For US Military Leaders, Afghan News Strikes Personal Chord They urged troops to check in on their buddies, talk to each other and seek help and solace if they need it.
Pandemic Prompts Cancellation of DoD's Warrior Games for 2nd Year in Row First held in 2010, the Warrior Games are an adaptive sports competition for wounded, injured and ill service members.
US Forces Dig in at Kabul Airport as Stalemate Complicates Evacuations The Defense Department has no plan to get people trapped in Kabul behind a gauntlet of Taliban checkpoints to the airport.
DoD Records Deadliest Week of the Coronavirus Pandemic; Five Service Members Lost The reported deaths come as the Delta variant spreads, with 4,156 new cases of COVID-19 among troops in the past week alone.
Rush of Troops to Kabul Tests Biden's Withdrawal Deadline The newly arriving troops might have to stay longer if the embassy is threatened by a Taliban takeover.
COVID-19 Was More Widespread in US Military Earlier in the Pandemic Than Previously Thought, Report Finds Samples collected last year show a patient at Wright-Patterson had COVID-19 the same time as a soldier in South Korea was...
Pentagon Requiring COVID-19 Vaccine for US Troops Service members should plan to get a vaccine by mid-September if not earlier, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a memo.
Senate Confirms Del Toro as Secretary of the Navy The U.S. Senate on confirmed former Navy officer and ship commander Carlos Del Toro as the next secretary of the Navy.
Loss of Braking Cited in 2019 Military Charter Plane Incident The Miami Air jet hydroplaned off the runway and wound up in shallow water of the St. Johns River.
Dead Suspect in Pentagon Attack Was a Marine Corps Washout The suspect was shot by responding officers. Officials are still investigating the motive behind the attack.
Hegseth Restricts Press Access at Pentagon, Says Journalists Will Be Required to Sign Pledge Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has taken yet another step to curtail the work of the press inside the Pentagon by imposing...
Here Are All the Big Cuts and Changes Coming to the Army The service's aim is to streamline the force while investing in emerging technologies that Army officials say are critical to...
Veterans' VA Referrals to Private Medical Care Will No Longer Require Additional Doctor Review The VA announced that it is enacting a provision of the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits...
WWII Bomber Crash Left 11 Dead and 'Non-Recoverable.' 4 Are Finally Coming Home More than 200 people honored Staff Sgt. Eugene Darrigan, some waving flags from the sidewalk during the procession to the...
Pentagon Sends 1,100 More Troops to Border in Continued Mission Ramp-Up The Pentagon is sending 1,115 additional troops to the U.S.-Mexico border from over half a dozen units across the different...