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...
Autonomous Drones Proved Themselves in Army Ammo Resupply Tests. Now, the XVIII Airborne Wants In Soldiers with the service's EXFOR, at Fort Benning, just completed the Army Expeditionary Warrior Experiment (AEWE) 2021.
Air Force Unveils Design of New PT Uniforms The Physical Training Gear, or PTG, uniform, is more in line with modern high-performance athletic wear.
Paratroopers in Alaska Are Wearing Wrist Sensors to Track Their Stress Levels The Army has struggled with morale issues unique to Alaska.
Why It's Going to Be Much Harder to Make Expert Under the Marines' New Rifle Qual Standard Under the current standard, 65% of Marines qualify as expert; only 6% will do so with the new Annual Rifle Qualification.
One Shot, One Kill: Marines Begin Fielding New Precision Rifle Optic Marines will be able to use the 1-8X variable-powered SCO to identify targets at both close and long distances.
Sig Sauer Faces $10 Million Lawsuit over P320 Pistol After Alleged Accidental Discharge Wounds Federal Agent A Marine vet was issued a P320 as his service weapon to use as an officer for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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...
