What's the Best Piece of Field Gear You've Ever Bought? We're surveying U.S. service members and veterans to find out what gear they use to supplement their standard-issue military...
Marine Corps Wants Lighter .50 Caliber Ammunition to Reduce the Burden of Weight on the Battlefield The desire to reduce the .50 caliber ammo's weight is part of the Corps' continuing effort to lighten its infantry and...
The Army Isn't Getting Rid of Its M4s and SAWs Any Time Soon, General Says The Army is moving quickly toward a replacement for the M4 carbine and M249 Squad Automatic Weapon machine gun.
'Largest Purchase of Exercise Equipment Ever': How One Company Supplied Gear for the ACFT Once Sorinex secured the deal with the service, it was a mad dash to supply nearly half a million pieces of workout gear for...
Army Grunts May Get More Guns, But Less Ammo Next Year The Army is seeking a big boost in new weapons for combat-arms units in its 2022 budget request.
More Marines Will Test Lighter Polymer-Cased Ammunition as Experiments Expand to Fleet Marines will get to see for themselves how lighter rounds hold up in the field.
Deadlier, More Destructive Sniper Bullets Are High on Army's Wish List The Army just picked a new, multi-caliber sniper rifle. Now, it wants a new class of ammunition to make snipers deadlier and...
Trigger Finger Mittens on Marine Corps Cold Weather 'Snivel Gear' Wish List This search for better cold weather clothing comes at a time when the U.S. military is intensifying its focus on the Arctic.
Army Awards $50 Million Contract for New Special Operations Sniper Rifle The five-year contract with Barrett Firearms Manufacturing Inc. will buy 2,800 MK22 Multi-role Adaptive Design, or MRAD...
Goodbye, Tiger Stripe: Air Force Adopts OCP Uniform for Mandatory Wear Airmen will be required to retire their old "Tiger Stripe" camouflage for good and switch to the Operational Camouflage...
Troubled USS Boxer Returns Home 10 Days into Deployment Due to Maintenance Issue The maintenance-embattled USS Boxer is heading back to San Diego just 10 days after deploying due to an engineering issue, as...
On Newly Quiet Stretch of US-Mexico Border, Louisiana Soldiers Sit Around, Watch and Wait The Louisiana soldiers are spaced in groups of two or three over the 1.5 mile, 400-yard-wide strip of land.
How the Army Made a Deal with UFL Football and The Rock Despite Doubts over the Sponsorship's Worth The roughly $11 million deal set the service up to be the premier partner for the league's inaugural season, which started...
Unsupervised: Military Child Care Centers Slow to Report Abuse with Little Oversight A Military.com investigation into military day care centers revealed that service branch rules generally prioritize...
'Restore Real Value': House Panel Wants to Give Junior Enlisted Troops 15% Pay Raise The recommendation on boosting paychecks is part of the final report from the House Armed Services Committee's military...