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Iraq Drawdown 2025

US reduces total number of troops in Iraq amid shift in bases

By Nicholas Slayton, By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Oct 1, 2025

F-35 drug missions

Why does the US have F-35s flying anti-cartel missions in the Caribbean?

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 19, 2025

Congress tries yet again to limit president’s war powers

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 12, 2025

Israel managed to achieve control over Iranian skies in the opening hours of Operation Rising Lion, but they did it from the ground.

How Iran’s air defense systems were defeated so quickly

Posted on Jul 2, 2025

An investigation into the death of Army Spc. Matthew Perez cited numerous failures in safety procedures leading up to his fatal parachute jump during a training exercise.

A breakdown of safety procedures ‘directly contributed’ to an 82nd Airborne paratrooper’s death

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 1, 2025

US base defense in the era of large-scale drone attacks

US base defense in the era of large-scale drone attacks

Posted on Jun 14, 2025

A Patriot missile system is test fired at the NATO Missile Firing Installation in Chania, Greece. Credit: Anthony Sweeney

Golden Dome: Revolutionary missile defense or money pit?

Posted on Jun 10, 2025

Ukraine Drone Attack In Russia 2025

No ‘silver bullet’ against a drone attack like Operation Spider’s Web

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jun 3, 2025

Nicotine Pouches Study

Soldiers use nicotine pouches close to 10 times more than civilians, study finds

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 9, 2025

What is a ‘100% disability’ rating and what does that actually mean for veterans

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Dec 9, 2024

Afghanistan evacuation

Bitterness over the ‘Forever War’ a unifying factor in Trump’s post-9/11 veteran cabinet picks

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Dec 2, 2024

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Christopher Donahue, Commanding General of the XVIII Airborne Corps, gives a speech during an uncasing ceremony at Fort Stewart, Georgia, May 16, 2024. The uncasing ceremony is an Army tradition that represents the point in time when a unit’s mission overseas is complete. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jonathon Downs)

How generals and admirals get promoted now and how that may change under Trump

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Nov 25, 2024

2024 election cycle military ballots explainer

Here’s what troops need to know about federal absentee ballots

By Jeff Schogol, By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Nov 4, 2024

North Korean troops

North Korean troops thrown into Russia-Ukraine War will be ‘strangers in a strange land’

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Nov 1, 2024

National Museum of the Marine Corps

Garbage, PowerPoint, combat: Father and son revisit their wars at Marine Corps museum

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Oct 30, 2024

pennsylvania voter lawsuit military absentee ballots election

Military absentee ballots in Pennsylvania could be caught in GOP lawsuit

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Oct 28, 2024