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On Tuesday, President Donald Trump called the family of Staff Sgt. Michael H. Ollis to confirm that their son was approved for the award.

The Autonomous Decontamination System, or ADS, would scrub vehicles, critical infrastructure and key terrain while allowing troops to protect themselves.

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The U.S. has dispatched a small team of military officers to Nigeria, the general in charge of U.S. Africa Command told reporters in a briefing Tuesday.

President Donald Trump signed a roughly $1.2 trillion government funding bill Tuesday that ends the partial federal shutdown that began over the weekend.

The Pentagon eventually wants to field swarms of low-cost, one-way attack drones that cost just a few thousand dollars apiece.

Newspapers across Germany claimed that Lt. Kenneth Williams' flight jacket was "photo evidence for the underworld nature of [Allied] air terror."

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"What was once functional equipment tied to service, sacrifice and sometimes trauma is now treated as visual shorthand for toughness or rebellion."

Between training and combat exists a long stretch of routine and waiting. Those experiences remain largely absent from military portrayals in film and TV.

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The shell, unexploded at the time of removal, resulted in the evacuation of the hospital, with an EOD squad called to clear the area.

Beyond recruiting policy, experts say the data points raise broader questions about how and when Americans are choosing to serve.

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.

Breakfast at a German nursing home was interrupted by a surprise none of the residents had ordered: an American soldier, hold the trousers.

Studies suggest remote warfare requires a level of intimacy with a prospective strike target that conventional air warfare may not.

Iranian officials asserted that the nation's armed forces stand ready “to immediately and powerfully” counter any aggression by U.S. forces.

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Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd assured lawmakers Thursday that he will follow the Constitution and the law when it comes to using the NSA’s surveillance tools.

The Army’s focus on the Western Hemisphere is beginning to show in how it’s reorganizing the forces it sends abroad.

The exercise comes as the 101st Airborne Division prepares to soon train on its own tiltrotor aircraft, the Bell MV-75.

Mock billing for at least three months will allow residents time to adjust before any charges or rebates start.

The service is looking at buying up to 11 custom Bombardier Global 6500 aircraft for its High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System program.

The Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday that maintaining current troop levels could add $93 million per month to the total.

“We should be angry, because for years, no one listened,” NTSB Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy said. “This was 100% preventable.”

The new military occupational specialty is open to soldiers in grades E-4 through E-9 across the active-duty Army, National Guard and Army Reserve.

Paul Ray Smith saved over 100 lives defending a critical position near the Baghdad airport during the early days of the Iraq War.