Pentagon codifies fitness standards across branches
The new regulations spell out testing timelines, standards for troops in combat arms specialties and guidelines for pregnancy and postpartum fitness.
By Eve Sampson
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Steel and Stone: Army Museum’s newest exhibit shares untold stories of engineers on 9/11
In its latest exhibit, the National Museum of the U.S. Army highlights the Engineering Corps' role in the nation’s recovery in the wake of 9/11.
Ops readiness concerns loom over military’s COVID-19 vaccination deadlines
The Air Force will offer a blueprint for how to handle troops who refuse to get a coronavirus vaccine.
Texas A&M cadets’ Halloween tradition likened to cultish ritual
Texas A&M University's Corps of Cadets' annual tradition involves smashing pumpkins and pranking the school band.
By Sarah Sicard
Hostage families to Biden: ‘Bring our fellow Americans home’
The signatures include the mother of Trevor Reed, a Marine imprisoned in Moscow on charges of assaulting a police officer in Russia.
Mississippi burial set for Marine killed in World War 2
Cpl. Quentin McCall was a member of the “Fighting 6th Marines.”
Average Joe Marine stops convenience store armed robbery
James Kilcer served in the Marine Corps from 2007 to 2011.
By Sarah Sicard
A Wyoming farewell for Marine killed in Afghanistan bombing
Dozens of U.S. fellow Marines attended a memorial for Rylee McCollum, one of 13 U.S. servicemen killed in a suicide bombing as they guarded a gate at a chaotic Kabul, Afghanistan airport.
How the family of an interpreter turned US Marine escaped Afghanistan
“It was entirely Marine-to-Marine-to-Marine connections,” that rescued the Essazay family.
By Philip Athey
Veterans, tell us: Where were you during the 1983 Beirut barracks attack?
We don’t want to lose your memories or the important stories that could be told about that day and its aftermath.
By Andrea Scott
Frontline Photos: Oct. 17, 2021
Black Daggers over Oahu, sailors in the spray of Bengal Bay, B-1B's bolting for the Baltic and more in this week's Frontline Photos.
‘Accountability’ Marine gets light sentence; judge blasts command
The judge said the videos showed a man who appeared “to be in pain,” “confused” and “significantly frustrated,” rather than a rogue and potentially-violent Marine.
By Davis Winkie