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A survey of soldiers at Fort Liberty found that about one in four troops used nicotine pouches, a versus just 3% of all American adults.

Despite the Army's insistence that soldiers should bring issues to their chain of command, rank-and-file troops are heading online to resolve problems when their unit leaders can't, or won't.

The Army wants to model its next generation of chow halls on college campus cafeterias. They may even have delivery services.

1st Battalion, 4th Marines will hold a ceremony on Jan. 10 to mark the unit’s redesignation as the 12th Littoral Combat Team.

With just a bamboo stick, a bayonet and a revolver, this tunnel rat went into the unknown every time he entered a Viet Cong tunnel system, knowing death could be around the corner. 

A fuel tank, dropped from an F-16 out of Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, landed in the city of Niceville. No one was injured and the incident is under investigation.

Maj. Michael Stockin, an anesthesiologist at Joint Base Lewis-McChord pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges of sexual misconduct while treating patients.

Medal of Honor recipient Navy Lt. Robert Kerrey led SEAL teams in Vietnam and was later elected governor of Nebraska and then to the U.S. senate for a dozen years.

A-10s took part in U.S. airstrikes in Iraq, helping ground forces eliminate ISIS fighters in a cave.

The two soldiers believed to be behind the New Orleans and Las Vegas attacks were assigned to North Carolina and Afghanistan at the same time, the Army confirmed, contradicting previous law enforcement statements.

From August to December 2024, Marine recruits in San Diego had dress blue coats and covers photoshopped onto their yearbook pictures.

The Distinguished Service Cross was established as the nation’s second-highest valor award, but its 20,000 recipients are often forgotten in history.

Veterans who served multiple enlistments can now get as much as 48 months of educational support from two GI bills.

Several Humvee doors have inexplicably gone missing at Fort Liberty. Now Army investigators are hoping a large reward can uncover them.

U.S. Northern Command suspended the Trusted Traveler Program for all bases in its area of responsibility and ordered 100% identification checks.

The FBI said that Master Sgt. Matthew Livelsberger wrote in a letter: "I needed to cleanse my mind of the brothers I've lost and relieve myself of the burden of the lives I took.”

Denis Leary has long studied Gen. Patton and wanted to bring a comedic twist to the veteran’s “sort of vanity,” “ego,” and “that sort of self-importance” as a reference point.

Investigators suspect that an Army veteran drove a pickup truck into a crowd in New Orleans. Separately, a Green Beret is the suspect in a truck explosion in Las Vegas.

Army Pfc. Kenneth J. David and Capt. Hugh R. Nelson Jr. will receive the Medal of Honor. Nelson’s award will be posthumous.

Five Korean War veterans, including Gen. Richard E. Cavazos will be awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously Jan. 3, 2025.