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division’s deployment to Europe was marked by a tragic accident that killed four of its soldiers.

The end of the ‘Golden Hour’ and the transformation of US military combat medicine
Video

The end of the ‘Golden Hour’ and the transformation of US military combat medicine

How the medics of the U.S. military will need to move the injured faster in future wars, or care for them much longer on the battlefield.

USS Gerald R. Ford
Navy

How much of a threat are Chinese hypersonic missiles to US Navy ships and sailors?

Hypersonic missiles fly at least five times the speed of sound and can change course in flight, posing a challenge to defense systems on U.S. Navy ships.

Pentagon Rundown
The Pentagon Rundown

US war against the Houthis grinds on. Tell me how this ends.

The U.S. military resumed attacks on Houthi rebels in Yemen on March 15. So far, the Houthis are still fighting back..

Marines killed
Marine Corps

Two Marines killed in crash while on southern border duty identified

Marine Lance Cpl. Albert A. Aguilera and Lance Cpl. Marcelino M. Gamino were assigned to the 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division.

The Navy may revive this forgotten Alaskan base that sits halfway to Russia 
Navy

The Navy may revive this forgotten Alaskan base that sits halfway to Russia 

Three military leaders have expressed interest in reviving a World War II-era military base on Adak Island as part of the U.S. Arctic Strategy.

{filenamebase) WASHINGTON (Sept. 16, 2011) Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) the Honorable Ray Mabus speaks at a ceremony recognizing Medal of Honor recipient U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Dakota Meyer in an induction ceremony at the Hall of Heroes in the Pentagon. Sgt. Meyer received this award for his brave actions in Afghanistan on Sept. 8, 2010 when he left his safe post and coming under enemy fire continuously ove the courese of six hours to recover the fallen and provide aid to wounded Afghan and U.S. service members. Sgt. Meyer saved 13 U.S. Marines and Soldiers and 23 Afghans. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Kevin S. O'Brien/Released)
Marine Corps

Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer reenlists in Marine Reserve

Marine Sgt. Dakota Meyer is joining the Marine Corps Reserve after leaving active duty in 2010. He was awarded the Medal of Honor the following year.

Air Force pilots 'step' to an A-10 for a flight with the Airus device, a new system designed to let pilots — particularly women — relieve themselves safely and easily during flight.
Air Force

Air Force pilots get a new way to pee at 30,000 feet

The new system came from a private/public innovation challenge aimed at women who fly jets and say they often won't drink water for hours to avoid the 'mess' of traditional relief systems.

‘The Mandalorian’ was actually about a burned-out NCO trying to get his kid to daycare
Entertainment

‘The Mandalorian’ was actually about a burned-out NCO trying to get his kid to daycare

He wasn't picked because he was the best. He was picked because he was available. Strip away the blasters, and “The Mandalorian” is about a guy who just wants to hand this kid off to someone more qualified.

Navy SEALs move out of a courtyard in the movie 'Warfare,' aiming guns high to cover all points of contact as they move out of a courtyard through a gate.
Entertainment

How the memory of a single Iraq War battle led to ‘Warfare’

The director talks about the new film that recreates a SEAL team's single firefight in Ramadi in 2006. Filmed in near-real-time style, "Warfare" is being lauded by veterans of the war as the closest vision of reality yet filmed.

s Russia’s military truly crippled, or does its “quantity over quality” approach to manning and equipment suggest it can keep going?
Video

Russia continues to throw troops into a meat grinder in Ukraine

As the old adage goes, “Russia is never as strong as she looks nor as weak as she appears."

Command Chief Master Sergeant Anthony Green was fired Monday as the top enlisted leader of Air Force Special Operations Command for a 'loss of confidence.'
Air Force

Top enlisted leader of Air Force Special Operations Command fired amid investigation

Command Chief Master Sgt. Anthony Green was fired as the top enlisted leader of Air Force Special Operations Command for a "loss in confidence."

Rich McCormick, now a Republican member of Congress from Georgia, appeared in the “Chess” Marine recruiting ad from the 1990s.
Culture

The Marine in one of the most famous recruiting commercials is now in Congress

Rep. Rich McCormick was a young lieutenant when he was cast in the Marine recruiting ad “Chess.”

Bradley Fighting Vehicle
Army

The Russians captured a US Bradley, and now they really want their own

After examining a U.S.-made Bradley in Ukraine, Russian officials found it has a better main gun and better protection for its crew than Russian armored personnel carriers.