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Celebrity chef says he’ll be the ‘bat’ to enforce quality at new Army dining halls Chef Robert Irvine says he’s been getting regular data readouts showing how many soldiers are eating at the new dining halls and what they’re ordering.

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Navy may shorten some at-sea tours to aid retention While retention remains high, with the service hitting more than 99% of its re-up goals last year, the Navy is still battling gaps in key billets.

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Gold PT uniform phaseout set as Navy streamlines sailors’ seabag In an exclusive interview, Rear Adm. Jennifer Couture said the Navy would finally make a long-anticipated cutback to one PT uniform by next year.

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Army officer communities face cuts in service-wide restructuring Some Army officers are slated to be shuttled into new job specialties or even transferred to a different service as jobs are eliminated.

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This Army Motor T operator is also an Olympic figure skater Pvt. Spencer Howe aspires to be an Army chaplain someday — but for now, his day job involves doing synchronized spin jumps on ice.

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US Marine Corps advances plans for drone wingman The Marine Corps released its 2026 Aviation Plan on Tuesday, outlining its strategy to maintain and develop its aviation fleets.

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NASA Needs A New Vomit Comet NASA is looking for new providers to supply low-gravity parabolic flights for spaceflight training and scientific research.

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Meet the pilots executing the rare Navy-Air Force Super Bowl flyover The flyover is set to include two B-1s, two F-15C Eagles and a pair each of Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets and F-35C Joint Strike Fighters.

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Meet the pilots executing the rare Navy-Air Force Super Bowl flyover The flyover is set to include two B-1s, two F-15C Eagles and a pair each of Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets and F-35C Joint Strike Fighters.

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F-22s pulled from Super Bowl flyover due to operations, planner says To complete the formation, F-15s from Fresno Air National Guard Base, California, were tapped late in planning to join the flyover.

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DOD ordered to study mental health impacts among military drone pilots Studies suggest remote warfare requires a level of intimacy with a prospective strike target that conventional air warfare may not.

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White House Golden Dome delays ‘frustrating’ to key lawmaker Rep. Jeff Crank, R-Co., stressed that the U.S. must keep to its ambitious game plan regarding the missile defense shield proposal.

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Army’s next-gen tank has ‘Formula 1’ cockpit, top general says The M1E3's “Formula One cockpit” contains a driver interface that “looks like an X-Box controller,” said Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George.

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Boosting soldier ingenuity the focus of new Army-commissioned study A recently begun two-year study by the University of Texas at Arlington aims to provide insights on the value of SJTs for soldier development.

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Pentagon clarifies Hegseth’s ‘putting hands on recruits’ statement The Defense Department has added more context to provocative comments Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made about aggressive troop training.

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What is Nifty Nugget? NDAA revives 47-year-old military exercise In 1978, the 21-day exercise, dubbed “Nifty Nugget,” brought two dozen military commands to bear to support a notional conflict in Europe.

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What is Nifty Nugget? NDAA revives 47-year-old military exercise In 1978, the 21-day exercise, dubbed “Nifty Nugget,” brought two dozen military commands to bear to support a notional conflict in Europe.

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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.

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Attention, ladies: You can now wear the iconic Marine Corps boat cloak The few and the proud just got a bit more debonaire.

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Which service is leading the US hypersonics race? I sat down with former Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James to talk about it: www.militarytimes.com/video/2025/1...

NDAA restores women’s policy teams canceled in Pentagon DEI purge Certain all-volunteer teams of service women working to address obstacles and improve policy were casualties of the Pentagon's war on DEI.

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V-22 Osprey at risk of more ‘catastrophic’ mishaps, Navy review finds Following major mishaps, the military’s first tiltrotor aircraft program must take “immediate and decisive action” to avoid more loss, a review found.

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Is carrier Wi-Fi distracting sailors? Jet mishap probe raises concerns The arrival of readily accessible Wi-Fi onboard ships is reducing crews’ commitment to professional excellence, the investigation found.

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Five minutes of chaos: How the Navy shot down its own jet A long pattern of rushed training and failed equipment contributed to the embarrassing and costly error, a recently published command investigation found.

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Marines seek Osprey-portable GPS landing system for austere airfields In the austere outpost of the future, the Corps wants its aircraft to land on a functioning airfield 90 minutes after the required equipment is flown in.

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‘High-G maneuvers’ amid enemy missiles earn USAF pilot Silver Star An Air Force squadron commander who led a history-making deployment to the Middle East was presented with the military’s third-highest combat award.

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Foreign agents preying on disgruntled soldiers, Army intel chief warns The 43-day government shutdown has presented a particular opportunity for enemies to influence frustrated and disaffected Army personnel.

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Hazing, bullying reports up as Hegseth pushes for rougher training While hazing reports saw an upswing in 2024 after three years of steady decline, bullying complaints have been steadily increasing since 2020.

While hazing reports saw an upswing in 2024 after three years of steady decline, bullying complaints have been steadily increasing since 2020.

Hazing, bullying reports up as Hegseth pushes for rougher training While hazing reports saw an upswing in 2024 after three years of steady decline, bullying complaints have been steadily increasing since 2020.

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