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When it comes to the matter of going into war, most of us think of aircraft, tanks, missiles, bombs and more. It's not always

The “American problem” of dwindling interest in military service or fitness to enlist has Army recruitment numbers lagging. But a high-ranking Army official in Washington state is optimistic the nation’s young people still see value in serving.

The Army is tossing its mandate for potential recruits to have a high school diploma or GED certificate to enlist in the service, in one of the most dramatic moves yet in the escalating recruiting crisis hitting the entire Defense Department. On...

Frontline Army soldier injured in unidentified blast

History has shown that military agencies and the world of clandestine, secret activity go together hand in glove. A perfect

To operate in the Pacific, "we have to grow beyond the 20th-century Cold War model that we needed with big bases," Gen. Charles Flynn told Breaking Defense. "Our future concept is agile, it's distributed, it's networked, it's mobile. And it's integrated with our allies and partners in the region, because we gain by being able to enable them."

Being a nature lover, Mr. Garretson was an avid bird-watcher. He and his wife adopted 15 rescue dogs and cats during his lifetime.

Regular meetings between the Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army factions and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham leaders in northwestern Syria will open a new page in relations between the two parties and might pave the way for military integration in the future.

Brig. Gen. Patrick Ellis, I Corps chief of staff, said his team was able to send mission command information from a Stryker, in mid-air transit aboard a C-17 headed to Guam, back to Joint Base Lewis-McChord using the airplane's antenna.

On Feb. 24, the Civil War Round Table of Gettysburg had both Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln in attendance! Just kidding. Our speaker was D. Scott Hartwig, who I’d seen