October 27, 2025

If the government shutdown continues, military commissaries should be able to keep their shelves full and “sprint through Thanksgiving,” commissary officials said.Officials expect to maintain “as normal operations as possible” through closing on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, said John Hall, director of the Defense Commissary Agency, during a Oct. 24…

Since 1945, the U.S. Army has been designed to defend Europe. Despite detours into counterinsurgency in Southeast Asia and the Middle East, the core of the Army remains a large force of heavy mechanized brigades.But the times are changing. The Obama administration shifted American strategic policy from Europe to Asia.…

A minor strain of the avian influenza, H9N2, could mutate to infect humans and cause a pandemic, according to experts. They claim that this strain of the bird flu virus has adapted to human cells, but cases of person-to-person transmission haven’t been reported yet. This milder strain of bird flu…

The U.S. Marines conducted a landmark training exercise which saw them fire the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System for the first time while near the base of Mount Fuji, Japan.Marines of the 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division unleashed HIMARS missiles during live-fire training at Camp Fuji on…

The Eighth Army in Korea is already accepting soldier transfers under a new “tour normalization” system that began Oct. 1. But not every installation in the country is ready yet to accept soldiers and their families for longer tours.Speaking to reporters at the Association of the United States Army’s annual…

As thousands of attendees roam the halls of the Walter E. Washington Convention Center during this year’s Association of the U.S. Army Annual Meeting & Exposition in Washington, a handful of agents with Army counterintelligence are working to keep the Army’s secrets safe.“Now more than ever, our adversaries absolutely have…

More Army Reserve members will soon be eligible for emergency financial assistance from Army Emergency Relief, the nonprofit’s CEO announced Tuesday.Currently, Army reservists must be on Title 10 orders for more than 30 days to be eligible for financial assistance from the nonprofit. In January 2026, that 30-day requirement will…

The Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday that the U.S. Coast Guard will continue to receive military pay despite the government shutdown.DHS Secretary Kristi Noem issued a politically charged statement through the department’s website, confirming that service members from the Coast Guard will see their Oct. 15 paycheck processed and…

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. military struck another small boat off the coast of Venezuela, killing six people.“Under my Standing Authorities as Commander-in-Chief, this morning, the Secretary of War, ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO) conducting narcotrafficking,” Trump…

The U.S. Army has signed a contract to create dining venues at several installations aimed at revamping soldiers’ culinary experience, the service announced Sept. 30. The Army Nonappropriated Fund Contracting Office at Installation Management Command, G9, awarded Compass Group USA a concession contract Aug. 28 to create college campus-style facilities…

Governor Gavin Newsom has signed yet another piece of “first-in-the-nation” gun control into law — this time targeting handguns that can allegedly be “easily converted” into fully automatic weapons. Assembly Bill 1127, authored by Assembly members Jesse Gabriel and Catherine Stefani, bans California gun dealers from selling pistols that can…

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