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Army Secretary Christine Wormuth stops at an Army recruiting display after a speech to students at the Whitney M. Young Magnet High School in Chicago, on Feb. 14, 2023. The Army is launching a sweeping overhaul of its recruiting to focus more on young people who have spent time in college or are job hunting early in their careers. The aim is to reverse years of enlistment shortfalls. (AP Photo/Lolita Baldor, File)

Republicans in Congress press for answers about unsafe conditions in Army barracks

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Once an investigative journalist, then an activist, and later a lawmaker, Yehor Soboliev speaks during an interview with Associated Press in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 3, 2024. In all of these roles, he sought to expose corruption in business and government as a way to defend Ukraine's budding democracy. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)

Ukraine spent years trying to build a Western-style democracy. Then Russia invaded the country

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

A Palestinian boy watches his portion of food aid ahead of the upcoming Eid al-Adha holiday in Khan Younis, Saturday, June 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Israel’s army says it will pause daytime fighting along a route in southern Gaza to help flow of aid

By Josef Federman and Wafaa Shurafa and Julia Frankel - Associated Press

The Sgt. Stout, formally known as the Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense System (M-SHORAD), also will protect troops on the battlefield against attacks from rockets, artillery and mortars. Photo courtesy U.S. Army

Army’s new air defense system named after Vietnam Medal of Honor winner

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Earl Meyer wears his freshly awarded Purple Heart medal for combat injuries he received while serving in the Korean War, Friday, May 17, 2024 in St. Peter, Minn. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)

Army presents Purple Heart to Minnesota veteran 73 years after he was wounded in Korean War

By Steve Karnowski and Mark Vancleave - Associated Press

James Herling pauses his testimony while recalling the moment he realized the shooter was his brother-in-law, Robert Card, while testifying, Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Augusta, Maine, during a hearing of the independent commission investigating the law enforcement response to the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine. Nicole Herling, sister of the shooter, cries on her husband's shoulder. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Army reservist’s family describes struggle to get help before mass shooting in Maine

By Patrick Whittle and David Sharp - Associated Press

The new Fort Liberty sign is displayed outside the base on Friday, June 2, 2023 in Fort Liberty, N.C. U.S. special operations commanders are having to do more with less and they're learning from the war in Ukraine, That means juggling how to add more high-tech experts to their teams while still cutting their overall forces by about 5,000 troops over the next five years. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker, File)

U.S. special operations leaders are having to do more with less and learning from the war in Ukraine

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

The new Fort Liberty sign is displayed outside the base on Friday, June 2, 2023 in Fort Liberty, N.C. U.S. special operations commanders are having to do more with less and they're learning from the war in Ukraine, That means juggling how to add more high-tech experts to their teams while still cutting their overall forces by about 5,000 troops over the next five years. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker, File)

U.S. special operations leaders are doing more with less from war in Ukraine

Associated Press

This image from video released by the U.S. Army, shows a frame from a haunting new video, released on May 2, 2024, in the latest effort by the Army to lure soldiers to some of its more secretive units. Hints of its origin are tucked into the frames as they flash by touting the power of words, ideas and "invisible hands." Army Special Operations Command hopes that those drawn to the video may be interested in joining as one of its psychological warfare soldiers. (U.S. Army via AP)

Faceless people, invisible hands: New Army video aims to lure recruits for psychological operations

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Sean Hodgson waits to be called to give testimony, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Augusta, Maine, during a hearing of the independent commission investigating the law enforcement response to the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine. Hodgson had alerted an Army supervisor in September that his friend, Robert Card, was capable to doing a mass shooting. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Fellow reservists who served with Maine killer before mass shootings say they warned of his decline

