Pentagon codifies fitness standards across branches
The new regulations spell out testing timelines, standards for troops in combat arms specialties and guidelines for pregnancy and postpartum fitness.
By Eve Sampson
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Navy corpsman found dead near South Carolina riverbanks
Yu Wei Huo, 33, was last seen days earlier, and officials asked the public for help locating him, expressing "concern for his safety and well-being.”
By Eve Sampson
Marine vet among 3 militia members charged with plotting Capitol breach
The Oath Keepers group often recruits current and former military, police or other first responders.
US Navy ship, Marine Corps F-35Bs to deploy with British carrier strike group
A detachment of Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft, along with the U.S. Navy’s guided-missile destroyer The Sullivans, is expected to deploy later this year.
By Diana Stancy
General education: What Austin can learn from Mattis’s rocky relationship with Congress
Austin must work with Congress to win support for President-elect Joe Biden’s national security budget and priorities.
By Joe Gould
Best pics of the week: Jan. 17, 2021
U.S. and Italian paratroopers conduct airborne operations in Italy, National Guard troops arrive in Washington for Inauguration Day events, and more in this week's Frontline Photos.
Navy SEAL pleads guilty in 2017 strangulation death of Green Beret
One defendant remains, a Marine Raider scheduled for trial on Feb. 1.
By Todd South
US Navy rolls out new strategy for expanding Arctic operations
The Navy statement provides an outline of planned operational changes for the military’s sea services in and around Alaska, including the Navy, Coast Guard and Marine Corps.
Best pics of the week: Jan. 10, 2021
Navy aircraft carriers in the Pacific and Indian oceans, Air Force and Marine aircraft support Operation Octave Quartz, the military continues receiving the COVID-19 vaccine and more in this week's Frontline Photos.
Biden won’t have his defense secretary in place on Day One
President-elect Joe Biden is pressuring on Congress to quickly confirm his nominees for national security roles, but it appears the congressional calendar won’t permit his pick for defense secretary to be in place on Day One.
Former defense secretaries Mattis, Esper decry attack on the Capitol and Trump’s rhetoric
One woman killed and numerous police injured as pro-Trump rioters attempted to disrupt congressional proceedings.
Navy SEAL agrees to plead guilty in strangulation death of Army Green Beret staff sergeant
One defendant remains scheduled for trial in the 2017 case.
By Todd South