Army Growth May Not Keep Pace with Deployments: General Even as the Army prepares to grow, Lt. Gen. Joseph Anderson still worries about units not having enough time between...
Researchers Evaluate True Effects of Hearing Loss for Soldiers Research will attempt to determine effects of hearing loss on military readiness
Missing Radioactive Material in Iraq Prompts Search, ISIS Fears A desperate hunt for "highly dangerous" radioactive material is on in Iraq, where officials fear it could be used to make a...
Most Army Brigades, Navy Planes Aren't Combat Ready: Leaders The House Armed Services Committee lined up top officers Tuesday to plead for scrapping the budget caps of the sequester...
Marines Designate Infantry Battalion as New Experimental Unit The Marine Corps has created an "experimental unit" for the first time in its history, underscoring its emphasis on...
Corps Wants 12K More Marines to Boost Cyber, Info Ops, ISR The Marine Corps is asking Congress for its biggest force increase in nearly a decade.
Army Close to Breakthrough in Night Marksmanship U.S. combat troops are comfortable operating at night but still struggle to hit enemies on the run with accurate rifle fire.
Military Hospitals Are Key to Keeping Medical Staff Combat-Ready Lawmakers are looking for ways to balance combat readiness of hospitals and clinics with reforming military health care.
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...