Spouses of Marines recently participated in an "In Their Boots" event at Camp Schwab in Okinawa, Japan, to give them a firsthand look at the training their Marine spouses conduct to sustain a ready and capable combat force.
The War Department's Personal Property Activity will stand up this summer as a permanent fix of the myriad woes service members and their families have experienced during permanent change of station moves.
The Space Force and U.S. Southern Command officially marked the activation of U.S. Space Forces Southern during a ceremony at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., formalizing the command's role in integrating space capabilities across the Western Hemisphere.Β
A massive oil painting on canvas memorializing Benedict Arnold's heroism during the 1777 Battle of Saratoga was unrolled for the first time since 2013 at the New York State Military Museum in Saratoga Springs, New York.
Soldiers assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, conducted an armored live-fire exercise and technology demonstrations during Operation Winter Falcon 26 at the Drawsko Combat Training Center in Oleszno, Poland.
Army Lt. Col. Brunson DePass, a South Carolina National Guard officer, commands Task Force Swampfox, a team comprised of guardsmen from South Carolina and Georgia supporting the D.C. safe and beautiful mission.
The Internal Revenue Service confirmed that the $1,776 "Warrior Dividend" more than 1.5 million service members received last year, at the direction of President Donald J. Trump, would be tax-free.Β
This week in the War Department, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced new AI initiatives including adding xAI's Grok to military networks, unveiled a joint task force to combat cartels and announced plans to refocus the Stars and Stripes newspaper on warfighting and readiness.
An Army recruiter is earning national recognition for combining modern social media strategy with a deeply personal approach to mentoring future soldiers.Β
The crew of the Coast Guard cutter Alert returned to their home port in Cape Canaveral, Fla., following a 45-day counter-drug patrol in the Windward Passage, Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean.Β
The War Department began implementing the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification, a landmark cybersecurity program, in November 2025 to better protect sensitive information across the U.S. defense industrial base.
Inside a static C-130J Super Hercules aircraft, airmen assigned to the 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron joined NATO partners from the Royal Netherlands Air and Space Force in a subject matter exchange at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, designed to enhance interoperability and strengthen medical evacuation capabilities.Β
U.S. Central Command and regional partners opened a new coordination cell at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar to enhance integrated air and missile defense.Β
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory launched a remote sensing experiment to sharpen artificial intelligence applications in hyperspectral imaging across the Navy Department and broader scientific community.
Joint Interagency Task Force 401 announced its first acquisition under the Replicator 2 initiative, awarding a contract for two advanced DroneHunter F700 systems, which are expected to be delivered by April.