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A containerized LOCUST Laser Weapon System sits on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush during Navy live-fire testing in the Atlantic Ocean, Oct. 6, 2025. The system detected, tracked, engaged and neutralized multiple unmanned

NAVY PLANS FLEET-WIDE LASER DEPLOYMENT

A containerized LOCUST Laser Weapon System sits on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush during Navy live-fire testing in the Atlantic Ocean, Oct. 6, 2025. The system detected, tracked, engaged and neutralized multiple unmanned

NAVY PLANS FLEET-WIDE LASER DEPLOYMENT

Navy Says Laser Weapons’ Future Has Arrived — Wants Them Across the Fleet

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U.S. Army Gen. Christopher C. LaNeve, vice chief of staff of the Army, attaches the Presidential Unit Citation streamer to the guidon of Company D, 151st Infantry Regiment, during a ceremony in Indianapolis, Aug. 29, 2026. The Indiana Rangers received

Indiana Rangers Receive Top Honor

Vietnam Rangers Waited More Than 56 Years for the Military’s Highest Unit Award

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U.S. paratroopers assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, conduct an airborne operation from a CH-47 Chinook at Sicily Drop Zone, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Feb. 12, 2026. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Alvin Cade Jr.)

82nd Airborne Tours Extended in Middle East

82nd Airborne Deployments Extended to a Full Year in Middle East

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U.S. service members prepare a flag-draped transfer case during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency repatriation ceremony in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, Sept. 2, 2026. The case will be transported to DPAA’s laboratory in Hawaii for possible

WWII Remains Head to Hawaii Lab

Possible Remains of Missing WWII Americans Head Home After More Than 80 Years

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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Verne Conant, an instructor with the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, demonstrates with an AR-15 during a Civilian Marksmanship Program Rifle Marksmanship 101 course at Talladega Marksmanship Park in Alabama, Nov. 7, 2024. (U.S. Army

Gun Owners Challenge AR-15 Bans

Gun Owners Ask Supreme Court to Rule AR-15s Are Constitutionally Protected

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Soldiers participate in suicide-prevention training with the Overwatch Project at Fort Hood, Texas, on Jan. 7, 2026. The Army is separately testing SAFEGUARD, a machine-learning initiative designed to identify soldiers at elevated suicide risk and

Army Tests AI for Suicide Risk

Army Tests AI Suicide-Risk System After Study Found 95% of Attempts Followed Soldiers Denying Suicidal Thoughts

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President Donald Trump appears with the Artemis II crew at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on Aug. 28, 2026. During the visit, Trump signed an order beginning the process of establishing a new U.S. Space Academy. (NASA)

TRUMP PLANS U.S. SPACE ACADEMY

Trump Signs Order to Begin Creating U.S. Space Academy Modeled After West Point

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USS New Orleans returns under its own propulsion to White Beach Naval Facility in Okinawa on Aug. 22, 2025, two days after an 11-hour fire aboard the ship. A newly public Navy investigation found that ceiling-high stacks of toilet paper, unauthorized

USS New Orleans Fire Investigation Reveals Failures

Navy Investigation: 100 Boxes of Toilet Paper Helped Turn USS New Orleans Fire Into $12M Disaster

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Medical Education and Training Campus dormitories at Fort Sam Houston are shown in a 2014 Army photograph. More than 5,000 military medical trainees were relocated from the complex in July 2026 after serious building problems, and the Air Force now says

Air Force Won't Probe Dorm Failures

Air Force Won’t Commit to Investigation After $800 Million Dorms Failed in 16 Years

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An Edda counter-UAS turret mounted on a semi-autonomous Ford F-250 is tested during Project Sandhills 2.0 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on Aug. 18, 2026. The Army is evaluating the system as a mobile way to detect, track and shoot down drones. (U.S.

ARMY TESTS DRONE-SHOOTING F-250

Army Tests Self-Driving Ford F-250 With Shotgun Turret That Shoots Down Drones

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The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Pasadena transits Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia, in October 2021. A new GAO report found Navy attack submarines lost more than 15,000 operational days to maintenance delays and idle time from

Navy Faces $3.4B Idle Submarine Costs

Navy Lost 15,000 Submarine Days — and Spent $3.4 Billion Keeping Idle Boats and Crews

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Joint Task Force–Southern Border personnel use the Army Multipurpose High Energy Laser system to engage a hostile drone near the U.S.-Mexico border on Aug. 25, 2026. U.S. forces said three hostile drones were defeated during operations spanning Aug. 25

U.S. Troops Use Laser on Cartel Drones

U.S. Military Uses Laser to Shoot Down 3 Cartel Drones at Southern Border

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Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center at Fort Hood, Texas, where Maj. Blaine McGraw previously worked as an OB-GYN. McGraw now faces a March 2027 court-martial in a case involving 93 alleged victims. (U.S. Army photo by Frank Minnie)

Army OB-GYN Faces Court-Martial

Trial Date Set for Army OB-GYN Accused in Case Involving 93 Women

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U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Jonny Kim poses for an official NASA portrait at Johnson Space Center in Houston. NASA announced Aug. 27, 2026, that Kim is leaving the agency and returning to active-duty Navy service. (NASA/Josh Valcarcel)

JONNY KIM RETURNS TO NAVY

Navy SEAL-Turned-Astronaut Jonny Kim Leaves NASA to Return to Active Duty

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U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. 1st Class Robert Benavente addresses Basic Combat Training trainees at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, on Aug. 16, 2026, during Operation Wildcat Rising, an experiment testing how Reserve drill sergeant formations could expand Army training

Army Tests Expanded Training Plan

Army Tests How It Would Expand Basic Training During a Major War

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