Deadlier, More Destructive Sniper Bullets Are High on Army's Wish List The Army just picked a new, multi-caliber sniper rifle. Now, it wants a new class of ammunition to make snipers deadlier and...
Trigger Finger Mittens on Marine Corps Cold Weather 'Snivel Gear' Wish List This search for better cold weather clothing comes at a time when the U.S. military is intensifying its focus on the Arctic.
Army Awards $50 Million Contract for New Special Operations Sniper Rifle The five-year contract with Barrett Firearms Manufacturing Inc. will buy 2,800 MK22 Multi-role Adaptive Design, or MRAD...
Goodbye, Tiger Stripe: Air Force Adopts OCP Uniform for Mandatory Wear Airmen will be required to retire their old "Tiger Stripe" camouflage for good and switch to the Operational Camouflage...
Autonomous Drones Proved Themselves in Army Ammo Resupply Tests. Now, the XVIII Airborne Wants In Soldiers with the service's EXFOR, at Fort Benning, just completed the Army Expeditionary Warrior Experiment (AEWE) 2021.
Air Force Unveils Design of New PT Uniforms The Physical Training Gear, or PTG, uniform, is more in line with modern high-performance athletic wear.
Paratroopers in Alaska Are Wearing Wrist Sensors to Track Their Stress Levels The Army has struggled with morale issues unique to Alaska.
Why It's Going to Be Much Harder to Make Expert Under the Marines' New Rifle Qual Standard Under the current standard, 65% of Marines qualify as expert; only 6% will do so with the new Annual Rifle Qualification.
One Shot, One Kill: Marines Begin Fielding New Precision Rifle Optic Marines will be able to use the 1-8X variable-powered SCO to identify targets at both close and long distances.
Sig Sauer Faces $10 Million Lawsuit over P320 Pistol After Alleged Accidental Discharge Wounds Federal Agent A Marine vet was issued a P320 as his service weapon to use as an officer for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Pentagon Again Expanding Military Border Zones, This Time in Arizona The newest military zone in Arizona -- the fourth border zone created by the Trump administration -- will encompass 140 miles...
Football Dreams Led to 'Fat Boy Flight' and an Over-40-Year Air Force Career In 1971, as a high school senior and captain of the football team, I assumed a college athletic scholarship was in my future...
US Contractors Say Their Colleagues Are Firing Live Ammo as Palestinians Seek Food in Gaza Two U.S. contractors, speaking to the AP on condition of anonymity because they were revealing their employers’ internal...
Tensions Are Rising Between Russia and Azerbaijan. Why Is This Happening Now? Deaths of ethnic Azerbaijanis rounded up by police for decades-old murders in a Russian city. The crash of an Azerbaijan...
Army Creating New Artificial Intelligence-Focused Occupational Specialty and Officer Field Service planners are moving to establish a new enlisted military occupational specialty focused on artificial intelligence...