Army Will Add 2 Months to Infantry Course to Make Grunts More Lethal The U.S. Army is refining a plan to extend by two months the service's 14-week infantry one station unit training, or OSUT.
Marines Already Revamping Close Combat Ahead of Mattis' Initiative "I think we are completely in line where the secretary of defense is taking us," Lt. Gen. Robert Walsh said.
M27s and 'Head-to-Toe' Gear Overhaul on the Way for Marine Grunts Grunts, including those outside the squad, are getting the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle -- and a whole lot of other goodies.
Marines Eye Carl Gustaf to Replace SMAW for Bunker Breaching The Marine Corps is getting ready to equip every infantry squad with a Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle for added range and...
Upcoming U.S. Troop Deployment Could Be Last for Afghanistan The Army’s 4th Infantry Division will be sending a total of about 2,800 soldiers to Afghanistan in separate deployments this...
Latest Woman to Try Marines' Infantry Officer Course Drops after Hike The latest female officer to attempt the Marine Corps' infantry officer course held on until the 11th day before she was...
Marine Corps Approves First Two Women for Infantry Positions The U.S. Marine Corps is getting its first female rifleman and machine gunner later this year, service officials confirmed.
Heavy Loads Could Burden Women's Infantry Role If and when women assume the role of infantry soldier, one of the biggest challenges they may face is the weight on their...
Army's First Female Infantry Officer Assigned to Fort Benning One of the first women to graduate Ranger School has been assigned to the Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade.
Army: Future Infantry BCTs to Stay on Their Feet The U.S. Army is currently developing four new combat vehicles, but maneuver officials here maintain that infantry brigades...
Supreme Court Upholds VA Court Decision Not to Review 'Benefit-of-the-Doubt' Evidence in Veterans' Claims In a 7-2 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court said last week that, while the Department of Veterans Affairs should favor veterans...
The Medal of Honor Fraud Case that Took Stolen Valor to the Extreme H.L.I. Lordship Industries of Long Island, New York, admitted to selling unauthorized versions of the Medal of Honor, the...
The Army Is Losing Nearly One-Quarter of Soldiers in the First 2 Years of Enlistment The Army is grappling with a staggering attrition rate among newly enlisted troops, even as recent recruiting figures suggest...
5 Reasons Veterans Are Especially Hard-Hit by Federal Cuts For the past month, the Trump administration has been cutting federal spending, causing numerous hardships for government...
Court-Martial Convenes for Pentagon Leaker Already Facing Years Behind Bars A military court-martial convened for Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira, who was sentenced in federal...
