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Most VA police have not finished veteran suicide prevention training
Whistleblowers told lawmakers that fewer than one-third of VA law enforcement personnel completed mandatory suicide prevention training last year.
US Army refreshes competition for short-range laser
The Army will begin a directed-energy test campaign to find the sweet spot for laser weapons when it comes to lethality, reliability and cost.
By Jen Judson
Army slowing deployment cycle for busy armor units, assessing others
Army Times spoke with a top training official and force management experts about how changes to the readiness model will impact armor units and more.
By Davis Winkie
US Army leaning into launched effects for modernized battlefield
The Army is rapidly pursuing launched effects to deliver surveillance, reconnaissance, targeting, network and lethal capabilities to a modern force.
By Jen Judson
Pentagon urges ‘alternatives’ in Israel meeting, with few details
An invasion of Gaza's southern city of Rafah would be a humanitarian catastrophe, said a defense official speaking with reporters.
The robots are coming: US Army experiments with human-machine warfare
But before it works, the service must break from antiquated acquisition processes that prevent rapid purchases and slow down deliveries to soldiers.
By Jen Judson
US testing Stryker-mounted lasers in Iraq amid Middle East drone boom
Laser and microwave weapons are considered critical elements of layered defense, or having different countermeasures ready to thwart different threats.
How soldiers and survivors recalled deadly 1994 Fort Bragg air crash
On March 23, 1994, then-Fort Bragg and Pope Air Force Base saw a mid-air collision that killed 24 paratroopers on the ground.
By Rachael Riley, The Fayetteville Observer
Navy sending sailors and ships to help build Gaza aid pier
The plan requires the Navy and the Army to team up under the Joint Logistics Over-The-Shore program to construct a roll-on, roll-off discharge facility.
By Diana Stancy
Delta Force veteran charged with stealing grenades, fixed-wing drones
A former Delta Force soldier again faces federal criminal charges for allegedly stealing grenades and drones from his unit.
By Davis Winkie
Opinion
How addressing waivers and eligibility can fix the recruiting crisis
There are many factors that contribute to the recruiting crisis facing the military, but at least one of them is within the Pentagon's power to fix.
By Joe Schuman