Soldiers take new mobile 81mm mortar system for test drive
The Army’s latest effort to modernize its formation took shape on the training grounds of Hawaii last week, as soldiers tested a new “shoot and scoot” mobile mortar system designed to make units more agile in combat. Members of the 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment...
Navy replaces admiral leading naval research with former DOGE staffer
The U.S. Navy has replaced the admiral in charge of the Office of Naval Research with a civilian who has reportedly worked as a Department of Government Efficiency staffer, according to the service. Rear Adm. Kurt. Rothenhaus, who has served as chief of naval research...
Hegseth orders military to detail lawyers to Justice Department
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the military to provide dozens of lawyers to the Justice Department for temporary assignments in Memphis and near the U.S.-Mexico border that could run through next fall, according to a memo released this week and reviewed by The Associated...
Senate confirms Wilsbach as Air Force chief of staff
The Senate on Thursday confirmed Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach as the Air Force’s next chief of staff. Wilsbach was approved as part of a batch of military promotions the Senate passed by unanimous consent, as one of its last actions before adjourning for the week. Air...
After World War I, séances boomed – and dead soldiers ‘wrote’ home
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. In March 1915, a young British man named Raymond Lodge was deployed...
In reversal, DOD says troops can wear uniforms at Veterans Day events
The Pentagon has clarified that troops will not be barred from wearing their uniforms at Veterans Day events during the government shutdown, despite an email screenshot circulating online that says otherwise. Reports about uniforms not being allowed at Veterans Day events started spreading online Wednesday...
Military medical facilities aim to woo back Medicare-eligible patients
Defense Health Agency officials have launched an effort to bring back Medicare-eligible Tricare for Life military patients to their treatment facilities, the Pentagon’s top doctor said this week. They are prioritizing bringing back these retirees and their dependents back to 21 military treatment facilities, Dr....
GOP senator proposes commission to study VA disability ratings system
In the wake of a Washington Post investigation into fraud within the Veterans Affairs disability system and watchdog recommendations that the VA modernize its ratings schedule, a Republican senator has suggested creating a commission to review the VA’s disability compensation program. At a Senate Veterans...
Hegseth does PT with troops in Malaysia, pushes ‘fit, not fat’ mandate
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The War Department showed off photos of War Secretary Pete Hegseth working out with U.S. troops stationed in Malaysia, vowing America’s soldiers will be “fit, not fat.” “Secretary Hegseth joined our warriors for morning PT in Kuala...
This nurse jerry-rigged a trach tube to keep a wounded Marine alive
Before the Second World War, there was little need nor interest in evacuating wounded military personnel to rear areas via aircraft. As the war turned global, however, the pressing need for the creation of medical air evacuation squadrons within the U.S. Army Air Forces became...
