US Army gives chaplains 90 days to remove rank insignia
The U.S. Army this week gave its chaplains 90 days to strip the rank from their uniforms in a move that puts a definitive timeline on a directive championed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who has sought to shift religious leaders’ identities from their military...
Air Force solicits ideas for over 1,000-mile range weapon from industry
The U.S. Air Force is seeking the next generation of a long-range weapon with the capability to reach a minimum of 1,000 nautical miles in an Industry Day hosted by the service. For two days in late August, the Industry Day is slated to accommodate...
Army launches new branch for military space operations
The Army announced Thursday the creation of the Space Operations Branch, a dedicated career field for soldiers specializing in military space operations. The branch formalizes space as a permanent warfighting specialty, with personnel focused on protecting U.S. assets and helping prevent adversaries from targeting joint...
Feds pay out $17M to families sickened by Navy’s fuel-contaminated water in Hawaii
The Department of Justice has issued about $17 million in payments to 629 people, mostly military family members, in connection with the toxic fuel spills that poisoned their water in Hawaii in 2021. These are the first payments for settlements resolving about 3,600 claims resulting...
101st soldiers use drones to drop grappling hooks, breach razor wire
In a recent critical training rotation, soldiers with the 101st Airborne Division expanded the scope of what’s possible with warfighting drones, developing new uses and making key determinations about how — and in what quantities — to build them into warfighting, officials said this week....
Shop Talk: 7Forge Sets Sights on Getting Knives to the People
7Forge Knives, the shop that began as an 8th grade science experiment but has grown into a full-scale custom and semi-production outfit, co-founded by Forged in Fire winner Jessie Wipperman, has moved in exciting new directions since the last time talked to them in 2024....
Debate over women in combat prompts NDAA battles
During a marathon House markup of next year’s mammoth defense policy bill earlier this month, two proposed amendments that failed to make it out of committee tell a story of concern for the future of women in uniform. The amendments to the Fiscal 2027 National...
US Army officer sentenced for secretly giving abortion drug to pregnant soldier
A U.S. Army officer who secretly gave abortion medication to a pregnant junior enlisted soldier, causing the loss of her unborn child, was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty at a court-martial. Capt. Brandon Jones-Adams, 34, pleaded guilty to intentionally killing...
House backs $1.55 billion to revive E-7 Wedgetail, spares Navy Hawkeye
The White House budget office wants to raid a Navy radar-plane account and a classified Air Force line to pull the E-7 Wedgetail back from the dead. The maneuver surfaced in a Wednesday report accompanying the House Appropriations Committee’s fiscal 2027 defense bill, and it...
House vote on major veterans bill delayed amid controversy over voting legislation
Congressional votes on a controversial veterans bill that would increase benefits for medically retired disabled vets and survivors have been delayed amid push back over elections legislation that is a top priority for President Donald Trump. The Take Care of America’s Veterans bill, a Republican-backed...
