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.
Tennessee Man Shot Dead After Flipping Middle Finger at War Memorial Albert Sturgill Jr., 63, was confronted by a group while gesturing at the flag and monuments at Cumberland County Veterans...
Chicago Braces for Potential National Guard Deployment Amid Trump Threats Illinois politicians are sounding an alarm and bracing for possible National Guard deployments to Chicago amid President...
9/11 Air Defense Stories You Might Not Know As hijacked planes turned into weapons on September 11, 2001, inside a quiet Air National Guard facility in upstate New York...
Is Trump's Troop Buildup in US Cities a Declaration of War — or Something Else? As President Donald Trump goads Democratic-led cities, Americans are grappling with a fundamental question of American...
Navy Demotion Reversed for GOP Congressman Who Government Watchdog Found Abused Subordinates Jackson was quietly demoted to captain in 2022, three years after his retirement from the Navy, following an inspector...