College-style dining facilities coming to Army bases
The U.S. Army has signed a contract to create dining venues at several installations aimed at revamping soldiers’ culinary experience, the service announced Sept. 30. The Army Nonappropriated Fund Contracting Office at Installation Management Command, G9, awarded Compass Group USA a concession contract Aug. 28...
Veterans of Bravo Company receive Bronze Medals 56 years after combat
For over two years, the men of Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, engaged in near constant battle in the jungles of Vietnam’s Central Highlands. Since its deployment to Vietnam in early 1967, Bravo Company engaged in 94 separate firefights, enduring...
How a deadly game of whac-a-mole unfolded during the Battle of Ka-san
Since the North Korean People’s Army (KPA) invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950, it enjoyed a succession of victories and advances by maintaining the initiative against the Republic of Korea (ROK) Army and the United Nations forces that were trickling in to its aid....
US strikes another alleged drug-carrying boat off Venezuela coast
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. military struck another small boat off the coast of Venezuela, killing six people. “Under my Standing Authorities as Commander-in-Chief, this morning, the Secretary of War, ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated...
Texas National Guard replaces 7 members deployed to Illinois mission
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Texas Military Department (TMD) confirmed to Fox News Digital on Tuesday that it replaced seven National Guard members who were deployed to Illinois amid civil unrest, citing the service members’ failure to meet “mission requirements.” About...
Armored soldiers get first live-fire work on Switchblade 600
Soldiers with the Army’s 1st Cavalry Division recently tested the Switchblade 600 Loitering Munition System during an exercise at Fort Hood’s eastern training area, marking the first time the system has been live-fired on the Texas installation. Soldiers from 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team in...
Army envisions drones for every infantryman under battlefront overhaul
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Army is rapidly developing small, first-person-view drones — the same kind that have proven devastatingly effective in Ukraine — and envisions a future where “every infantryman will have a drone with them,” according to Army Secretary...
New program aims to put nuclear generators on Army bases
U.S. officials Tuesday announced a program to locate small nuclear power generation reactors on U.S. Army bases around the world. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll and Energy Secretary Chris Wright announced the Janus Program, aimed at developing microreactors to generate power without relying on diesel fuel,...
Army looking to increase AI role in personnel system
As the Army continues a shift from dozens of legacy human resources systems to its Integrated Personnel and Pay System-Army (IPPS-A), emphasizing mobile documents and transactions, it is examining how artificial intelligence could further lower soldiers’ paperwork. IPPS-A active-duty administrators told reporters at the Association...
The Army is working to produce a next-gen battlefield smokescreen
The U.S. Army is looking to develop a new “fog of war,” but in order to keep up with ever-evolving technological advances, it is turning to a technology that dates back to the Civil War — smokescreens. The need for obfuscating troops, particularly during more...
