• Advisers from 5th Security Force Assistance Brigade train alongside Indian soldiers during the Yudh Abhyas exercise in Rajasthan, India, Feb. 9. (Staff Sgt. Joseph Tolliver/Army)
    Security force assistance brigade wants a third of its members in Indo-Pacific at all times

    Advisers are broken down into small teams of four to 12 soldiers that are led by an Army captain.

    Kyle Rempfer
    1 day ago
  • A U.S. Navy Mark VI patrol boat navigates into the well deck of dock landing ship Ashland at Naval Base Guam on Feb. 21, 2021. (Sgt. Danny Gonzalez/U.S. Marine Corps)
    US announces $125 million in military aid for Ukraine

    Included in the package are two Mark VI patrol boats.

    Aaron Mehta and Howard Altman
    1 day ago
  • The Air Force cardigan differs vastly from its knit pullover. (Air Force)
    This Air Force cardigan puts Mr. Rogers’ sweater collection to shame

    The Air Force cardigan was adopted in 1996.

    Sarah Sicard
    1 day ago
  • The United States wasted billions of dollars in war-torn Afghanistan on buildings and vehicles that were either abandoned or destroyed, according to a report released Monday, March 1, 2021, by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, a U.S. government watchdog. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)
    Report: US wasted billions on cars, buildings in Afghanistan

    The injection of billions of dollars, largely unmonitored, fueled runaway corruption among both Afghans and international contractors.

    Kathy Gannon, The Associated Press
    1 day ago
  • Army Spc. Jeb Hoover vaccinates a community member at the walk-up vaccination site at California State University, Los Angeles in California, Feb. 20, 2021. (Pfc. Garrison Waites/Army)
    This is what it’s like for troops serving at a mass vaccination site

    Hundreds of active-duty troops and National Guardsmen are doing up to 6,000 vaccinations a day.

    Meghann Myers
    1 day ago
  • Members of multiple veterans organizations crowd a Senate hearing room during the groups' annual testimony before Congress on March 11, 2020. (Leo Shane III/Staff)
    This week in Congress: Annual parade of vets advocates on Capitol Hill forced online this year

    Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of March 1, 2021.

    Leo Shane III
    2 days ago
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    ‘The Things They Carried’ author Tim O’Brien on his life’s work, trauma & confronting mortality

    His final book is one he hopes will allow his children to hear their father’s voice in its pages long after he’s gone.

    J.D. Simkins
    2 days ago
  • This undated photo provided by the Montgomery County Jail shows Jessica Watkins. (Montgomery County Jail via AP).
    Oath Keeper, an Army veteran, charged in Capitol riot renounces militia group

    Army veteran Jessica Watkins is one of nine members and associates of the far-right militia group charged with planning and coordinating with one another in the Jan. 6 siege.

    Alanna Durkin Richer, The Associated Press
    2 days ago
  • A new vehicle that the U.S. Army is acquiring to provide infantry soldiers with battlefield mobility is seen in the Yuma Proving Ground's harsh desert terrain in southwestern Arizona on Feb. 17, 2021. (James Gilbert/The Yuma Sun via AP)
    Army’s Infantry Squad Vehicle undergoes tests at Arizona’s Yuma Proving Ground

    The unarmored vehicle will be light enough to be sling loaded under a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter and small enough to fit inside a CH-47 Chinook helicopter.

    The Associated Press
    2 days ago
  • In this Feb. 22, 2021, photo released by the U.S. Army, Sgt. Taylor Knueven pitches an idea to better the U.S. Army's Sexual Harassment and Assault and Prevention Program to a panel at Fort Bragg, N.C. (Sgt. Marygian D. Barnes/U.S. Army via AP)
    Army crowdsources ideas to combat sexual assault crisis in the military

    Presentations were made as a part of the 18th Airborne Corp’s “Dragon’s Lair” series, a “Shark Tank” like competition that sources innovative ideas from within the Army’s ranks.

