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Class-Action Suit over Limits on Combat-Related Disability Pay Goes Before Supreme Court The Supreme Court will hear arguments in Soto v. United States, a case that challenges a six-year limit on back pay for...
Veterans Reunite with 'Precious Cargo' 50 Years After the Fall of Saigon One woman's quest to say ‘thank you’ led to the colonel who ran her refugee camp and the aircraft maintainer who may have...
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'Everything Is on the Table': Army Eyeing Expansion of Privatized Barracks As part of a pilot program, construction is expected to begin this summer on a new privately managed facility at Fort Irwin...
Army Suspends Fort McCoy's First Female Commander Amid Trump Portrait Display Controversy The incident, which sparked a wave of right-wing criticism, centered on the base's chain of command wall display -- a common...
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AP Explains Israeli Troops in Self-Declared Security Zones in Gaza Israel’s defense minister said Wednesday that troops will remain in so-called security zones in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon and...
Russian Strike on Kherson Kills One Person and Injures 3 Others At least one person was killed and three others injured following a Russian strike on the Ukrainian city of...
Fort Benning Takes Back its Old Name, but to Honor a Different Soldier The Army is restoring the name Fort Benning to its storied training post in Georgia, only this time to...
Former Pentagon Spokesperson Speaks Out About Leaked War Plans President Donald Trump is downplaying the texting of attack plans to a group chat that included a journalist as...
In One of the Marines' Most Iconic Jobs, a Stunning Pattern of Suicide Marine Corps drill instructors are a national symbol of discipline. But for some, their imposing persona belies a dark...
In One of the Marines' Most Iconic Jobs, a Stunning Pattern of Suicide Marine Corps drill instructors are a national symbol of discipline. But for some, their imposing persona belies a dark...
Unsupervised: Military Child Care Centers Slow to Report Abuse with Little Oversight A Military.com investigation into military day care centers revealed that service branch rules generally prioritize...
Unsupervised: Military Child Care Centers Slow to Report Abuse with Little Oversight A Military.com investigation into military day care centers revealed that service branch rules generally prioritize...
Fort Cavazos Soldier Gets Life in Prison After Horrific String of Attacks on Female Troops in Barracks Sgt. Greville Clarke was convicted on 29 counts including rape, intent to commit kidnapping, attempted premeditated murder...
The Best Workouts to Prepare for the New Army Fitness Test The Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) has dropped the medicine ball toss, removed the word “Combat” from its name, and...
North Korean Leader Kim Touts New Naval Destroyer, Blames US for Tensions The new “multipurpose” destroyer, touted by state media as the first in a new class of heavily armed warships, is designed to...
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'Inspiring' Stunt Pilot Dies After Crash Landing at Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Virginia A famous stunt pilot died after crashing his custom-built experimental aircraft at at the Virginia military installation on...
California Teen Slain Outside McDonald’s Was Weeks Away from US Air Force Training Friends and family who gathered at the McDonald’s parking lot Thursday afternoon to mourn Caleb’s death described him as...
Secretive 'Dark Eagle' Hypersonic Missile Launches from Cape Canaveral The action on the Space Coast comes a day after the Army officially dubbed the defense system with its new moniker.
Governors 'Alarmed' by Looming Transfer of Air National Guard Units to Space Force A bipartisan group representing all U.S. governors is sounding the alarm about a looming move to transition Air National...
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...
Joint Chiefs Chairman Caine Decides Not to Keep Senior Enlisted Adviser, Breaking with Past Precedent Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Troy Black will depart the post and retire from military service after the newly confirmed Joint...
Coast Guard Permanently Relieves Commander of Sector San Diego Capt. James Spitler and the sector's command master chief were temporarily relieved six months ago for allegedly creating a...
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