Peace Talks Falter After US Navy Seizes Iranian Ship in Strait of Hormuz Iran called the boarding “piracy” and warned ships to stay out, raising fears the vital oil route could become a flashpoint...
Israel Pushes Deeper into Lebanon with 5 Brigades Israel’s new “forward defense line” inside Lebanon signals a deeper push that could lock in a buffer zone and heighten the...
Trump Is Calling for a Major Increase in Defense Spending Alongside Cuts in Domestic Spending The White House is releasing details of President Donald Trump’s 2027 budget, including a $1.5 trillion defense spending...
Army Speeds AI Warfighting Push as US Troops are in Active Combat An Army test used AI tools to hit 15 targets in one hour, signaling a rapid shift in how battlefield decisions are made and...
From Iraq to Iran: How Congress Handed Over War Powers to the Presidency The 9/11 attacks were a sea change in U.S. foreign policy and diminished congressional authority, with partisanship on...
Trump’s $1.5T Defense Budget Protects ‘Warfighters, Not Wall Street’: DOD The Pentagon defended President Trump's targeted statements towards defense contractors and efforts to boost the current...
Ex-Army Colonel at Macdill Shared Classified Battle Plans to Woo Woman A retired Army combat veteran who worked as a high-level civilian contractor at Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base...
Russia Pounds Ukraine Power Grid, Blackouts Spread The latest Russian drone and missile barrage against Ukraine’s power grid killed civilians and prompting billions in new...
Marine Warfighting Lab at Quantico Gets $10 Million Boost: 'Top Priority' "We know the exquisite level of work that it does," Rep. Eugene Vindman told Military.com about a $10 million infusion to the...
Congress Wants Answers From Pentagon on Classified $60 Billion Defense Budget The ranking member who wrote a new letter to DOD told Military.com that silence "raises serious transparency concerns."
Which Americans Will Be Automatically Registered for Military Draft, and When? Last year's defense bill passed by Congress paved the way for the new automatic registration process.
A VA Clinic Gave Veterans GLP-1s for Weight Loss. A Year Later, Everything Improved Researchers tracked 201 veterans prescribed semaglutide, the drug sold under the brand names Ozempic and Wegovy. After one...
WWII Veteran Who Lied About His Age to Serve Takes Honor Flight Joining the military at 16 to serve in World War II to service in Korea and Vietnam, humble Al Duran has lived quite a life.
Disabled Veterans Charged Up to $20K to File VA Benefits Claims: Lawsuit The company being sued told Military.com it doesn't charge for VA claims. Plaintiffs disagree, citing purported deceptive...
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...
![Lieutenant General Karsten "Hazel" Heckl leads the Combat Development and Integration and Marine Corps Warfighting Lab Marines and sailors on a farewell run, Aug. 8, 2024, aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. (Matthew Krogull)](http://images05.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2026-02/8585135.jpg?itok=Edy9jsYc "Lieutenant General Karsten "Hazel" Heckl leads the Combat Development and Integration and Marine Corps Warfighting Lab Marines and sailors on a farewell run, Aug. 8, 2024, aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. (Matthew Krogull)")
