Too Heavy to Fight? How the Army Is Combating the Obesity Crisis to Find Recruits Pvt. David Dean weighed 320 lbs. when he went to visit a National Guard recruiter. A West Virginia plumber by trade, he...
After Hurricane Idalia, Military Bases Return to Normal and National Guard Gets to Work Military installations in Florida and up the Atlantic Coast are starting to return to normal after Hurricane Idalia tore...
Army Scrubs Fort A.P. Hill, Renaming Base in Honor of Female Medal of Honor Recipient The move comes after seven other installations have been scrubbed of their namesakes honoring Confederate figures who seceded...
The Shame of Liberty: How the Lazy, Safe Renaming of Fort Bragg Wasted an Opportunity The renaming of Fort Bragg, mandated by Congress and formalized in a ceremony in June, was an opportunity to remind not only...
Bad Air: Military Across East Coast Deals with Smoke Pollution from Canada Springtime winds carried the massive trail of smoke across parts of the continental U.S. -- and directly over several large...
Army Avoids War Hero Names as Fort Bragg Instead Becomes Fort Liberty Fort Bragg, North Carolina, was redesignated as Fort Liberty on Friday, marking it as the only major Army base not having a...
Defense Secretary Orders No Drag Shows on Military Bases After Political Furor A Defense Department-wide prohibition on drag shows on military bases has resulted in the cancellation of at least two events...
Cleanup of 'Forever Chemicals' Around Military Bases Is Woefully Underfunded, Group Says An advocacy group says the gap is widening between the cleanup costs and related funding for PFAS chemicals from firefighting...
Fort Benning Is Now Fort Moore Lt. Gen. Moore, a Korean and Vietnam War veteran, is best known for commanding 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, in the...
Fort Hood Gets a New Name Honoring a Texas-Born Four-Star General Meet Fort Cavazos. As of Tuesday, the installation formerly known as Fort Hood, Texas, that has been at the center of several...
Navy Drops Disciplinary Efforts Against 2 Navy Officers After Death of SEAL Candidate Kyle Mullen Vice Adm. Rick Cheeseman decided to stop the boards of inquiry for Capt. Brad Geary, the commander of the Navy SEAL training...
Army Veteran Sentenced to Death for Killing 5 Women at a Florida Bank Zephen Xaver appeared to gulp but otherwise showed no emotion as Circuit Judge Angela Cowden pronounced the sentence at the...
More than Half of Senior Army Officers Are Turning Down Command Consideration More than half of the Army's senior officers are turning down opportunities to command, choosing instead the stability of...
Army Set to Debut Master Combat Badges in Spring, Memo Says The Army is set to begin awarding Master Combat Badges, which will combine expert and traditional combat badges, next spring...
Pentagon Officials, Aviation Experts Say Many Alleged Drone Sightings Are Being Misidentified The sightings in New Jersey and elsewhere, which so far remained unconfirmed, have triggered widespread concern and demands...
![Retired Army Lt. Gen. Harold "Hal" Moore Jr.](http://images02.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2023-05/mil-harold-moore-jr-football-game-1800.jpg?itok=AwQvLV0k "Retired Army Lt. Gen. Harold "Hal" Moore Jr. attends the West Point football spring scrimmage at Doughboy Stadium in Fort Benning, Ga. March 9, 2012. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Teddy Wade)")
