Inside SecDef Jim Mattis’ $2.5 Billion Plan to Make the Infantry Deadlier DoD is investing in weapons, unmanned systems, body armor, training and new technology for close-combat forces.
Leap-Ahead Technologies: Could They Be the Army's Undoing? The Army has already gambled big on the future once -- and lost.
More Veterans Seek Pardons for Combat-Zone Convictions Michael Behenna is one of several veterans who have gone to prison for committing combat-zone crimes.
Mattis Wants Ground Combat Units to Be More Lethal in the Close Fight The U.S. Military's top leader has launched an effort to make ground forces deadlier in close combat.
Pentagon's New Deploy-or-Out Policy Could Separate Up to 286K The policy grew out of Mattis' directive to the services to take steps to improve the "lethality" of the force.
US Acknowledges Ground Ops, Over 120 Airstrikes in Yemen This Year U.S. Central Command did not give any details on when and where the ground attacks were carried out.
SecArmy Warns of Stressed Force Amid Push to Add Thousands of Soldiers McCarthy said the service may need to cut back on the number of missions it conducts worldwide if it doesn't get more...
Air Force Prioritizing Combat Units Amid Maintainer Shortage: General Facing a shortage of maintainers, the Air Force is giving staffing priority to air combat units with high operations tempo.
White House Adds Confusion to Trump Phone Call Controversy The president's daughter-in-law says there's a transcript of the phone call; the White House says there isn't.
Niger Attack: Final Farewell Saturday for Sgt. Johnson Mourners gathered Friday night for a public viewing at Christ the Rock Church in Cooper City, Fla.
How the Government Shutdown Impacts Veterans and the VA While most vets won't be impacted by the ongoing government shutdown, concerns may ramp up the longer it persists.
Hegseth Wants 'Male Standard' for Combat Roles. Many Female Veterans Say That's Already the Case Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in an address to the military’s top leaders waded back into a topic that nearly derailed his...
The Forgotten Military Vehicles of ‘M*A*S*H’ Between all the martini-fueled hijinx and medical drama, “M*A*S*H” featured some pretty special military vehicles.
Hegseth's Decision on Wounded Knee Medals Sparks Outrage in Native American Communities Native American communities that had long wanted the removal of military honors for the soldiers involved in the 1890 Wounded...
Airman Confronts and Shoots Armed Neighbor on Deadly Rampage, Iowa Officials Say Harrison Friar, a senior airman, was with his wife and children at their home in Glenwood on the evening of Aug. 6 when they...
