Intel Soldiers Deploying to Border as Military Increases Role in Trump Immigration Push
The Pentagon will deploy nearly 200 intelligence and signals troops to the border, according to a military news release Wednesday, adding to the more than 10,000 troops border-wide amid President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. Eighty Army “military intelligence professionals” from Fort Drum, New York, and the XVIII Airborne Corps headquartered out of Fort Bragg, North […]
'Everything Is on the Table': Army Eyeing Expansion of Privatized Barracks
The Army is considering a significant expansion of privatized barracks, a concept it has revisited periodically since the 1990s and one that gained renewed momentum under the previous administration. As part of a pilot program, construction is expected to begin this summer on a new privately managed facility at Fort Irwin, California, designed to house […]
Army Suspends Fort McCoy's First Female Commander Amid Trump Portrait Display Controversy
Col. Sheyla Baez Ramirez, the garrison commander of Fort McCoy in Wisconsin, was suspended following the circulation on social media of a photograph showing portraits of President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth turned to face a wall. The incident, which sparked a wave of right-wing criticism, centered on the […]
Remains of Army Veteran and Her Daughter Identified 3 Decades After Deaths near Gilgo Beach
MINEOLA, N.Y. — A woman and toddler whose remains were discovered scattered along an oceanfront highway not far from the victims of Long Island’s infamous Gilgo Beach killings were identified Wednesday as an Army veteran from Alabama and her daughter. Tanya Denise Jackson, 26, of Mobile, had been living in Brooklyn with her 2-year-old daughter, […]
Army Aims New Fitness Test for June But Is Still Working on How to Grade It
The Army has outlined its new fitness test set to debut in June, but key details surrounding the rollout — including scoring criteria and enhanced standards for combat troops — remain unsettled just weeks ahead of implementation. The specifics still being ironed out behind the scenes include the Army’s plans to adjust how events are […]
Army Releases Final EIS for Hawaii Training Area
The Army has released its finalized environmental impact statement on the prospect of retaining 22,750 acres of state-owned land at the Pohakuloa Training Area on Hawaii island after its lease expires in August 2029. Situated between Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea, PTA is the military’s largest contiguous live-fire range and maneuver training area in the […]
Military Takeover Could Extend Miles North of Border, Conservationists Warn
The Trump administration’s plan to transfer federal land along the southern border to the U.S. military includes lands in New Mexico that extend well beyond the Roosevelt Reservation, a 60-foot strip of land along much of the border, signaling to conservationists that additional public lands in Arizona are also vulnerable to Army takeover. That could […]
Army Seeing Major Recruiting Momentum in 2025 After Hitting Goal Last Year
The Army is poised to easily hit its recruiting target this year as the service has made enormous gains in filling the ranks ahead of its traditional summer rush of new enlistments. As of last week, the Army had enlisted 51,837 recruits, or 85% of its 61,000 target for fiscal 2025, according service data provided […]
New Army Fitness Test: No More Ball Yeet, Higher Standards for Combat Arms
The Army is set to make sweeping changes to its fitness test, according to an internal memo obtained by Military.com. The overhaul includes a rebranding of the test, the elimination of its most criticized event, and the introduction of new performance standards for soldiers in combat roles. First, the test will no longer be the […]
US Army Wife Fights to Have Vote Counted in NC Supreme Court Race
When Carrie Conley learned that her vote in the 2024 election was at risk of being thrown out, the news did not come to her through the mail or from any official source. She was scrolling through social media when she came upon a post from the progressive advocacy group Carolina Forward. The post referred […]