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U.S. Airmen use a new tool to breach a SCIF door.
Air Force

This Air Force security team can breach an ‘impenetrable’ SCIF in one minute

The breaching tool created by the Air Force and a small business was developed in case of an emergency inside one of the secure rooms.

A new measure from federal lawmakers would create a drone corps as a formal branch of the Army. But Army leaders don’t agree.
Army

Congress wants an Army drone corps but Army leaders aren’t interested

A new proposal would force the Army to treat drone training and operations like artillery and intelligence. But Army leaders want flexibility for field units.

Marine Corps privates JuliMarie Winston and Jamil Winston Jr. attended boot camp at Marine Recruit Training Depot Parris Island at the same time.
Marine Corps

Married Marines graduate from Parris Island boot camp together

Marine Corps privates JuliMarie Winston and Jamil Winston Jr. attended boot camp at Marine Recruit Training Depot Parris Island at the same time.

Brig. Gen. Michael Conley
Air Force

Air Force general will jump from one to three stars to lead air commandos

This is not the first time an Air Force one-star general has been nominated for a third star.

Pfc. Katia Duenas-Aguilar
Army

Fort Campbell soldier’s death under investigation as homicide

The Army and the Clarksville Police Department are investigating her death.

11th Airborne soldier killed, another injured, in car accident
Army

11th Airborne soldier killed, another injured, in car accident

Pfc. Cierra Nglias Truce died as a passenger in the single-car crash.

Wounded Warrior Project
News

Wounded Warrior Project is being sued for discrimination

A Wounded Warrior Project spokesman said it takes all claims seriously but does not comment on personnel issues.

USS Carney had ‘seconds’ to respond to anti-ship ballistic missiles
Navy

USS Carney had ‘seconds’ to respond to anti-ship ballistic missiles

The USS Carney engaged Houthi-launched weapons targeting commercial ships in the Red Sea 51 times.

18th Airborne Corps orders soldiers on staff duty to get some sleep
Active Duty

18th Airborne Corps orders soldiers on staff duty to get some sleep

Soldiers on staff duty now have to count sheep and get four hours of sleep.

Nigerien Air Base 201
Africa

US troops to fully leave Niger by mid-September

The Department of Defense has already started withdrawing personnel from Niger.

Bud Anderson, the last World War II ‘triple ace,’ dies at 102
World War II

Bud Anderson, the last World War II ‘triple ace,’ dies at 102

Anderson shot down 16 German planes in World War II, flew bombing missions in Vietnam and served as a test pilot alongside Chuck Yeager.

US soldier in South Korea pronounced dead after being found unresponsive
Army

US soldier in South Korea pronounced dead after being found unresponsive

Spc. Jaggert Oakes was found unresponsive in his barracks at Camp Humphreys on Wednesday. He was 22.

10th Mountain Division gets three new aces for drone kills
Army

10th Mountain Division gets three new aces for drone kills

The three artillery soldiers took out more than two dozen attack drones fired at their base.

Distinguished Flying Cross
Air Force

Air commandos posthumously awarded Distinguished Flying Crosses for CV-22B crash

The actions of Voas and Lackey undoubtedly saved the lives of 16 people aboard the Osprey, their citations said.

Marines firing the Carl Gustaf 84 mm recoilless rifle.
Military Life

Boom! A brief history of the 84mm Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle

“You want violence of action, shoot a Gustaf at some mother f*ckers”

coast guard
Coast Guard

Video shows Coast Guard setting cocaine-smuggling vessel on fire

The 2022 operation in the Caribbean Sea ended in a seizure of 604 kilograms of cocaine.

Daniel Perry
Army

Texas governor pardons Army veteran convicted of killing protester

Daniel Perry served in the Army from January 2012 until March 19, 2024.

marine vietnam war
Marine Corps

First Black Marine officer to lead an infantry company into combat dies

Jerome Gary Cooper worked hard to get deployed to Vietnam and lead an infantry company

CW3 Morgan Brady
Culture

We found your chief! Warrant officer represents Team USA for BMX Racing

She’s a mom, nationally ranked BMX racer, and a Chief Warrant Officer 3.

Marine Corps
News

Pentagon says sexual assaults on troops declined for first time in a decade

Incidents of sexual assaults among service members are down but reporting of those incidents is up, a Pentagon report found.