    Sarah Blake Morgan, The Associated Press
    2 days ago
  • Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester, D-Mont., speaks during the confirmation hearing for Veterans Affairs Secretary nominee Denis McDonough on Jan. 27, 2021. (Leigh Vogel/Pool via AP)
    With new leadership roles, Tester hopes to bridge gap between defense, veterans policy work

    The Montana Democrat will serve as chairman of both the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee and the defense panel of the Senate Appropriations Committee.

    Leo Shane III
    2 days ago
  • Kevin Jiang, a Yale grad student and Army National Guard officer, was found shot to death outside his car on a New Haven street. (Photo from LinkedIn)
    Arrest warrant issued for suspect in killing of National Guard officer and Yale student Kevin Jiang

    Officials issued an arrest warrant for a suspect in the killing of 2nd Lt. Kevin Jiang, a National Guard officer and Yale grad student.

    Associated Press
    3 days ago
  • Retired Lt. Gen. Leroy Manor is remembered for his outstanding leadership and contributions to the special operations community, including the planning of the Son Tay Raid. (Photo courtesy U.S. Air Force)
    Son Tay Raid commander Leroy Manor dies at 100

    Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Leroy Manor served as a pilot in WWII and planned the Son Tay Raid in Vietnam. He died just four days after his 100th birthday.

    Harm Venhuizen
    3 days ago
  • Army-funded research shows possible Alzheimer's link with blast exposure, even without a brain injury diagnosis. (Army)
    Study finds possible link between blast exposure and Alzheimer’s disease

    Early detection and treatment of blast-induced brain deterioration could reduce the risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease later in life

    Todd South
    4 days ago
  • New European Union restrictions could hinder some products from reaching the shelves at European exchanges and commissisaries, like this one in Ramstein, Germany. (Defense Commissary Agency)
    New restrictions threaten some US food shipments to commissaries, exchanges in Europe

    The fate of over a million cases of food products, with items ranging from baby formula and pet food to canned meats and meat sauces, is now in limbo.

    Karen Jowers
    4 days ago
  • The carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower returns to Naval Station Norfolk after a Middle East deployment Aug. 6. Ike is getting ready to leave early next year on another deployment. (MC1 Jason Pastrick/Navy)
    Austin mulling whether to send carrier Ike back to the Middle East

    Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin visited the carrier Nimitz as they finished another record-breaking deployment.

    Meghann Myers
    4 days ago
  • April is Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month (SAAPM). (Fort Drum Garrison Public Affairs)
    The Pentagon’s sexual assault review committee wants troop input on policy and culture change

    The Defense Department's 90-day review of its sexual assault response program is getting underway.

    Meghann Myers
    4 days ago
  • Pentagon says two F-15E Strike Eagles hit Iran-backed militia targets in Syria. (Airman Daniel Snider/Air Force)
    US airstrike, first under Biden, kills Iran-backed militiaman — militia reserves ‘right to retaliate’

    Two Air Force F-15E aircraft launched seven precision guided munitions at facilities used by Iran-backed militias near Boukamal, on the Syrian side of the Iraq border, along the Euphrates River.

    Qassem Abdul-Zahra, The Associated Press, Lolita Baldor, Robert Burns, The Associated Press
    4 days ago
  • Army Criminal Investigation Command, or CID, has charged one of its own in connection to the murder of a Texas woman. (Army)
    CID agent sought puffer fish toxin before poisoning his wife, charges allege

    An Army CID agent has been charged with murdering his wife using poison.

    Kyle Rempfer
    4 days ago
  • Two men stand on Feb. 16, 2021, near the scene of a rocket attack targeting Arbil the previous night, the first time in nearly two months that Western military or diplomatic installations have been targeted in Iraq after a string of similar incidents. (Safin Hamed/AFP via Getty Images)
    Congress reacts to US airstrikes in Syria

    The Pentagon’s announcement that that U.S. forces conducted deadly airstrikes in Syria sparked complaints from some of President Joe Biden’s Democratic allies that he overreached, while key Republicans applauded the move.

    Joe Gould
    4 days ago