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Emergency responders are seen near a site where two military helicopters crashed Wednesday night during a routine training mission in Trigg County, in southwestern Kentucky, on March 30, 2023. (Brandon Smith/WSMV-TV via AP)

Army launches probe of chopper collision that killed 9 soldiers in Kentucky

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. James McConville left, listens to Daysia Holiday, a student in the Future Soldier Prep Course, right, at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C. Aug. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford) **FILE**

Basic training without yelling: Army recruits get 2nd chance

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Jonathan Majors arrives at the premiere of "Creed III" on Feb. 27, 2023, at TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. The arrest of actor Majors on Saturday, March 25, 2023, has upended the Army’s newly launched advertising campaign that was aimed at reviving the service’s struggling recruiting numbers. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Army quickly plans new ads after Jonathan Majors’ arrest

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Jonathan Majors arrives at the premiere of "Creed III" on Feb. 27, 2023, at TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. The arrest of actor Majors on Saturday, March 25, 2023, has upended the Army’s newly launched advertising campaign that was aimed at reviving the service’s struggling recruiting numbers. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Army pulls recruiting ads featuring ‘Creed III’ star after domestic violence arrest

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Female voluntary recruits attend a three month training program at a military base in Bogota, Colombia, Monday, March 6, 2023. After a 25-year ban, the Colombian army is once again allowing women to join its ranks through voluntary military service, which is a requirement for men. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Women enlist in Colombia’s army for first time in 25 years

By Astrid Suarez - Associated Press

Jewish ultra-Orthodox men and children, some wearing costumes read the Book of Esther, which tells the story of the Jewish festival of Purim, at a synagogue in Bnei Brak, Israel, Tuesday March 7, 2023. The Jewish holiday of Purim commemorates the Jews salvation from genocide in ancient Persia, as recounted in the Book of Esther. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

At least 6 Palestinians killed during Israeli West Bank raid

By Majdi Mohammed and Isabel Debre - Associated Press

Retired Army Col. Paris Davis, an Ohio native, who is set to receive the Medal of Honor for his service in the Vietnam War speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at a hotel in Arlington, Va., Thursday, March 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden awards Medal of Honor to Vietnam War hero after 60-year wait

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

U.S. Army Pacific commander Gen. Charles Flynn poses for a photograph after an interview with The Associated Press Friday, March 25, 2022, in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP Photo/Tassanee Vejpongsa) ** FILE **

Army secretary, top general push for bigger role as China tensions surge

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cody Brown, right, with the 436th Aerial Port Squadron, checks pallets of 155 mm shells ultimately bound for Ukraine, April 29, 2022, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. The U.S. is sending another $400 million to Ukraine, pushing needed ammunition and generators to Ukraine from its own stockpiles, which will allow the aid to get to Ukraine faster than if the Pentagon procured the weapons from industry, getting needed heat and additional air defenses to Kyiv as winter sets in. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Pentagon pushing defense industry to churn out more arms for Ukraine

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth looks over the latest version of the M1A2 Abrams main battle tank as she tours the Joint Systems Manufacturing Center, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, in Lima, Ohio. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Tank plant in small Ohio city plays big role in Ukraine war

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Students in the new Army prep course stand at attention after physical training exercises at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C., Aug. 27, 2022. The Army is trying to recover from its worst recruiting year in decades, and officials say those recruiting woes are based on traditional hurdles. The Army is offering new programs, advertising and enticements to try to change those views and reverse the decline. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford, File)

Army sees safety, not ‘wokeness,’ as top recruiting obstacle

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Ukrainian soldiers prepare a U.S.-supplied M777 howitzer to fire at Russian positions in Kherson region, Ukraine, Jan. 9, 2023. A rapidly expanding group of U.S. and allied troops and contractors are using phones and tablets to communicate in encrypted chat rooms to provide real-time maintenance advice to Ukrainian troops on the battlefield. As the U.S. and other allies provide a growing number of increasingly complex and high-tech weapons, the maintenance demands are expanding. (AP Photo/Libkos, File)

How to fix a howitzer: U.S. offers help line to Ukraine troops

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

In this image released by the U.S. Department of Defense, German soldiers assigned to Surface Air and Missile Defense Wing 1, fire the Patriot weapons system at the NATO Missile Firing Installation, in Chania, Greece, on Nov. 8, 2017. Patriot missile systems have long been a hot ticket item for the U.S. and allies in contested areas of the world as a coveted shield against incoming missiles. In Europe, the Middle East and the Pacific, they guard against potential strikes from Iran, Somalia and North Korea. So it was a critical turning point when news broke this week that the U.S. has agreed to send a Patriot missile battery to Ukraine. (Sebastian Apel/U.S. Department of Defense, via AP, File)

Ukraine to Biden: Thanks for the tanks, but we want long-range missiles, too

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Olympus Arms co-inventor of the Vulcan rifle Michael Merino speaks in an interview. (Bill Gertz/The Washington Times)

No kickbacks: Army veteran says he has built a better rifle for battlefield

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

U.S. soldiers giving a salute. File photo credit: Bumble Dee via Shutterstock

Recruitment reinvention for Gen Z: Army has changed since 1980s, but iconic slogan endures

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 18, 2008 file photo, Britain's Prince Harry, sits atop a military vehicle in the Helmand province, Southern Afghanistan. Princess Diana’s little boy the devil-may-care red-haired prince with the charming smile is about to become a father. The arrival of the first child for Prince Harry and his wife Meghan will complete the transformation of Harry from troubled teen to family man, from source of concern to source of national pride. (John Stillwell, Pool Photo via AP, File)

Veterans call Prince Harry’s claim that he killed 25 Taliban fighters ‘foolish,’ ‘distasteful’

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this Thursday, March 2, 2017, photo, Tucker Carlson, host of "Tucker Carlson Tonight," poses for a photo in a Fox News Channel studio in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) **FILE**

Army general retires with clean record after online Carlson spat

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 6, 2019 photo, a U.S. military Black Hawk helicopter flies over the Pacific side of the Panama Canal as it travels to the Darien province to provide a humanitarian assistance in Panama. Last year the Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued a decision blaming the United States for the 1989 invasion of Panama and called on it to pay compensation. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

Defense contractors Sikorsky, Boeing challenge Army’s helicopter contract

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Navy head coach Ken Niumatalolo talks to his players during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Memphis, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022, in Annapolis, Md. Memphis won 37-13. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) **FILE**

Niumatalolo says Navy fired him right after Army loss: ‘I thought we stood for something different’

By Jacob Calvin Meyer - The Washington Times

Army players celebrate after Army defensive back Noah Short (47) blocked a punt return by Navy punter Riley Riethman (90) for a touchdown in the second quarter of an NCAA college football game in Philadelphia, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022. (Heather Khalifa/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

Army tops Navy in first OT game in 123 rivalry games

By Dan Gelston - Associated Press