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The event pits teams from each major Army command in field events. The Army say it may find a new date but did not announced one.

One Marine recalled “several times in and around Fallujah, having had bullets bounce off the side of the vehicle, knowing that it was going to operate every time I needed it.”

Senior Airman Harrison Friar confronted a neighbor who had already fatally shot two. Then the gunman opened fire on Friar and his wife.

Three men allegedly swapped factory labels on Chinese forklifts before selling them to the Navy, Army, and Air Force as American-made.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has indicated he is skeptical of some religious waivers for beards, saying, “We don’t have a military full of Nordic Pagans.”

The Navy used digital tools, more recruiters and streamlined paperwork to boost recruiting numbers, including simplified tattoo approval policies for an “inked up” generation.

The U.S. is reducing the number of troops in Iraq from 2,500 to under 2,000, while leaving Al-Asad Air Base in Western Iraq.

Here is information on pay, services, and family impacts for active duty troops and veterans during the shutdown. U.S. troops will be paid on Oct.1, while Oct. 15 paycheck could be affected.

Amid ongoing deployments by troops to U.S. cities, President Donald Trump told military brass on Tuesday that cities should be “training grounds” for a “war from within.”

Hegseth wants inspectors general and other workplace investigators to use AI to “expedite” investigations, particularly those that look into generals and admirals.

The Air Force has about 19,000 people in its delayed entry program, which allows potential recruits to wait up to four months before shipping to boot camp.

Other changes include mandating that service members exercise during the duty day, requiring all troops to take a PT test twice a year.

Soldiers under misconduct and certain law enforcement investigations will be able to be promoted, attend schools and move bases with a waiver that gets rid of ‘flags’ on their records.

“We will let you know when and if we would like the videos publicly available again,” the Navy wrote in an email.

The new unit, under the name of a World War II squadron, will focus on reconnaissance and surveillance.

A Government Accountability Office report said that the Defense Department should assign clear staff roles to address troop gambling issues.