The Army says the student loan crisis, not Middle East wars, helped it exceed recruiting goals this year
A significant part of the service's recruiting push has been showing that the Army serves as a pathway to America's middle class.
US special operations forces compete in Fuerzas Comando rankings
The competition put forces from around region up against each other in shooting, sniper, combined-assault, and hostage-rescue scenarios.
The US Navy just promoted a jailed sex offender
Lt. j.g. Michael McNeil was sentenced to 10 years in prison in March, but he's still active duty and still listed as assigned to the USS Lassen.
Navy aircraft carrier John F Kennedy island construction
The addition of the 72-foot-tall and 588-metric-ton island means the John F. Kennedy is now 92% structurally complete.
Marine aircraft have hit birds 1,500 times over the past 15 years — here's what the Corps is doing about it
It's rare for a bird strike to do serious damage to a Marine Corps aircraft, but there's still a risk, and the service is trying to mitigate it.
US fighter jets just landed in Sweden to practice fighting in a new kind of airspace
US fighter jets and tankers are in Sweden to practice taking on enemy air defenses in one of the world's most inhospitable regions.
Aspiring Marine among students who reportedly tried to tackle gunman in Colorado school shooting
Brendan Bialy, a senior enrolled in the Marine Corps Delayed Entry Program, reportedly tried to help tackle a gunman at his Colorado high school.
4 things the general in charge of the Army's newest command says are needed to win the wars of the future
Army Futures Command, set up last year, is meant to add capabilities and structures that allow soldiers to dominate battlefields in the future.
Australian troops have been ordered not to use slang so they don't confuse US Marines
About 1,700 Marines arrived in Darwin, Australia, in April for training, and they're expected to grow to 2,500 by the end of their stay October.
