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The United States ended its military draft in 1973 as the Vietnam War was winding down. Will the war in Iran, in which the Pentagon is preparing to deploy ground troops, revive it? It appears unlikely ...

Over the past 20 years, to say that all military branches of the Department of Defense have changed their fitness testing and standards is an understatement. Largely due to the wars in Iraq and ...

US Army Captain with the National Guard Bureau seen using the Maven Smart System in Arlington, Virginia in February 2026. (National Guard Bureau/Master Sgt. Whitney Hughes) The US Marine Corps (USMC) ...

Woodland Reveille Lions Club has donated $25,000 to Woodland Community Care Car in memory of longtime member and volunteer Don Pixton. The late Pixton, a Lion for more than four decades, began driving ...

Until President Trump took office for the second time, it was rare for civilian government officials to live on military bases or installations. By Katie Rogers Katie Rogers covers the White House.

A HANX drone designed by U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Henry David Volpe is staged and conducts test flights at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Feb. 12, 2026. The HANX is the Marine Corps' ...

The last of the Marine Corps’ venerable AV-8B Harrier II fighter jets will be retired in June, to be replaced by the F-35B. For more than 41 years, since January 1985, the US Marine Corps has operated ...

The US armed forces selected the M17 and M18—the military versions of the Sig Sauer P320—as their standard service pistol in 2017, despite concerns about accidental firing. The United States Marine ...

Journalist Jo Ling Kent joined CBS News in July 2023 as the senior business and technology correspondent for CBS News. Kent has more than 15 years of experience covering the intersection of technology ...

Bell has completed upgrade work on a pair of H-1 helicopters that will inform modifications to increase the lethality and survivability of the rotorcraft in US Marine Corps (USMC) service. The AH-1Z ...

A “one in a million” malfunction during a live fire demonstration over Camp Pendleton last October led to a misfire that rained shrapnel on Interstate 5, striking two California Highway Patrol ...