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Stolen Humvees
Army

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.
Historical Figures

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)
Army

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.
News

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.

The Air Force returned the 'gig line' — a straight alignment of shirt, belt and fly — to it's official uniform regulation.
Culture

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.
News

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.
Africa

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
Army

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.
Army

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
News

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.
News

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
Army

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.
The Pentagon Rundown

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)
United States

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.

Ranger Pfc. Robert Bryant was killed in action during intense fighting in Italy during World War II.
News

Soldier from legendary ‘Darby’s Rangers’ recovered after 81 years

“I will never leave a fallen comrade,” states the Ranger Creed.

UNITED STATES - JANUARY 30: Daniel Driscoll, left, President Donald Trump's nominee to be secretary of the Army, talks with Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., during his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing in Dirksen building on Thursday, January 30, 2025. Driscoll was introduced by Mullin and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Army

Senators grilled Army secretary nominee for 2 hours. Quality-of-life issues barely came up.

The nominee for Army secretary faced questions about the defense industrial base, politicization of the military and new technology but quality-of-life issues among the rank-and-file got little attention.

army helicopters
Army

No survivors expected after Army Black Hawk helicopter and passenger plane collide in DC

The UH-60 Black Hawk was on a training flight when the crash happened.

Guantanamo Bay could hold 30,000 migrants in Trump deportation plans
Middle East

Guantanamo Bay could hold 30,000 migrants in Trump deportation plans

President Donald Trump directed the Department of Defense to ready facilities at the base used for over two decades to house and prosecute terrorism suspects.

Contractors with JMJ Construction of New Lisbon, Wis., along with support from Heritage Movers of Blue River, Wis., move a World War II-era building in the 1600 block on the cantonment area Feb. 24, 2023, at Fort McCoy, Wis. The contractors are relocating and repairing four barracks buildings that are currently located in the 1600 block to alternate locations in the 1700 and 1800 blocks, according to the Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works. The plan is to relocate the buildings to the new locations before the ground thaws, then lift them onto the new foundations and complete the remaining work by summer 2023. This was the first time in Fort McCoy's history a barracks building was moved like this. (U.S. Army Photo by Greg Mason)
World War II

The Army is moving WWII-era barracks across a base to house visiting troops

New barracks cost millions, so to save money the Army is moving five 83-year-old barracks buildings across a Wisconsin base.

Brig. Gen. Erik Quigley fired
Air Force

Air Force one-star general fired for ‘inappropriate personal relationships’

Air Force Brig. Gen. Erik Quigley was fired on Tuesday after an internal investigation revealed he had “inappropriate personal relationships.”