Defense

The head of U.S. Special Operations Command said Tuesday that winning the fights of the future may depend less on door-kickers and more on tech-savvy operators trained for the cyber and information battlespace. “We still […]

Houston Creech’s favorite day at work is one adrenaline junkies everywhere should aspire to try. He parachutes out of low-flying airplanes and must then land safely in the middle of what could best be described […]

AUSTIN, Texas — The Department of Veterans Affairs said a registry for veterans exposed to airborne toxins now includes more than 200,000 people as advocates contend better health care is what veterans need, not lists. […]

A new “Marine Littoral Regiment” coming to Hawaii–the first of its kind in the Marine Corps–represents a major shift for the service in the “great power ” competition playing out in the Western Pacific and […]

WASHINGTON — The government’s $3 trillion effort to rescue the economy from the coronavirus crisis is stirring worry at the Pentagon. Bulging federal deficits may force a reversal of years of big defense spending gains […]

A planned independent, in-depth assessment of the Marine Corps‘ historically gender-segregated boot camp training model hasn’t started yet — because no one has volunteered to conduct it. The service didn’t receive any applications following its […]

KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — Regional lawmakers in Germany are investigating why a finance office near Ramstein Air Base has stepped up efforts to collect income tax from American troops and military civilians, possibly breaching an international […]

KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban attacked an Afghan army checkpoint in eastern Laghman province, killing six soldiers and wounding five, the government said Monday. The insurgents claimed responsibility for the assault, which took place on […]

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — When Kristofer Goldsmith was discharged from the Army in 2007 he was in crisis. He had been trained as a forward observer — the person who spots a target and gives coordinates […]

U.S. Army medical officials want the defense industry to create wearable monitors to detect whether service members are displaying symptoms of the novel coronavirus. Army Medical Research and Development Command recently invited defense firms to […]