Trump Is Calling for a Major Increase in Defense Spending Alongside Cuts in Domestic Spending The White House is releasing details of President Donald Trump’s 2027 budget, including a $1.5 trillion defense spending...
Army Speeds AI Warfighting Push as US Troops are in Active Combat An Army test used AI tools to hit 15 targets in one hour, signaling a rapid shift in how battlefield decisions are made and...
From Iraq to Iran: How Congress Handed Over War Powers to the Presidency The 9/11 attacks were a sea change in U.S. foreign policy and diminished congressional authority, with partisanship on...
Trump’s $1.5T Defense Budget Protects ‘Warfighters, Not Wall Street’: DOD The Pentagon defended President Trump's targeted statements towards defense contractors and efforts to boost the current...
Ex-Army Colonel at Macdill Shared Classified Battle Plans to Woo Woman A retired Army combat veteran who worked as a high-level civilian contractor at Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base...
Russia Pounds Ukraine Power Grid, Blackouts Spread The latest Russian drone and missile barrage against Ukraine’s power grid killed civilians and prompting billions in new...
Marine Warfighting Lab at Quantico Gets $10 Million Boost: 'Top Priority' "We know the exquisite level of work that it does," Rep. Eugene Vindman told Military.com about a $10 million infusion to the...
Congress Wants Answers From Pentagon on Classified $60 Billion Defense Budget The ranking member who wrote a new letter to DOD told Military.com that silence "raises serious transparency concerns."
The Military Is Growing Again but Capacity, Not Recruiting, Is the Real Test The military is growing again, but money isn’t what will keep troops in uniform. Mission clarity, trust, and predictable...
Greenland's Red Line After Trump NATO Claim; Denmark Surges Arctic Forces Greenland and Denmark rejected President Trump’s remarks about a NATO security framework for the island as Copenhagen moves...
Army Expands Combat Patch Eligibility as Modern Deployments Redefine Combat Service The Army expanded combat patch eligibility, recognizing soldiers in modern deployments where risk is high even without...
You Took Separation Pay Years Ago. Now the VA Wants It Back From Your Disability Check. Under federal law, a veteran cannot receive both separation pay and VA disability compensation for the same period of service...
25 Years: Nephew Remembers P.O.W. Navy Pilot Dieter Dengler Who Escaped Vietnam Dieter Dengler, who died about 25 years ago, was "bigger than life."
Could the US Bring Back the Draft? Who Would Be Called First — and Who Qualifies Could the U.S. bring back the draft? Here’s how Selective Service works today, who would be called first and why only about...
3 Big PCS Changes Are Coming at Once. Here’s What Service Members Need to Know Before Peak Season. In 2026, three major changes are affecting military household goods moves: a new permanent agency to run the system, the end...
![Lieutenant General Karsten "Hazel" Heckl leads the Combat Development and Integration and Marine Corps Warfighting Lab Marines and sailors on a farewell run, Aug. 8, 2024, aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. (Matthew Krogull)](http://images05.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2026-02/8585135.jpg?itok=Edy9jsYc "Lieutenant General Karsten "Hazel" Heckl leads the Combat Development and Integration and Marine Corps Warfighting Lab Marines and sailors on a farewell run, Aug. 8, 2024, aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. (Matthew Krogull)")
