Pentagon Weighs Bigger Army as Service Sees Early Recruiting Success As of Monday, the Army had brought in 59,875 new active-duty enlisted soldiers with a total goal of 61,000 for fiscal 2025...
VA, Defense Secretaries Agree to Improve Transition Process for Troops as They Leave Military Service Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the departments should work together better...
Services Ordered to Cut PCS Moves by 50% over Next 5 Years The services are tasked with cuts that amount to an initial 10% of the $5 billion PCS budget in 2027 and that increase...
Hegseth Orders Review of Defense Department's Support for Homeschooling A memo released Tuesday directs the Defense Department to examine its educational support and resources for families who...
Hegseth Restricts Press Access at Pentagon, Says Journalists Will Be Required to Sign Pledge Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has taken yet another step to curtail the work of the press inside the Pentagon by imposing...
Pentagon Sends 1,100 More Troops to Border in Continued Mission Ramp-Up The Pentagon is sending 1,115 additional troops to the U.S.-Mexico border from over half a dozen units across the different...
Pentagon Lost Contact with Army Helicopter on Flight That Caused Jets to Nix Landings at DC Airport The aborted landings on May 1 added to general unease about continued close calls between government helicopters and...
For One Georgia Soldier, Transgender Ban Prompts Painful Decision Aven Thomas began medically transitioning from female to male in 2021, just months after then-President Joe Biden signed an...
Problems with Privatized Household Goods Shipments Prompt Hegseth to Order Immediate Changes The directive from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth follows a rash of issues with a contract meant to privatize the Defense...
GOP's 'Big Beautiful' Bill with $8.5 Billion for Military Quality-of-Life Boost Passes House The Pentagon funding could provide a much-needed boost to barracks maintenance, military health care and other areas that...
Overhauled Army Caisson Unit Conducts First Funeral Service at Arlington Following Suspension The dark shapes of seven horses came into view across Section 62 at Arlington National Cemetery, returning to the hallowed...
Ukraine's Drone Attack on Russian Warplanes Was a Serious Blow to the Kremlin's Strategic Arsenal Ukraine said over 40 bombers, or about a third of Russia's strategic bomber fleet, were damaged or destroyed Sunday, although...
What 'D-Day' Actually Stands For What the "D" in D-Day actually stands for has been a source of debate almost from the time that the Allies first landed on...
Space Force Budget Faces Uncertainty as White House Bets on Supplemental Money from Congress An appendix for budget documents released last week shows a total of around $26.3 billion requested for the Space Force in...
Are You Made for the Military? Traits That Predict Basic Training Success While your natural tendencies may set the stage, your development during training plays a crucial role in your overall...
![Flight path of Army Black Hawk "PAT23" on a May 1, 2025](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-05/ApNewsroom_Army_Helicopter_Aborted_Landing_22282.jpg?itok=GOBdjEpf "This image provided by the U.S. Army shows a screenshot of data from the Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast, or ADS-B, of the flight path of Army Black Hawk "PAT23" on a May 1, 2025, flight that led to air traffic controllers aborting the landings of two commercial jets. (U.S. Army via AP)")
