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A California National Guard pilot describes how flyers perform a firefighting mission in the battle against Los Angeles’ raging fires.

A report on military compensation found that average pay across the enlisted and officer corps “continues to compare well” relative to the salaries of civilians with similar education and experience.

Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric Smith said that plans to move 4,000 Marines from Okinawa to Guam will put those forces far from where they are needed.

Maj. Michael Stockin, a doctor at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, had pleaded guilty last week to abusing patients under the guise of medical exams.

"We don’t have beards, and you knew that coming in,” said Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric Smith.

Democratic senators pressed Pete Hegseth on whether his past experience with veterans service groups qualified him to lead the Defense Department.

Dr. Frank Butler, a retired Navy SEAL doctor, was honored at the White House for his contributions to modern combat casualty care, which include standardizing tourniquet use across the military.

The two not-so-great Humvees have been recovered intact with nothing missing, but the up-armored variant stolen from an Army Reserve Center is still missing.

The 101st Combat Aviation Brigade has honed its ability to move a brigade-sized element via helicopter onto a target over 500 nautical miles in one night. 

The Navy will name two future Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers for former presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton.

How Rudyard Kipling’s “Boots” became a tool to build psychological fortitude.

The Navy's new amphibious transport dock ship will honor a fallen Marine, while two surveillance ships pay tribute to deep sea explorers.

U.S. Northern Command suspended the base-access program in the wake of the terror attacks in Las Vegas and New Orleans.

This is not the first time Humvees have been stolen in California.

The Air Force is launching a review that will look at dress and appearance standards and policies.

Pete Hegseth’s confirmation for Defense Secretary is next week, the Army still can’t figure out social media, and President-elect Donald Trump really wants more states in the U.S.

Following a fierce tank battle, a WW II tanker managed to bamboozle both Italian and German troops into surrendering to a utensil.

A survey of soldiers at Fort Liberty found that about one in four troops used nicotine pouches, a versus just 3% of all American adults.

Despite the Army's insistence that soldiers should bring issues to their chain of command, rank-and-file troops are heading online to resolve problems when their unit leaders can't, or won't.