"If we expect the ship to endure, we have to maintain it. If we expect the crew to endure, we have to sustain them," an active-duty sailor argues. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

New service-level training teaches Marines to counter drone threats with rifles, shotguns and grenade launchers. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

Sen. Richard Blumenthal distributed a letter on Wednesday requesting that the U.S. Navy account for conditions aboard the carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

Two people are dead after an Apache helicopter crashed outside of Fort Hood, Texas, local authorities confirmed. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

The effort, the Army says, is designed to hasten the development and testing of drones, counter-drone systems, long-range fires and cheap interceptors. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

The Pentagon will soon cover the cost for some service members to freeze their sperm or eggs. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

Joint Base Andrews will receive 26 HH-60W "Whiskey” helicopters, replacing its aging UH-1N “Huey” fleet and adding 60 active-duty positions. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

The Air Force changed its COVID-19 reinstatement process to remove delays for service members seeking to return after vaccine-related separation. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

Stackable certificates can be used to boost AI and advanced technology skills over time and to modernize existing PME, a RAND Corporation report argues. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

Trump was transferred from Air Force One to a military plane via a catering truck due to Iranian threats following a NATO summit in Turkey, reports say. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

A new $3.4 million Pentagon grant to two universities aims to help solve the thorny problem of military recruits getting sidelined with stress fractures. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

Multiple sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have attempted to go overboard as the carrier's deployment stretches into its ninth month. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

The Pentagon released an updated list of religious affiliations, cutting the options for service members' self-identification from more than 200 to 30. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

Mold, asbestos and crumbling walls are only some of the issues plaguing the U.S. military's Pacific bases, a government watchdog found. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

Seekers are among the most expensive parts of a guided weapon, and Boeing’s argument is that their cost is what limits how many the military can buy. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

The Air Force selected 12,671 senior airmen to become staff sergeants, with a nearly 32% selection rate, a decrease from last year's cycle. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

The VA watchdog found that 80% of referrals for mental health services in the Community Care program were scheduled within 30 days. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

Before Larry Elmore became one of the artists behind Dungeons & Dragons’ popular imagery, he was drawing tanks and rifles for the U.S. Army. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

Russia freed a former U.S. Marine on Tuesday who had been jailed since 2022. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

The Transportation Secretary said he's working to fix telecom issues after Marine One carrying President Trump came too close to a passenger jet. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

In a recent memo, the Pentagon pushed defense companies to accelerate production and delivery of critical weapons. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

Lockheed Martin on Monday announced the launch of Strigo, a new line of modular missile and sensor hardware. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

DOGE reported $1.76 billion in savings from terminating a contract, but GAO found that the contract was never terminated and no funds were deobligated. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

DARPA is developing a hypersonic cruise missile in response to the Pentagon's concerns that American missiles are vulnerable to enemy air defenses. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

Joint Base Charleston's new name was unveiled in a Monday ceremony honoring the late Senator Lindsey Graham. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

Troops in Korea practiced turning drones into weapons with live ordnance last week as the Army incorporates unmanned capabilities into all formations. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

The USS Theodore Roosevelt is now the first Navy carrier to be equipped with an Unmanned Air Warfare Center that will support the unmanned MQ-25A Stingray. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

Female sailors may now purchase newly designed Service Khaki slacks with back pockets and “modern fit sizing.” 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

The U.S. Army is looking for companies that can provide a 50mm cannon and ammunition capable of destroying a broad range of drones. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️

The Army abruptly removed Lt. Gen Charles Costanza from command of V Corps. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️