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Senate confirms new Chief of Space Operations
The Senate confirmed Lt. Gen. Douglas A. Schiess as the U.S. Space Force’s next chief of space operations.
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Marine Corps hackathon announced for fall
The service is bringing artificial intelligence developers together in California to build tools that can be quickly refined or immediately moved into use.
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Rheinmetall says ramping up ATACMS output will take time as US rebuilds stocks
Rheinmetall signed a memorandum of understanding with Lockheed last month to jointly produce Army Tactical Missile Systems.
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Boeing wins first production contract for jet-powered JDAM
Boeing won the first production contract for a jet-powered guided bomb that can fly more than 300 nautical miles.
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Their military careers were cut short in combat. Now they’re fighting Congress for their full benefits.
Combat-injured veterans argue they shouldn’t be penalized after war injuries cut their careers short, but the cost could reach $78 billion.
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30 days after Army communications overhaul, questions remain about access to information
One month after the Army announced its communications overhaul, some military families are saying the changes have made it harder to find information.
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Step inside the soon-to-open Desert Shield and Desert Storm Memorial
Get a sneak peek of the new memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., as it prepares to open to the public in October.
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VA ends nearly all abortion procedures at medical centers
The Department of Veterans Affairs has returned to a pre-2022 policy that requires patients seeking the procedure to go outside the department for care.
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Average age of new Army recruits up from previous years
Beyond recruiting policy, experts say the data points raise broader questions about how and when Americans are choosing to serve.
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Taiwan-US ‘firepower’ center to hone asymmetric warfare tactics
Taiwan, for its part, would contribute “elite troops,” and Washington might assign personnel in Guam or elsewhere in the Indo-Pacific region to help.
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Senate passes government funding deal despite GOP backlash
The Senate voted to fund most of the government through the end of September after Trump made a deal with Democrats to carve out Homeland Security funding.
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Veterans health shake-up, reforms to get underway in coming months
The reorganization of the VA health system should result in improvements to medical facilities, increased oversight and better access, officials said.
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US Air Force eyes improved comms with bombers after Midnight Hammer
If the Air Force doesn’t improve communications with bombers during critical operations, Lt. Gen. Armagost said, “that is a foul on all of us.”
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Navy crew helped rescue F-16 pilot after ejection over California
A U.S. Navy search-and-rescue team known as the “Dust Devils” played a pivotal part in the rescue of an Air Force pilot who safely ejected from an F-16.
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Marine Corps halts sale, use of all-weather coat that ‘bleeds’ orange
The manufacturing defect causes the coat to bleeds an orange-shaded substance when wet, according to the service.
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Brief scandal: Soldier without pants found in German nursing home
Breakfast at a German nursing home was interrupted by a surprise none of the residents had ordered: an American soldier, hold the trousers.
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DOD ordered to study mental health impacts among military drone pilots
Studies suggest remote warfare requires a level of intimacy with a prospective strike target that conventional air warfare may not.
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Iran puts ‘fingers on trigger’ as US armada arrives in Middle East
Iranian officials asserted that the nation’s armed forces stand ready “to immediately and powerfully” counter any aggression by U.S. forces.