Here's a look at the most popular stories this week on Military.com:
Super SEALs: Elite Units Pursue Brain-Stimulating Technologies
At a conference near Washington, D.C., in February, the commander of all Navy special operations units made an unusual request to industry: Develop and demonstrate technologies that offer "cognitive enhancement" capabilities to boost his elite forces' mental and physical performance.
By Hope Hodge Seck | Read more
Noted Air Force Command Chief Master Sergeant Faces 15 UCMJ Charges
Former 12th Air Force Command Chief Master Sgt. Jose A. Barraza was charged Thursday with 15 violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, according to an Air Force statement.
By Tara Copp | Read more
Army Approves New Award Devices for Combat
The Defense Department is adding two new award devices -- a C device for personnel who distinguish themselves under combat conditions and an R device for service members such as drone pilot who "remotely, but directly, contributed to a combat operation," according to the chief of the Army awards branch.
By Matthew Cox | Read more
Popular in Army
- Army Shows Off Its Lightest Combat Helmet Ever
- Parents: Green Beret Son Was Murdered in Crime Complicated by Politics
Popular in Navy
- Navy Instructor Pilots Refusing to Fly Over Safety Concerns
- Navy SEAL Loses Rank, Gets Jail Time for Assaulting Ex
Popular in Air Force
- Group Files IG Complaint Over Blog on Incoming Academy Commandant
- Air National Guard F-16 Crashes Near Washington, DC
Popular in Marine Corps
- Marines to Offer Retention Bonuses for F-35, V-22, F-18 Pilots
- Marines Killed in Chattanooga Shooting to Receive Heroism Medal
Popular in Gear and Equipment
- These 'Swimming Bullets' Can Obliterate a Target Underwater
- Marines Testing Polymer Solutions to Cut Ammo Weight
Popular in Technology
- These Foreign Tanks Now Match the M1 Abrams, US General Says
- In Innovation Push, Navy Brass Look to Repurpose Seabasing Vessels
Popular in Procurement
- Boeing Ramps Up Bomb Production as Stockpiles Decrease
- Future V-22 Weapons May Range from Lasers to Sonic Waves
Popular in Entertainment
Popular in Spouse
- 10 School Tips for Military Families With Gifted Children
- 5 Things This Military Mom Learned As a Military Kid
Popular in Other
- Dentists Warn New Tricare Rates Will Cause Drop in Providers
- Coast Guard to Congress: Don't Move Us to Pentagon
-- Justin Sloan can be reached at Justin.Sloan@monster.com. Follow him on Twitter at @JustinMSloan.
![](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2024-11/1time%20cher%20uss%20missouri%201200.jpg?itok=qi9yyMAM "Cher's more formal look in her 1989 music video, "If I Could Turn Back Time," filmed aboard the battleship USS Missouri. (Criteron Studios)")
