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Memorial tattoos.

How military families remember the fallen with tattoos

Posted on Dec 3, 2025

U.S. Air Force members assigned to March Air Reserve Base in Calif., complete a new course of fire qualification for the M18 SIG, April 12, 2024. The enhanced 9mm caliber pistol is a lighter polymer pistol, with a more uniform trigger pull accommodating various hand sizes thereby improving shooter lethality within our diverse force. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph Pagan)

Airman arrested for death that prompted Air Force-wide safety review of Sig M18

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on Aug 8, 2025

Sig Sauer pushes back on criticisms over safety of M17 and M18 pistols

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 30, 2025

Air Force M18 pistol

Sig Sauer pistol still in wide use across military after airman’s death

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jul 29, 2025

Marine with folded flag

Marine veteran’s body was hidden in a closet for eight months

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 26, 2025

Air Force M18 pistol

Air Force Global Strike Command suspends use of M18 pistol after airman’s death

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 23, 2025

West Coast-based Naval Special Warfare (NSW) operators transit and clear a passageway aboard amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25) during nighttime visit, board, search and seizure training while underway in the Pacific Ocean, June 10. NSW provides maritime special operations force capabilities to enable Joint Force lethality and survivability inside denied and contested areas. Somerset is currently underway conducting routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Evan Diaz)

Former Navy SEAL accused of being part of CIA plot freed from Venezuela

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on Jul 22, 2025

Medical Marijuana For Veterans

Legislation would allow VA doctors to talk to veteran patients about medicinal cannabis

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 10, 2025

An investigation into the death of Army Spc. Matthew Perez cited numerous failures in safety procedures leading up to his fatal parachute jump during a training exercise.

A breakdown of safety procedures ‘directly contributed’ to an 82nd Airborne paratrooper’s death

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 1, 2025

Marine AV-8B Harrier

‘War Thunder’ continues to live up to its reputation for OPSEC violations

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jun 24, 2025

Sgt. Aaron Cox with the 101st Airborne stands in full dress uniform.

101st Airborne soldier dies in training accident in Hungary

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jun 7, 2025

Army Pvt. Gabriel Perez

Army identifies soldier who died during basic training at Fort Jackson

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on May 9, 2025

Kevyn Major Howard from the Vietnam War movie Full Metal Jacket

Remembering Full Metal Jacket’s Rafterman, and the actor who brought him to life

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 18, 2025

Hegseth indicates that Fort Bragg will not be the last base to be renamed

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 11, 2025

U.S. Marines with 1st Marine Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, await transport with an ultra-light tactical vehicle, during Marine Air-Ground Task Force Distributed Exercise (MDMX) at the Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Feb. 10, 2024. The Marines with 1st Recon began MDMX by conducting a tactical night insertion into an austere environment. MDMX is a maneuver exercise that incorporates ground, air, and logistics operations over several days. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Sean Potter)

$571 million in VA spending on suicide prevention isn’t working, vets groups say

By Patty Nieberg, Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 10, 2025

Pentagon Rundown

The Pentagon Rundown

Trump nixes Gaza deployments, but Forever Wars continue

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 7, 2025