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Officials said the event was cancelled “due to competing requirements.”

The Army has 45 facilities in its museum network, and planned to close about half. Now congress wants to see a plan for which should be kept open.

For the first time, the Pentagon’s annual suicide report broke down rates based on military job fields.

Marine Expeditionary Units are self-sustaining forces that can quickly deploy for both combat and humanitarian missions.

Troops can receive up to $225 a month in either imminent danger pay or hostile fire pay, but not both.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Tuesday that the crews of two Apache helicopters are no longer suspended and won’t be punished for flying by Kid Rock’s home.

The already long deployment for the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier could last 11 months, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle said.

The squadron activation is part of an organization of Reaper units brought about by new technology that automates the takeoff and landing process.

“You can’t fight and win a war if you tell your adversary what you are willing to do or what you are not willing to do, to include boots on the ground,” Hegseth said

Marine Cpl. Andrew Paul Amarillas is accused of taking a Javelin anti-tank missile along with some 5.56mm ammunition to Arizona and allegedly selling them.

The new approval for soldiers to wear a combat patch on their right sleeve covers those currently deployed in countries under U.S. Central Command and Africa Command.

“Representing that lineage and history is something we take seriously.”

The nuclear-power fast-attack sub is the latest in a long line of ships named for the state, but the first submarine to bear the name.

The first of two Marine Expeditionary Units reached the region Friday, as the war with Iran enters its second month and the U.S. deploys a third carrier strike group. 

A California Army National Guard UH-60 came within just 525 feet vertical and 1,422 feet lateral from a passenger jet as their paths crossed.

A retired Navy captain who was in charge of the VA’s health record modernization program allegedly got casino chips, cash and other gifts from contractors.