Decision due soon about novel boats for seagoing Marine recon units
Service leaders are pondering the utility of new maritime reconnaissance companies, which would use the new watercraft.
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Soldier found dead during basic combat training at Fort Jackson
A soldier from Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment, was “found deceased during training” on Thursday, the Army said.
Pentagon jobs cuts delay plans to expand assault, suicide prevention
Defense Department personnel cuts will delay plans to hire at least 1,000 more civilians for prevention work within the military, officials said.
This unit will be the next to field the Corps’ ship-killing missile
Ultimately the Marines will field 48 NEMESIS systems.
Commissary director sees opportunity for stores amid DOD upheaval
'We're going to be more like a commercial grocery chain than ever before," John Hall, director of the Defense Commissary Agency, said.
US Army finalizing future aircraft design with hopes to field faster
The Army is examining whether its unprecedented digital engineering design efforts will enable it to field FLRAA earlier than 2030.
Fighter jet slips off carrier hangar deck in Red Sea, one minor injury
An F/A-18 fighter jet slipped off the hangar deck of the USS Harry S. Truman as sailors were towing the aircraft into place, the Navy said.
Marines more than halfway through fielding of new 360-degree radar
More than half of the 60 systems have been received.
Coast Guardsman’s wife arrested for expired visa after security check
The spouse's name was flagged during a security screening when the couple sought to get her base access at Naval Air Station Key West, officials said.
Active-duty troops detained in DEA raid at illegal Colorado nightclub
More than a dozen active-duty troops were at the nightclub during the raid, some as patrons and others working as security guards, the DEA said.
US says it’s hit more than 800 targets in Houthi bombing campaign
American military assets involved in the operation include two carrier strike groups, as well as fighter, bomber and air defense units.
This Army division will change how armor brigades and divisions fight
Soldiers with the division will help the Army determine how to modernize and evolve formations to prepare for real-world deployments.
Houthi rebels have shot down 7 US Reaper drones in recent weeks
It's a loss of aircraft worth more than $200 million in what is becoming the most dramatic cost to the Pentagon of the military campaign against the group.
Air Force lieutenant colonel will face trial for child sex crimes
Kevin DiFalco faces charges of sexual abuse of a child, indecent conduct, giving false testimony and possession of child pornography, among others.
Experimental civilian plane crashes at Virginia military base
Authorities said they are investigating the crash of an experimental MX Aircraft MXS near Hampton, Virginia.
Trump asks Supreme Court to let transgender military ban take effect
Without an order from the nation’s highest court, the ban could not take effect for many months while legal challenges proceed, Trump officials said.
Navy suspends search for missing Nimitz sailor
The U.S. military and Guam emergency response teams logged 120 hours and traversed 11,000 square nautical miles in an effort to find the missing sailor.
