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.
Trump Says Space Command Is Moving to Alabama, Reversing a Biden-Era Decision While the move had been anticipated, it’s not clear why the expected announcement took so long to make. White House officials...
Pentagon to Begin Screening for 'Magic Mushroom' Use The Defense Department announced that service members suspected of using the hallucinogenic fungi will now be tested, while...
Trump Says US Military Destroyed Drug Boat from Venezuela: ‘A Lot of Drugs on That Boat’ Trump credited the military operation to the leadership of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, whom he praised for...
What to Know About Russia's GPS Jamming Operation in Europe This year, Nordic and Baltic nations — including Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia — have repeatedly warned about...
How the Men on a Navy Submarine Survived After Sinking 240 Feet in the Atlantic Trapped 240 feet beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, Lt. Oliver Naquin could not ensure the crew of the USS Squalus...