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In the past year, roughly 4,000 soldiers took part in the program, which keeps experienced troops in one place during high school years.

“We see this proposed cut as another way to try to get after something that some people think is rated too high,” one veterans advocate said.

A 2025 accident was the fourth time since 2022 that a design flaw known as “nozzle binding” in the Air Force’s newest, high tech tanker played a role in a refueling accident.

The service has commissioned another batch of tech executives who will be joining the service as lieutenant colonels in the Army Reserve.

“Initial indications are that the crash was not survivable,” the 412th Test Wing said in an afternoon update on the incident.

Thousands of sailors on several Navy warships have deployed in the last 18 months as part of the mission at the southern U.S. border.

“Every day I got one step closer to being that better version of myself.”

The HIRAIN exercise, part of joint National Guard and active-duty Army drills, saw members of the Guard quickly fly in in the weapon, fire it and escape.

President Donald Trump said he authorized “the immediate removal of the United States Naval blockade” as Iran and Pakistan confirmed the deal.

Contract documents show the Navy plans to fly P-8 Poseidon reconnaissance planes from the island for several months this year.

The pilot, from Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, safely ejected.

Africa Command sent medical, communications and security personnel to Lakipia Air Base in Nanyuki, but the troops will not provide frontline health care.

The plan calls for restationing a carrier strike group as well as moving F-15s and F-16s, according to a report.

The attack on Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores is the apparent first American operation inside the country since the capture of Maduro in January.

Daily lines outside the McGregor Range Complex’s dining facility are so long that some soldiers said they have missed meals while waiting.

Soldiers said the headsets caused neck strains and headaches during use in the field. The Army spent close to $2 billion on the systems, which will be put in storage.