‘Infrastructure is the weapon’: Inside the race to build portable interceptor factories
As the Iran war drives global demand for interceptor drones, defense startups are betting they can fit a production line into a shipping container.
Veterans
Fewer service members died by suicide in 2024 than year prior, report finds
The report on 2024 suicides found a decrease in the total force suicide rate, though active component rates have steadily increased from 2011 to 2024.
Three dead after two Apache helicopters collide in Alaska
This is the second serious Apache crash in Alaska this year.
Soldier with white nationalist ties pleads guilty to gun charges
Authorities found a 3D-printed rifle, magazines for various firearms, a lower receiver, a trove of white supremacist paraphernalia in the soldier's room.
National Guard machine gun range could harm drinking water, EPA says
The Massachusetts Army National Guard proposed building the new 138-acre gun range at Joint Base Cape Cod.
House rejects Gaetz pitch to withdraw all US forces from Somalia
The House voted against withdrawing U.S. troops from Somalia, and an AFRICOM unfunded priorities list requests additional funding to review troop levels.
Sexual assault in the military keeps rising while prosecutions fall
The percentage of non-judicial and administrative punishments is on the rise.
Army unlikely to alter fitness test over concerns of gender neutrality
Army officials said that the service will not make additional changes to the Army Combat Fitness Test that was released in October.
Army’s about-face on contracts extends aviation officers’ service
Pilots claim the Army misinformed them for years about their obligations.
Ex-Fort Hood brigade commander faces trial for abusive sexual contact
An Army colonel fired last year from his brigade command post will now face a court-martial for alleged sexual abuse.
Commanders suspended at base where alleged Pentagon leaker worked
The commanders are temporarily suspended, pending the outcome of an Air Force inspector general probe into military intelligence leaks.
