‘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.
With a half million personnel records backlogged, VA promises vaccines for archive staffers to catch up
A backlog of more than 500,000 requests has accumulated in the last year.
Special Operations Command chief: Afghans need US troops to counter Taliban
Gen. Richard Clarke echoed the sentiments of other military leaders, saying it’s clear that the Taliban has not upheld its commitment to reduce violence in Afghanistan.
Special Operations team in Pacific will confront Chinese information campaigns
Officials described to Congress in recent weeks the various ways the military is seeking to thwart adversary influence and information operations.
Here’s why the Army’s new readiness model is welcomed by a brigade returning from Europe
The new readiness model will hopefully offer soldiers a more predictable training calendar in the near future.
Biden: US troops likely not out of Afghanistan by May, but ‘can’t picture’ them there in 2022
Under a previous peace deal, all U.S. troops are scheduled to leave Afghanistan by May 1.
Move over sky penis, we’ve got a sea penis now
The Ever Given, now stuck in the Suez Canal, has had a fraught journey from the start.
National WWI Museum and Memorial now has Great War GIFs for every occasion
Feeling happy? Mad? Sad? The museum’s got a GIF for that.
Chief lays out Army role in the future fight across the globe
New formations — and adjustments to existing formations — feature prominently in the next wave of Army priorities.
Student veterans, your GI Bill benefits will be easier to access this fall. Here’s how
The changes are part of a multi-year effort to provide faster and easier access to GI Bill benefits.
