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Soldiers test Next Generation Squad Weapon in extreme cold weather
A platoon from the 101st Airborne Division will be the first to field the new weapons later this year.
By Todd South
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Army numbers smallest since WWII — what units face cuts in 2024?
What steps will the Army take to avoid becoming hollow?
By Davis Winkie
Best pics of the week: July 19, 2020
Air Guard PJs in Alaska, Exercise Lightning Forge in Hawaii and other military exercises from around the globe in this week's Frontline Photos.
The quest to recover one Vietnam-era Air Force pilot lost in Lake Huron crash
On June 13, 1966, U.S. Air Force Maj. William J. Vinopal climbed into his Convair F-106A Delta Dart, a single-seat, flight interceptor aircraft, for a routine training mission over the lake. It would turn out to be his last flight. Now, over 50 years later, a group of veterans is on a mission to locate the wreckage and recover Vinopal’s remains.
By Dylan Gresik
Army launches inquiry into how teen with autism and arm disorders was recruited
A 19-year-old diagnosed with autism and taking anxiety medications says a recruiter encouraged him to enlist but to conceal the diagnosis.
By Kyle Rempfer
Recruit gets a short haircut for the first time in 15 years to join the Army
He's giving up 150 inches of hair to go infantry.
By Kathleen Curthoys
Hong Kong port visits by 2 Navy ships, Marines denied by China amid unrest
U.S. officials say the Chinese government has denied requests for two U.S. Navy ships to make port visits to Hong Kong amid civil unrest.
China Lake repair costs might top $2 billion
In the wake of earthquakes and aftershocks, one out of every five buildings is unsafe or carries use restrictions, according to the Navy.
By Jon Simkins
Rural Nevada not equipped for big ‘storm Area 51’ turnout
At first, the co-owner of the quirky alien-themed motel down a Nevada highway from the mysterious Area 51 site didn’t take a posting for a prank Facebook event too seriously.
China Lake still closed after big California quakes
A sprawling Navy base in the Southern California desert is still closed to nonessential personnel Tuesday as the military works to determine the damage from two powerful earthquakes last week.
Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake evacuated after earthquake, California Guard sending 200 troops for support
The two major earthquakes that hit Southern California should alert people across the nation of the need to be prepared for natural disasters, the state's governor said as officials expressed relief that the damages weren't worse.
New legal bombshells explode on two Navy SEAL war crimes cases
Two SEALs offer up damaging testimony against a chief special warfare operator accused of war crimes -- and suggest the command did not initially investigate the sprawling allegations of misconduct, new legal documents show.
By Carl Prine