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Capt. Mathew Loe was removed from his post for a “loss of confidence in his ability to command.”

The Air Guard-wide “summer surge incentive” is aimed at both retaining airmen and recruiting from active duty.

Don’t discount military service as an educational tool.

The command that oversees U.S. special operators expects the Flyweight Assault Machine Gun to begin field testing in 2028, a spokesperson said.

Homelessness advocates say providing small resources like phones and rides can solve major barriers to housing.

Both sailors and Marines with medical waivers for facial hair grooming standards will be counseled after six continuous months of treatment.

The identity of special operations troops could soon get the same legal protections as spies and other intelligence agents.

The Air Force’s small arms budget is focused on “older and higher priority weapons,” a service spokesperson said.

If fielded, the Enduring High Energy Laser would protect bases from drones.

Soldiers will only be able to make “confidential” reports and the Army will aim for more mediation and facilitation instead of full-blown investigations.

"Due to high employee turnover and staffing shortages, the meal service was sub-optimal for 4th Infantry Division soldiers," an Army colonel wrote to a member of Congress.

Signals intelligence, or SIGINT, is one of the hardest jobs in the Air Force to qualify for. A perfect score in the training course is unprecedented, officials said.

The future Navy destroyer honors William Charette, who as a Navy corpsman risked his own safety to protect Marines during brutal combat.

Cmdr. Joseph Sammur led the submarine’s Blue Crew since August 2025.

The M1A2 Abrams isn’t a water-type Pokémon but the thought counts.

A new Government Accountability Office report found “performance challenges” in the program to keep the aging bomber in service through 2050.

Soldiers who completed the jungle school in Panama or Hawaii or Jungle Operations Training Center at Fort Sherman in the 1990s are retroactively eligible.

The new Cessation or Reduction of Alcohol Consumption in Veterans trial, or “CRAVE trial,” will see if the popular weight loss drug can curb alcohol use.

A Marine Corps F-35B was involved with a Class A mishap in California on Friday. The pilot has been recovered.

The Army has overhauled its aviation corps over the last year, cutting thousands of aviation jobs, including junior pilots.