Navy offers voluntary extensions to sailors separating during shutdown
The U.S. Navy is granting service members the opportunity to extend their enlistment amid a government shutdown and lapse in appropriations, according to a Nov. 6 memo from the Navy Pay and Personnel Support Center. Sailors with a soft expiration of active obligated service —...
Hegseth to slash red tape, empower program heads in acquisition revamp
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday laid out a wide-ranging suite of changes to the military’s troubled and sluggish acquisition process, intended to speed up the pace at which the Pentagon buys new weapons and other systems. “We will rebuild the defense industrial base into...
War Secretary Hegseth compares Pentagon bureaucracy to Soviet planning
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! War Secretary Pete Hegseth tore into the Pentagon’s entrenched acquisition bureaucracy in a fiery address Friday, comparing the department’s planning culture to Soviet-style central planning that he says has crippled innovation, risk-taking and the nation’s ability to...
Army aims to produce 1 million drones in next 2-3 years
The U.S. Army plans to increase partnerships with private industry and boost its own manufacturing capacity to field at least one million drones within the next two to three years, an Army spokesperson told Military Times. On Friday, U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll first detailed...
Republican’s bill requires military academies accept Classic Learning Test
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill., has introduced legislation that would require U.S. service academies and federally operated secondary schools to incorporate a new standardized test based on classical learning principles. The Promoting Classical Learning Act of 2025, introduced...
Wolfe tapped as Air Force’s new top enlisted leader
Chief Master Sgt. David Wolfe will serve as the 21st chief master sergeant of the Air Force, the service announced Thursday. Wolfe, who most recently served as command chief master sergeant of Air Combat Command in Virginia, will replace Chief Master Sergeant of the Air...
Government shutdown prompts cancellation of some Veterans Day events
Normally on Veterans Day, volunteers gather at the Riverside National Cemetery in California to place flags alongside more than 300,000 gravesites. But not this year. The longest federal government shutdown on record is curtailing and outright canceling parades, ceremonies and other events across the U.S....
88-year-old Vietnam veteran who saved 7 Marines honored at Patriot Awards
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Maj. James Capers Jr. dedicated his life to serving his country. Now, his service is being honored. The 88-year-old U.S. Marine Corps veteran was recognized at the seventh annual Fox Nation Patriot Awards Thursday, receiving the “Salute...
Coast Guard saves 5 from sinking sailboat 260 nautical miles off North Carolina
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Five people are safe after the Coast Guard rescued them from a sinking sailboat hundreds of miles off the North Carolina coast on Thursday. According to the Coast Guard, watchstanders at Sector North Carolina received a mayday...
Troops’ dental readiness showing some improvement, some decay
Although U.S. troops’ dental readiness has improved some over the last decade, there’s also been a decline in the percentage of troops with the best dental health, according to new Defense Department statistics. From 2014 to 2024, the percentage of troops with the worst levels...
