As the US Army adds drones to formations, here’s how one base trains its operators
Fort Stewart soldiers are figuring out how to train on unmanned systems after the base stood up the Marne Unmanned Center of Excellence.
By Eve Sampson
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As US eyes smaller military footprint in Europe, new unit trains for drone warfare
The U.S. Army is standing up a new unit in Germany to train personnel on drone warfare, even as the Pentagon looks to scale down troop numbers there.
By Eve Sampson
Trump nixes NAMs for 4 prosecutors tied to SEAL case
It's not the first time a tweeting Trump has interjected himself into the case.
By Carl Prine
VA, DoD tout major progress in effort to join electronic health records systems
The departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs are eyeing the end of the summer for significant advances in their efforts for a new, joint electronic health record, a move that both bureaucracies have made the long-term centerpiece of medical reforms for their patients.
VA failed to reliably track spending on electronic health record system
The Department of Veteran Affairs says it spent $2.3 billion on its electronic health record system from fiscal 2015 through 2017, but the Government Accountability Office said it found only $1 billion of the spending to be “sufficiently reliable.”
By Kimberly Jin, Medill News Service
Sexting, salacious snapshots: Inside SEAL Team 6′s spoofing scandal
It's the latest imbroglio to embarrass the SEALs, the elite special operators once lauded as “silent professionals” who eschewed the shenanigans that snagged headlines.
SEAL shenanigans in the spotlight (again)
Investigators are probing an Independence Day party in Iraq that allegedly went sideways.
By Carl Prine
US Central Command now says it ‘engaged’ 2 Iranian drones, not 1
The U.S. military says that when it destroyed an Iranian drone last week over the Strait of Hormuz, it also took aim at a second drone.
Silver Star for combat controller who rallied his team during insider attack
"Perolio saved my life," said the team's wounded commander, a Green Beret. "He is ... someone I consider a brother."
Green Beret lawmaker: DoD and industry may be 'champagne popping’ now, but counterterrorism ops always come back
“Multiple administrations have tried to say ‘too hard, too expensive, too long, we’re done,' but they’re not done with us.”
By Kyle Rempfer
How our recent Medal of Honor shows a weakness in military power
Without investment and new ways of thinking, our soldiers will neither dominate nor be feared in urban combat, the author of this commentary says.
By John Spencer
Alaska gets Army Pacific chief of staff as new commander
The two-star's Army career includes seven overseas deployments.
By Kyle Rempfer