Lt. Col. Brandon Shah, 42, became an ROTC instructor at Old Dominion after serving in Iraq as an Army aviator.

U.S. soldiers used Apache helicopters to pursue and attack drones in an air-to-air combat training exercise this week.

The XM8 carbine has a shorter barrel and suppressor than the M7, and is also about a pound lighter than the rifle.

Operation Epic Fury has exposed shortcomings with the US Army’s readiness for combat, particularly its lack of sufficient magazine depth.

The Army is changing the fitness test for all soldiers. On Monday, the Army announced it was replacing the Army Combat Fitness Test with the Army Fitness Test, AFT, according to a news release published on its website. "The five-event AFT is designed to ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Sunday ordered a 60-day review of military combat arms standards to ensure that exceptions are not being made for female troops to assume the physically demanding roles. The review follows past concerns from Hegseth that ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — The Secretary of Defense on Tuesday initiated a six-month review of the “operational effectiveness” of women in ground combat positions. Women have been in those combat arms positions for about a decade. Their path to jobs was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. Army is making changes to their physical fitness requirements for all soldiers, introducing new gender-neutral standards while eliminating one of its most criticized events.

Happy Friday! The Army announced this week that male and female soldiers in 21 combat military occupational specialties will have to meet the same standards on the new Army Fitness Test, which also eliminates the standing power throw event, which soldiers ...

The Navy has a new fitness test for active-duty “combat arms personnel,” including members of Naval Special Warfare and Naval Special Operations commands. It is called the Navy Combat Fitness Test (Navy CFT). These groups will now take a new fitness ...