By David Sharp and Patrick Whittle - Associated Press

In this image provided by the U.S. Army, U.S. Army Sgt. Ian Ketterling, gunner for Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, 17th Field Artillery Brigade, prepares the crane for loading the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) on to the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) in Queensland, Australia, July 26, 2023. U.S. officials say Ukraine for the first time has begun using long-range ballistic missiles, called ATACMS, striking a Russian military airfield in Crimea and Russian troops in another occupied area overnight. (Sgt. 1st Class Andrew Dickson/U.S. Army via AP)

Ukraine uses long-range missiles secretly provided by U.S. to hit Russian-held areas, officials say

By Lolita C. Baldor and Tara Copp - Associated Press

Myanmar's then leader Aung San Suu Kyi delivers a speech during a meeting on the implementation of Myanmar Education Development in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, Jan. 28, 2020. Myanmar’s military says Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest as a health measure due to a heat wave. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo, File)

Myanmar’s ousted leader Suu Kyi moved from prison to house arrest due to heat, military says

By Grant Peck - Associated Press

Thai military soldier keeps guard along the Moei river on the Thai side, under the 2nd Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge in Mae Sot in Thailand's Tak province on Friday, April 12, 2024. Thailand’s foreign minister says he has urged Myanmar’s military authorities not to violently respond to its army’s loss of an important border trading town to its opponents, and that so far it seemed to be exercising restraint. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai foreign minister urges Myanmar’s military to avoid violent attack on border town its army lost

By Jerry Harmer and Jintamas Saksornchai - Associated Press

A U.S. Army Caisson team carries the remains of Army Pfc. Tramaine J. Billingsley during burial services at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Nov. 2, 2010. The return of horse-drawn caissons at Arlington National Cemetery is being delayed for at least months or a year, the Army said Friday, April 12, 2024, as officials struggle to improve the care of the horses, after two died in 2022 as a result of poor feed and abysmal living conditions. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File)

The return of horse-drawn caissons to Arlington National Cemetery is delayed for at least months

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Members of the Karen National Liberation Army and People’s Defense Force examine two arrested soldiers after they captured an army outpost, in the southern part of Myawaddy township in Kayin state, Myanmar, March 11, 2024. (AP Photo/METRO)

Myanmar military begins basic training for draftees as resistance forces keep the pressure on

By Grant Peck - Associated Press

People inspect the site where World Central Kitchen workers were killed in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, April 2, 2024. World Central Kitchen, an aid group, says an Israeli strike that hit its workers in Gaza killed at least seven people, including several foreigners. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Israel dismisses 2 officers over deadly drone strikes on aid workers in Gaza

By Julia Frankel - Associated Press

A U.S. Army soldier touches the helmet of Pfc. Brandon King, from the 1-320th Alpha Battery, 2nd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division, who was killed July 14 at COP Nolan, during a memorial service at Combat Outpost Terra Nova in the volatile Arghandab Valley, Kandahar, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Combat-ready: Army rolling out lighter new helmet with new tech

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A Myanmar’s truck driver is reflected on a mirror as his truck carrying aid leaves at a customs checkpoint near the border with Myanmar, in Mae Sot, Tak province Thailand Monday, March 25, 2024. Thailand delivered its first batch of humanitarian aid to war-torn Myanmar sending ten trucks over the border from the northern province of Tak in what they hope will be a continuing effort to ease the plight of millions of people displaced by fighting. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thailand sends aid to war-torn Myanmar, but critics say it will only help junta

By Jintamas Saksornchai - Associated Press

A cadet walks through campus at the United States Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Peter K. Afriyie)

West Point deletes ‘duty, honor, country’ from mission statement

By Bill Gertz and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee Henry C. Leventis, left, speaks during a news conference with investigators FBI Special Agent, Douglas DePodesta center, and Special Agent Roy Cochran senior counterintelligence executive with the U.S. Army, right, Thursday, March 7, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. Leventis announced the arrest and indictment of U.S. Army Intelligence Analyst Korbein Schultz for conspiracy to obtain and disclose defense information. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

U.S. Army soldier indicted and accused of selling sensitive military information

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