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Punk rockers and activist band Dropkick Murphys will play at a Washington D.C. rally amid dozens, and perhap hundreds, of gatherings nationally to protest cuts to VA staffing.

Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Carlos A. Ruiz dropped in on a graduation ceremony to check on Cpl. Andrew Hundley, a cyberspace warfare operator and subject of an infamous Corps-wide Reply-All storm.

Sailors facing mandatory separation for gender dysphoria with as few as 15 years of service can now apply for retirement benefits, matching policies in the Air Force and Army.

Defense officials are considering diverting money to maintain Army facilities to fund operations on the southern border, but no decision has been made.

Derrick Anderson led a team in Afghanistan that was involved in a friendly fire incident. A public investigation found he was one of several who shared blame. A second inquiry cited technical issues.

The Secretary of the Army credited a "focus on a return to warfighting" for the wave of new soldiers.

Soldiers with the 10th Mountain Division are tracking drone threats using the same kinds of radar systems sent to Ukraine to track, target and help kill Russian drones and missiles.

Expansion of veteran health conditions related to PFAS exposure on military bases has been gaining more attention in Congress.

Ukraine’s surprise drone attack on Russian airfields illustrates the threat posed to U.S. bases and troops by short-range off-the-shelf drones, especially against a patient adversary.

The Navy may rename the USNS Harvey Milk, named for the 1970s gay civil rights activist, on orders from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

The "Spotlight" campaign, released in May, is aimed at recruits for the Navy's six special operations jobs, including SEALs and EOD. Unlike past campaigns, the sailors are all at sea.

An exercise using drones to bring blood supplies closer to combat found that the machines could be the difference between "someone dying and someone not.”

The closure of 1st Information Operations Command occurred as the Army disperses cyber and information warfare assets across the force.

The carrier’s extended deployment saw it take part in pitched battles in the Red Sea, drop tons of bombs on Somalia and lose three fighter jets.

American forces have increased the number of airstrikes on ISIS and al-Shabab fighters this year, in support of Somali military operations.

The cutter and its helicopter crew pushed through storms to capture drugs being smuggled to relay points in the eastern Pacific.

The IG found errors in an automatic calculator that may have been used as far back as 2017 to determine veterans monthly disability checks.

The Army Criminal Investigation Division is seeking “credible information” about who is responsible for the death of 1st Lt. Marciano Parisano.

The Pentagon has told the military services to come up with plans to reduce how often troops and their families have to move.

Ambushed in Vietnam, retired Marine Maj. James Capers Jr. led a small team of Force Reconnaissance Marines despite suffering from bullet and shrapnel wounds. For the third time, there's a bill to see him awarded the Medal of Honor.