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A Paratrooper playing the Opposing Force assigned to 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, receives a drone during Devil Avalanche, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, July 22, 2025. Devil Avalanche is a field training exercise where Paratroopers train to operate in periods of darkness, build proficiency on key weapon systems, and sustain the force throughout the exercise. (U.S. Army B-Roll package by Sgt. Dominick Smith)

Army plans to host new commercial data centers on at least 4 bases

By Patty Nieberg

Posted Yesterday

M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) conduct live-fire missions during Operation Epic Fury in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Army Photo)

Army lets soldiers deployed for Operation Epic Fury reenlist two years early

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Apr 6, 2026

Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George answers questions from members of the Senate Armed Services Committee during his confirmation hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., July 12, 2023. George was nominated to become the next Army Chief of Staff by President Joseph R. Biden. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. David Resnick)

Hegseth asks top Army officer to step down

By Jeff Schogol, Patty Nieberg

Posted on Apr 2, 2026

Paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division march in a Division Review at Pike Field, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, May 22, 2025, marking the end of All American Week. AAW 2025 is a dynamic celebration of the 82nd Airborne Division’s unwavering identity: “We’re All American and Proud to Be.” It honors the sacrifice, courage, and legacy of our Paratroopers, past and present, and the enduring strength of America’s Guard of Honor. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jayreliz Batista Prado)

82nd Airborne Division cancels All American Week amid Iran war deployments

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Apr 2, 2026

USA; Southwest; New Mexico,White Sands Missile Range Museum

Army ‘pauses’ plan to close more than 20 base museums

Posted on Apr 2, 2026

Army officials said they have opened an investigation into the flight of two AH-64 attack helicopters that buzzed a Nashville, Tennessee-area home with Kid Rock.

Apache crews who buzzed Kid Rock’s home won’t be punished, Hegseth says

By Jeff Schogol, Matt White

Updated on Mar 31, 2026

U.S. Army Spc. Jake Amato, an MK48 machine gunner assigned to Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team, patrols through a field looking for triggermen in the Alisheng district, Laghman province, Afghanistan, on Sept. 12, 2011. (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Crane, U.S. Army. )

Hegseth says US won’t rule out deploying ‘boots on the ground’ for Iran war

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 31, 2026

U.S. Army Soldiers with 2nd Squadron, 106th Cavalry Regiment and Task Force Bayonet, currently deployed throughout the Horn of Africa, received a combat patch during a battlefield circulation, June 20 – Sept. 11, 2020. Patching is a custom reserved for those serving in a combat zone and Soldiers from the eight elements that comprise the task force were awarded their patches over the span of three weeks. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Sirrina Martinez)

Army approves combat patches for soldiers in Iran war zone

By Patty Nieberg, Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Mar 30, 2026

U.S. Army Recruits and Soldiers with the New Jersey National Guard’s Recruit Sustainment Program conduct the weekend drill at the National Guard Training Center in Sea Girt, N.J., March 5, 2026. The Recruit Sustainment Program is a program of the United States Army National Guard designed to introduce new recruits to the fundamentals of the U.S. Army before they leave for Basic Combat Training and Advanced Individual Training. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Seth Cohen)

Army raises enlistment age to 42, eases marijuana restrictions

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Mar 24, 2026

A trainee from C Company, 2nd Battalion, 58th Infantry Regiment, 198th Infantry Brigade low crawls through an obstacle the Sand Hill Obstacle Course March 4, 2024 on Sand Hill. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Stephanie Snyder)

Soldiers must now get approval from supervisors for tuition assistance

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 24, 2026

Body image: The U.S. Army officially received a groundbreaking H-60Mx Black Hawk helicopter, extensively modified to fly with or without a pilot at the controls. (Photo courtesy Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company) (Photo Credit: Courtesy)

Army receives a new Black Hawk helicopter, pilot optional

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Mar 22, 2026

An AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter assigned to 1st Attack Battalion, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR), takes off for a routine mission, July 15, 2024 at Erbil Air Base, Iraq. Army aviation assets are used to support CJTF-OIR’s mission to advise, assist, and enable partner forces to ensure the enduring defeat of ISIS. (U.S. Army Photo by Joseph Kumzak)

US Apache helicopters attack Iranian militias in Iraq, Chairman of Joint Chiefs says

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 19, 2026

Brig. Gen. Todd Traver, deputy commanding general of the 807th Theater Medical Command, presents the Purple Heart to retired U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. 1st Class Christina Larson during her retirement ceremony at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, Feb. 20, 2026. Larson received the award for wounds sustained during a 2015 deployment to Afghanistan. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Mikayla Fritz)

Army reservist receives Purple Heart as she retires, a decade after combat

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Mar 19, 2026

The Army has another new rifle, the XM8 carbine

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 18, 2026

Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert Marzan was killed in a March 1 Iranian drone attack in Kuwait. Dozens of soldiers from his Iowa-based unit are scrambling to arrange travel to his funeral in California.

Soldiers remember a leader killed in Kuwait as ‘surrogate dad’

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 17, 2026

M111 Offensive Hand Grenade

Why the Army’s new M111 grenade uses blast overpressure instead of fragmentation

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 12, 2026