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After the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, was put on lockdown, officials confirmed there was no active shooter threat.

“The Marine in question has been relieved of his recruiting duties and the matter is currently under investigation,” a Marine spokesperson said.

An update to Army basic training rules forbids drill instructors from creating "social media content" with new recruits, and changes the rules on PT-based "smoke" - a term frowned upon in the rules.

The ship is currently in the 5th Fleet's area of operations which covers waters in the Middle East.

Lethality?

NASA named an Air Force test pilot, a Space Force officer who was once an ICBM missile officer, and a Marine Corps F/A-18 pilot as crew for a year-long Mars simulation mission.

“Disapproval from fellow Americans can only exacerbate feelings of isolation and low morale for the military deployed,” 11 generals wrote in a recent court filing.

Soldiers who qualify for exemptions but do not meet the Army’s height and weight standards will not be referred to the Army’s Body Composition Program.

Leighton Willhite visited Virginia to see the tank he drove at Iwo Jima, 80 years ago.

A rule that required boots to be 8 inches tall in the heel will now be reduced to 6 inches after airmen found that boots in smaller shoe sizes were often too short.

After twenty years and billions of dollars, littoral combat ships are finally performing mine countermeasures as originally planned.

Air Force special operations commandos practiced seizing airfields in the Caribbean as the Navy amassed ships in the region.

All three suffered “nozzle binding” events when the tanker’s fuel probes got stuck in fighter planes during refueling.

The Army’s 75th Ranger Regiment has been testing whether first-person view drones laden with explosives can penetrate enemy armor.

Pvt. Andrey Okunev died on Friday after being injured on the rifle range. He and his fellow soldiers were slated to graduate next month.

Maj. John "Lucky" Luckadoo flew 25 bombing missions over Europe during the war, surviving some of the most intense air battles of the war. He became an advocate for the 100th Bomb Group's history.

Hanks was set to be honored this month at West Point. The group presenting the award says it's focusing instead on training cadets.

The 300 guardsmen from Georgia are being sent to relieve some of the approximately 2,300 National Guard troops already active in the nation's capital.

The 10 stealth fighters will deploy in the wake of the Navy sending seven ships and a submarine to southern Caribbean waters, where the U.S. bombed a civilian boat this week.

A report by the New York Times details a complex and risky operation in 2019 to spy on North Korea's leader that ended when the SEALs aborted the mission, killing three fishermen who had stumbled across them.