Danger pay for US troops could double, expand to more regions
The U.S. defense budget request for Fiscal Year 2027 has raised the prospect of an increase in the monthly stipend paid out to troops in dangerous regions.
By Hope Hodge Seck
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The US Army wants to manufacture meatless proteins in combat zones
The service "is exploring how the emerging alternative-protein sector can help meet several objectives, including enhancing food supply chain resilience."
By Michael Peck
Transgender bodybuilder sculpts a new life in the Navy
The sailor had never participated in a bodybuilding competition before. It was all new, much like the past seven years of his life.
By J.D. Simkins
The 5,239 troops headed to the border is just the beginning
Some of the troops will be armed but operate with specific rules of engagement, NORTHCOM says.
By Tara Copp, AP
Inside the Pentagon’s struggle to build a cyber force
Experts suggest the armed forces have structural problems that prevent it from becoming a digitally cohesive force.
By Justin Lynch
Forces headed to border to confront migrant caravan could total ‘in the thousands’
A new report suggests that the number of active-duty troops headed to the border is up significantly from the 800 previously discussed.
Turkey strikes positions held by US-backed Kurdish fighters in northern Syria
The Turkish army shelled on Sunday positions held by the U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters in northeastern Syria, east of the Euphrates River, in a new spike in tension along the borders.
Military forces from Hawaii to Guam pitch in to save Saipan, Tinian in the wake of super typhoon
Tinian was battered by sustained winds clocked at 178 miles per hour, making it the most powerful cyclone on record to ever wallop U.S. soil, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
By Carl Prine