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Pentagon creates regional partnerships to sustain gear far from home

The Pentagon has signed off on a regional sustainment framework to maintain equipment forward in theaters around the world, starting with the Indo-Pacific.

Pentagon Arctic strategy seeks new tech to keep pace with adversaries

The Pentagon says the U.S. must invest more to upgrade sensors, communications and space-based tech in the Arctic to keep up with China and Russia.

Guard nominations languish, raising concerns as top officers retire

The top National Guard Bureau officers have left or will soon retire, and to date no nominations for their replacements have been confirmed by the Senate.

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Military families overseas scrambling as U.S. dog travel rules change

Some airlines are no longer allowing dogs to be shipped on the same flight with their owners back to the states due to new U.S. CDC rules.

Russia says it scrambled figther jets to intercept B-52 bombers

Moscow's defense ministry claimed U.S. military long-range bomber aircraft approached the Russian border over the Barents Sea before changing course.

Opinion

Fixing the military’s overweight and obesity crisis

Our guest opinion writers argue that more can be done to help troops get their physical fitness squared away, both for themselves and for the nation.

Virginia lawmakers restore military tuition program funding, for now

Legislators repealed changes to a college financial aid program for military families and allocated $90 million to it for the next two years.

New VA chief of staff sworn in

Meg Kabat was sworn in Wednesday as the chief of staff for The Department of Veterans Affairs.

Military, veterans can stream Paris Olympics coverage for free

Those in all service branches can stream NBCUniversal's coverage through a partnership with AAFES.