Panels are already scrutinizing the skills of pilots and other aircrew, some of whom may choose to leave their jobs, Maj. Gen ...

The military has again been facing a recruitment crisis. While the numbers could be on the upswing, the shortfalls are still ...

After a 40-year low in 2022, military recruitment is finally rebounding. In June, the U.S. Army surpassed its 61,000 annual ...

The decades long war on terrorism resulted in a near total loss in critical fieldcraft skills Army-wide. With limited training time, units singularly focused on deployment to established theaters with ...

FORT BENNING, Ga. — The U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit is a unique Fort Benning battalion that is not widely known, not even by those in the military. Those familiar with the unit are typically aware of ...

Armies should train for the battlefields they fight on. But the U.S. Army’s training sites don’t replicate the terrain that the Army is most likely to fight on, such as the Baltic states, Korea and ...

U.S. Army air defenders participate in a live fire iteration during Defender Europe 2025 June 19, 2025, in Vezprem, ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is considering reversing a ban on the "shark attack," the time-honored aggressive practice used by drill sergeants to train U.S. Army recruits in basic training. The ...

An Army AH-64 Apache attack helicopter hovers over the flight desk of the USS America. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Navy) The USS America conducted joint helicopter training with the Army and Marine Corps ...

An update to Army basic training rules forbids drill instructors from creating "social media content" with new recruits, and changes the rules on PT-based "smoke" - a term frowned upon in the rules.

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, conduct a platoon level live fire exercise at the 7th Army Training Command’s Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, March 19, 2025. The 2nd ...