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Trump takes credit for Army recruiting surge, but it started a year ago

The White House said a hot streak in new recruits was a response to President Donald Trump's election, but the Army has been making recruiting gains since last year.

Rangers assigned to 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment engage their targets during a platoon live fire exercise at Fort Moore, Georgia. on Oct. 21, 2024.
Culture

Here’s what the Army’s 75th Ranger Regiment looks for in candidates

“You can sit there and judge, day one, on who you think will or won't make it, but you're going to be surprised every time.”

240711-A-HZ000-1123 Soldiers assigned to 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) reset after an ambush practice exercise on Fort Liberty, North Carolina, July 11, 2024. This training was conducted to increase team cohesion and enhance lethality for support personnel within 3rd Group, and to prepare Soldiers for real world missions. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Benjamin D. Castro)
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After kicking six different medications, this veteran now studies ‘overmedication’ in VA care

Congress wants to know if “overmedication” of prescription drugs by VA doctors has been a factor in veteran suicides.

Doug Collins
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The new secretary of Veterans Affairs is an Air Force chaplain and Iraq War veteran

Doug Collins was confirmed on Tuesday as the next secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs. He served in the Navy in the 1990s before joining the Air Force after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.

The Army's new gym for Special Forces students and other soldiers in special operations pipelines features 100 workout stations, 30,000 pounds of free weights and a digital shooting range.
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This new Army special ops fitness center is decked out like a pro sports gym

The Human Performance & Force Generation Training Center, or HP Forge, at Fort Liberty cost $43 million, includes 100 workout stations and a digital shooting range. But it's just for special ops students.

Stolen Humvees
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Police arrest man for allegedly stealing 3 Humvees from Army Reserve Center

Police arrested Alfredo Reyes Jr., 40, who lives in the city of Orange, California, for the Jan. 8 theft of three Humvees from an Army Reserve Center.

Tuskegee Airman, Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr. celebrating his 100th birthday.
History

Tuskegee airman who notched three air-to-air victories in one day dies at 100

Harry Stewart Jr. recorded three air-to-air victories in one day as a World War II Tuskegee Airman and won the first-ever 'Top Gun' contest for military pilots.

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division board a C-130 Hercules on Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina, Feb. 1, 2025. The Marines are deploying in support of the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security mission to expand the Migrant Operations Center at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexandria Serrano)
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Marines, soldiers arrive at Guantanamo Bay for migrant ‘holding operations’

Approximately 500 Marines have been approved to mobilize to Guantanamo Bay and roughly 500 soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division have been directed to mobilize to Texas to support operations on the southern border.

Two of the last six Navy basic training honor graduates who attended the Future Sailor Prep Course.
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The Navy’s Future Sailor Prep Course was aimed at marginal recruits. It’s producing honor grads.

The Navy’s year-old prep course for recruits who fall below boot camp standards has seen over 90% of its graduates eventually pass boot camp, including six honor grads in six months.

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The Air Force returned the 'gig line' — a straight alignment of shirt, belt and fly — to it's official uniform regulation.
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The ‘gig line’ is back in the Air Force even if you didn’t know it ever left

The Air Force removed the definition of a “gig line” from its dress and appearance instruction in 2011. Now, it’s back. Officially.

A hospital campus with fall foliage.
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Flooding damages multiple buildings at Walter Reed

The military hospital has moved some surgeries to other facilities and rescheduled or deferred more than 200 patient visits.

A fighter jet takes off down the runway of an aircraft carrier.
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US carries out multiple airstrikes on ISIS in Somalia

The operation in northern Somalia are the largest declared military operation so far in Trump's second term.

Army Capt. Rebecca Lobach
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Army Black Hawk pilot killed in mid-air collision remembered as a ‘volunteer patriot’

Army Capt. Rebecca Lobach, 28, was in the top 20% of all ROTC cadets nationwide in her class and then served as an aviation officer from 2019 to 2025. She was assigned to the 12th Aviation Battalion.

Two soldiers in a composite image. On the left a man smiles in uniform. On the right a woman stands with a camouflage uniform and hat.
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3rd Infantry Division identifies two soldiers killed in training accident

Spc. Jacob Mullen, 25, and Staff Sgt. Shelbe Butner, 28, died in a vehicle rollover at Fort Stewart on Thursday night.

Pentagon
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Pentagon cancels Black History Month hours before it starts

"Identity Months Dead at DoD,” reads the Jan. 31 Defense Department memo.

Men in dark lacrosse gear celebrate on the field, a packed crowd in the stands behind them.
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Navy SEAL whose workout hospitalized Tufts University students lacked expertise, report says

24 of the participating 61 students developed rhabdomyolysis, with nine being hospitalized for the condition.

Army identifies two of three Black Hawk crew members killed in collision with airliner
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Army identifies two of three Black Hawk crew members killed in collision with airliner

The Army identified two crew members from a mid-air collision over Washington, D.C. Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Loyd Eaves, 39, was a pilot and Staff Sgt. Ryan Austin O’Hara, 28, a crew chief. A second pilot was not identified.

The guided missile destroyer USS Spruance sails in front of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln during a transit of the Singapore Strait, Aug. 15, 2024.
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30,000 migrants to GITMO, drone sightings (re)explained, and more

The military is preparing to hold 30,000 migrants at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and President Donald Trump’s administration grapples with a tragedy in the nation’s capital.

on Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Sept 4, 2012. Promotion formations are held at the beginning of every month to distinguish Marines to be awarded and promoted. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jamean Berry/Released)
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Pentagon will no longer cover costs for troops who travel for abortions

The policy allowed service members and dependents to get abortions in states where the procedure is legal.