With a Million Members, Military Network Looks to Expand Reach The social media network RallyPoint was launched in 2012 and logged its one-millionth member last December.
Most Army Brigades, Navy Planes Aren't Combat Ready: Leaders The House Armed Services Committee lined up top officers Tuesday to plead for scrapping the budget caps of the sequester...
Mattis Not Ready to Recommend Ground Combat Troops for Syria, Iraq Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said that putting U.S. ground combat troops into Syria and Iraq is not under immediate...
Army Leaders Search for Answers to Multi-Domain Battle Army leaders are wrestling with the challenges of equipping and supplying soldiers in a multi-threat battlefield of the...
No Decision Yet on Sending More Troops to Afghanistan: White House The White House has yet to sign off on the call by the U.S. commander in Afghanistan for more troops.
Air Force to Roll Out New Battlefield Airmen Incentive Pay The pilot program will allow the service to study whether the incentive pay helps retain airmen in high-performing fields.
Almost 300 Female Marines in Previously Closed Combat Jobs Lt. Gen. Glenn Walters hailed the progress that Marines have made in integrating the ranks.
First Marine Woman to Graduate Grueling Infantry Officer Course The first woman Marine to pass the Infantry Officer Course will graduate Monday and be qualified to lead a platoon in combat.
Additional 3K US Troops in Afghanistan Will Be on 'Combat Duty' The commitment of U.S. troops to "combat duty" marks a shift from the Obama administration's strategy.
In Reversal, Obama Plans to Keep 5,500 US Troops in Afghanistan President Obama reversed course on his Afghanistan withdrawal plan and announced that 5,500 U.S. troops will remain...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
