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.
Mattis: Pay, Maintenance, Training to Halt in Government Shutdown Military pay, maintenance, intel ops and Reserve training would essentially stop in a government shutdown.
Doctors' Group Protests Corps' Use of Live Animals for Trauma Training An organization of physicians who oppose cruelty to animals is asking for an investigation of two incidents in recent years.
US Troops to be Trained on Reporting Child Sex Abuse by Afghans The new policy will be aimed at the practice of "boy play," in which boys dance at parties and are passed around among...
Navy: Training for Surface Warfare Officers Is Failing Them at Sea In the space of 12 months, three Navy surface ships have collided with three civilian vessels and one has run aground.
Navy Aims to Change 'Myopic' Culture with New Pacific Watchdog Group The U.S. Pacific Fleet is creating a new group to ensure that no ship leaves port until it is trained and ready to do so.
Marine Grunts Will Train With F-35 Ahead of First Deployment Senior Marine Corps leaders hope the entry of the F-35B Joint Strike Fighter into the fleet will change the way the force...
Civilians on the Battlefield: Actors of War Dubbed "COBs," for civilians on the battlefield, these "extras" have been roleplaying on U.S. military installations since...
Deadlines Loom for Female Applicants to US Army Ranger School Female soldiers interested in applying to become students or advisers at the U.S. Army's Ranger School face upcoming...
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...