Most Army Squads Falling Short on Infantry Skills, Reports Find Young sergeants in most infantry and close-combat units don't know how to maneuver their squads or do basic land navigation
Infantry Wins Big in Marine Corps Budget Request The Marine Corps is gearing up for a complex fight by adding infantry squad leaders, special operators and cyber Marines.
Retired General: Train, Pay Army and Marine Infantry as an Elite Force Army and Marine infantry may be moving closer to being transformed into an elite force, much like the 75th Ranger Regiment.
Marines Want Robot Vehicles to Carry Infantry Packs into Battle The Marine Corps has put out a request to learn whether defense firms can build an unmanned robotic vehicle.
Army Investigating How Soldier Got Shot During Expert Infantryman Test Army officials at Fort Polk, Louisiana, are trying to determine how a soldier was shot during training last week.
Future Weapons: Inside the Army’s Pursuit of a High-Tech New Round The Army is planning to have its next generation of rifles chambered for 6.8mm rounds.
Pentagon Wants Army, Marine Corps to Select Higher-Caliber Grunts Officials say the infantry should not be "where we send soldiers that don't have the mental capacity to do other jobs."
One of 1st Female Marine Grunts Faces Separation After Marrying Lance Corporal One of the first women to become an infantry Marine is facing a discharge after having a relationship with a subordinate.
Marine Grunts on 1st-Ever Female Infantry Leader: 'She's One of Us' The first woman to graduate from the Marine Corps' Infantry Officer Course is now leading a platoon of male grunts.
Grunts Will Soon See Changes to Expert Infantryman Badge Testing Army officials are rewriting the requirements infantry soldiers must meet when they test for the Expert Infantryman Badge.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...