Navy F-35 pilots train to wield drones with touchscreen tablets
These autonomous unmanned systems, operating with artificial intelligence, can be used as “loyal wingmen” by aviators.
By Zita Ballinger Fletcher
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Army restarts religious support staff hiring following criticism
The U.S. Army is resuming the hiring of religious support workers for the chaplain corps after backlash from last year’s move to cancel contracts.
US military to stop shooting pigs and goats for medic training
The move ends a practice that had been made obsolete by simulators that mimic battlefield injuries.
Coasties to get $2,000 one-time ‘devotion to duty’ payment
Members of the U.S. Coast Guard will receive their own (taxed) version of President Donald Trump’s “Warrior Dividend” this month.
By Patricia Kime
Corps updates physical fitness test standards for combat MOS Marines
Updates include sex-neutral requirements for all combat MOS Marines to score a minimum of 210 out of a possible 300.
By Bridget Craig
Pentagon escalates probe into Sen. Mark Kelly over lawful orders video
The Defense Department says it is accelerating its probe into Sen. Mark Kelly for allegedly violating military law.
By Riley Ceder
Army, Navy underreported low-scoring recruits, DOD watchdog finds
A Pentagon watchdog found that the Army and Navy failed to accurately calculate the number of recruits who scored low on military aptitude tests.
By Eve Sampson
Trump orders blockade of ‘sanctioned oil tankers’ into Venezuela
The moves comes after U.S. forces last week seized an oil tanker off Venezuela’s coast.
Air Mobility Command head nominated to be next US Air Force vice chief
If approved, the Air Force vice chief and JAG nominees would fill roles that have been vacant since President Trump fired their predecessors in February.
NDAA restores women’s policy teams canceled in Pentagon DEI purge
Certain all-volunteer teams of service women working to address obstacles and improve policy were casualties of the Pentagon's war on DEI.
By Hope Hodge Seck
V-22 Osprey at risk of more ‘catastrophic’ mishaps, Navy review finds
Following major mishaps, the military’s first tiltrotor aircraft program must take “immediate and decisive action” to avoid more loss, a review found.
Pentagon leaders defend Trump’s mobilization of Guard in US cities
Pentagon leaders faced members of Congress on Thursday for the first time since President Donald Trump deployed the National Guard in American cities.
By Tanya Noury