Combat arms job holders must hit a minimum score of 350.

The service reenlisted 15,600 soldiers since March 2024, 800 more than its goal.

Teams will now have 11 strength and conditioning coaches, with a requirement nixed for instructors overseen by the Defense Health Agency.

Thousands of allied American and Filipino forces have opened annual combat drills that will include simulating the defense of the Philippines.

The departure would return force levels to where they had been for years, after the U.S. and its allies waged a multiyear campaign to defeat ISIS.

Lance Cpls. Albert Aguilera and Marcelino Gamino died in a vehicle crash while supporting border operations. A third Marine remains in critical condition.

The attack is the first strike U.S. Central Command has publicly described in weeks.

DOD civilian workers and contractors overseas who are ineligible for the Military Health System will no longer be provided sexual assault forensic exams.