Recruiting Boost: How US Army's Big Gains in 2025 Translate to New Year The Army ended 2025 with a recruiting rebound and modernization gains, but questions about readiness and retention shadow its...
How Trump’s 2025 'War' Agenda Rewired the Pentagon Trump’s 2025 executive actions reshape how the current administration defines national security.
Pentagon Shifting $200 Million to Border Wall Project in Arizona The Pentagon recently asked Congress to shift $200 million in funding -- originally allocated for projects such as barracks...
A Man Is Halted Climbing the US-Mexico Border Wall. Under New Trump Rules, US Troops Sound the Alarm U.S. troops are sharing command stations and vehicles with civilian immigration authorities at the southern U.S. border under...
48 Hours with Marines and Soldiers on the US Southern Border Amid President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, military assets and personnel are increasingly being relied upon for a...
How Trump Is Leaning on the Military to Fulfill His Hopes of Mass Deportations and an Immigration Freeze For transportation, detention, and potentially apprehension of migrants, the Trump administration is looking to the military.
Judge Throws Out Cases of Migrants Charged with Crossing Military Zone at Border New military zones in that state and Texas are part of the administration's effort to reduce border crossings by snaring...
Military Zone Along Border Means New -- Potentially Harsher -- Penalties for Newly Detained Migrants As of Monday, at least 28 migrants were charged with violating security regulations as well as entering the U.S. illegally...
Vehicle Incident at Border Kills 2 Marines, Injures Another; Investigation Underway Two Marines were killed after their civilian rental vehicle was involved in an incident Tuesday during a deployment to the...
Military to Take Over Federal Land Along Border Under New Trump Order The Roosevelt Reservation, the 60-foot-wide strip of land that stretches across California, Arizona and New Mexico, will be...
Army Expands Combat Patch Eligibility as Modern Deployments Redefine Combat Service The Army expanded combat patch eligibility, recognizing soldiers in modern deployments where risk is high even without...
You Took Separation Pay Years Ago. Now the VA Wants It Back From Your Disability Check. Under federal law, a veteran cannot receive both separation pay and VA disability compensation for the same period of service...
25 Years: Nephew Remembers P.O.W. Navy Pilot Dieter Dengler Who Escaped Vietnam Dieter Dengler, who died about 25 years ago, was "bigger than life."
Could the US Bring Back the Draft? Who Would Be Called First — and Who Qualifies Could the U.S. bring back the draft? Here’s how Selective Service works today, who would be called first and why only about...
3 Big PCS Changes Are Coming at Once. Here’s What Service Members Need to Know Before Peak Season. In 2026, three major changes are affecting military household goods moves: a new permanent agency to run the system, the end...
![Marines at the border wall](http://images03.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-04/staff-border-wall-marines-wire-1800.jpg?itok=a3dIOHTu "Marines were deployed here to reinforce barriers during President Donald Trump's first term, but they were not armed with the long guns their Guardian Angels carry now, NPR reported. An old policy from the very unit these Marines come from said Guardian Angels must watch over their units' security with an "ambush mentality." (Drew F. Lawrence/Military.com)")
