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The singer, actor and scholar served for several years in the Army, earning a Ranger tab before pursuing a celebrated career in music.

The Army’s Special Warfare Center & School quietly dropped this new, ominous clip online, showcasing how it’s viewing multidimensional and complex conflict.

The previously undisclosed airstrikes in Syria killed 37 total fighters.

Nearly 5,000 National Guard personnel are active in several states with search and rescue efforts after the storm left a path of destruction.

U.S. officials could not say how many troops currently in Iraq would leave the country under a new bilateral security agreement.

The photo, captured by a Coast Guard rescue swimmer's helmet cam, perfectly captures a dramatic rescue in Hurricane Helene.

After an on-base investigation, "the findings warranted the removal" of Chief Master Sgt. Michael Venning as Keesler's top enlisted leader, officials said.

The Army met its goal to recruit 55,000 soldiers in fiscal year 2024 with recruits averaging 22 years old and others going through a prep course for academic and fitness help.

In the name of Esprit de Coors - err, Corps — these Vietnam helicopter crews remembered home by painting their Huey's rocket pods to resemble their favorite beers. 

The Air Force’s new PT uniform is expected to be available at Army & Air Force Exchange Service stores in the continental US starting in November.

Marine Staff Sgt. Brett Meil used his body to protect a fellow Marine from a grenade explosion.

The Army hopes the new simulators will improve medic training after data from Iraq and Afghanistan showed women were dying at higher rates from combat injuries due to medic's hesitation.

The new shooting standards begin at 500 yards and drop to 25, with less time between shots.

The family of a Black Army medic who saved hundreds was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. His family believes he deserves the Medal of Honor. 

Jeffrey Smith was awarded $3.3 million in damages by a federal judge after he struck an Army Black Hawk helicopter while driving on his snowmobile.

"It's really just to ensure that everyone has a piece of paper that outlines everything that they had done in the military for their certifications and training so that they can then provide that to a future employer."

The bill would compensate women who were involuntarily separated from the military between 1951 and 1976 under a Presidential order that allowed it.

The funds will go towards congressionally directed research on topics disproportionately impacting women.

The Marine Corps met 114% of its retention goal for enlisted first-term Marines.

On Sept. 21, 1956, one naval aviator went so fast that he ended up flying into his own gunfire.