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Freshly minted recon Marines were showing up to their first units less prepared than expected, service leaders said. The Marine Corps is out to fix that.

The U.S. Marine Corps had zero first-person view drones in service as of October 2025.

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The Defense Department wants to split its funding for the military health system to protect military facilities and care.

Gen. Dan Caine characterized the hostile actions as “all below the threshold of restarting major combat operations at this point.”

It was the first apparent attempt to use military force since last month’s ceasefire announcement.

Adm. Brad Cooper said Iran was trying to interfere with a U.S. military operation to open the Strait of Hormuz to commercial traffic.

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The U.S. Marine Corps had zero first-person view drones in service as of October 2025.

The U.S. military-run body tasked with monitoring the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and boosting aid to Gaza is set to be shut down, seven diplomats told Reuters.

The Department of Defense announced on Friday that it had struck deals with seven leading artificial intelligence companies.

The Government Accountability Office found the DoD used a mix of unsound sampling practices and inconsistent processes to set cost of living payments.

The new Ground Reconnaissance Course is one of two programs replacing the service’s Basic Reconnaissance Course.

This case of executive overreach by Nixon in Cambodia during the Vietnam War led to the passage of the War Powers Act on Nov. 7, 1973.

The core of Domino’s pitch - and the Navy’s wager - is speed.

Germany is the U.S. military’s largest footprint in Europe, with some 35,000 active-duty military personnel, and serves as a key training hub.

The four-star officers who lead U.S. military commands have all requested the support of amphibious ready groups and Marine Expeditionary Units.

The 60-day threshold is delineated in the War Powers Resolution of 1973. The most relevant part of that law makes no mention of a ceasefire.

The comment came one day after Trump announced that Washington was looking at reducing the number of U.S. military personnel in Germany.

The service is “aggressively pursuing” an operational demo in 2027 for the Aerial Logistics Connector.

Top U.S. military leaders, including CENTCOM head Adm. Brad Cooper, will brief President Trump on Thursday on potential military action against Iran.

The service "is exploring how the emerging alternative-protein sector can help meet several objectives, including enhancing food supply chain resilience."

The service completed a study of Wasp-class amphibious assault ships and is currently conducting another on amphibious dock landing ships.

The questions over the war’s future come as a 60-day deadline approaches Thursday under the War Powers Act.

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