Her Cellphone Vanished in a Lethal Drone Strike. Then Came a ‘Miracle.’ On the night of Jan. 28, 2024, Iranian-backed militants attacked Tower 22. A drone bombed the barracks, killing three Army...
Soldiers Face Tougher Reenlistment Rules as Army Plans Troop Reductions The Army is halting a popular program that allowed soldiers to extend their enlistments in short increments, a shift that...
Request for 20,000 Guardsmen to Help with Immigration Crackdown Under Review, Guard Chief Says The Defense Department is reviewing a request from the Department of Homeland Security for 20,000 National Guardsmen to help...
DHS Asks for 20,000 National Guard Troops for Immigration Roundups, Pentagon Reviewing Request DHS asked for the troops to help carry out President Donald Trump's “mandate from the American people to arrest and deport...
Army National Guard Clearing Yearslong Backlog of Enlistment Bonus Payouts Enlistment bonuses are supposed to be paid out in two installments within 30 days of two milestones: one after a soldier...
Military Takeover Could Extend Miles North of Border, Conservationists Warn The language in an April 11 presidential memo on the military takeover of land at the border “leaves a lot of room for taking...
Virginia National Guard Pilot Wrongly Identified as Involved in DC Midair Collision Sues for Defamation Matt Wallace, an influencer who has more than two million followers on X, posted that Ellis was involved in the collision and...
93-Year-Old Veteran Honors Granddaughter at Army National Guard Officer Graduation When 2nd Lt. Samantha Swiatek graduated Officer Candidate School on Sunday, April 13, her 93-year-old veteran grandfather had...
Shaving Waivers Revoked by Massachusetts Guard in Change Disproportionately Impacting Black Troops The Massachusetts Army National Guard has abruptly rescinded long-standing medical waivers that allowed certain soldiers to...
The Son of an American Legion Founder Led a Guerrilla Campaign of Terror Against the Nazis By today's standards, Eric Fisher Wood Sr. would probably not have joined the National Guard, let alone join two armies to...
Trump Pardons Former Army Officer Convicted of Disobeying COVID-19 Safety Rules President Trump pardoned a former junior Army officer who was found guilty in a 2022 court-martial of violating orders to...
He Was a Sailor. I, a Marine. Our Romance Was Forbidden by Regulation. I was the new “WM”—Woman Marine—on deck, and I felt the weight of all eyes watching me for every right or wrong move I made...
American Military Jeeps Are Rising from the Ashes in Vietnam A company called Van Daryl is rebuilding the Jeeps the American military left behind in Vietnam, and you’ll hardly recognize...
Pentagon Weighs Bigger Army as Service Sees Early Recruiting Success As of Monday, the Army had brought in 59,875 new active-duty enlisted soldiers with a total goal of 61,000 for fiscal 2025...
Space Command Headquarters in Colorado 'Not Sustainable' Without New Construction, GAO Finds The political fight over Space Command's future in either Alabama or Colorado has been a partisan tug-of-war for more than...
