U.S. Army aviators and Japanese troops are rehearsing their disaster response techniques, a year after they flew real-world missions for victims of a deadly earthquake on Japan’s western coast.

National Guard troops on full-time active duty are now eligible to enroll in a tax-advantaged, health care flexible spending account, according to a spokesman for the Department of Defense.

Seventeen service members and veterans testified Friday, Saturday, and Monday in an Army doctor’s court-martial for sexually abusing 41 patients at the Lewis-McChord hospital.

The Idaho National Guard deployed 10 UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters and more than 80 soldiers to Ft. Belvoir, Va., on Jan. 10 and 11 in support of the Joint Emergency Evacuation Plan mission.

American troops recently joined a 12-nation parachute drill near Tokyo to hone skills needed to recapture remote islands.

A U.S. soldier is under investigation on suspicion of negligent homicide following the death of a pedestrian who was struck by a military police car in Ansbach, German police said Monday.

The New Year’s Day suicide of an Army Green Beret exposed the Pentagon’s struggle to identify and treat brain injuries and mental health issues, raising alarm among some lawmakers, medical experts and former military personnel.

Three Humvees and other military equipment were stolen from an Army Reserve center near Santa Ana, Calif., Wednesday, as wildfires devastated parts of Los Angeles County.

Attorneys for Staff Sgt. Marlone Best, 27, conceded in court this week that the soldier shot and killed Larry Kidd Jr. during an altercation Feb. 17, 2024, at a busy fast-food restaurant, but only after being provoked by 10 months of threats against his life.

“Military personnel historically use tobacco and nicotine products at much higher rates than their civilian counterparts,” University of Virginia researcher Melissa Little said. “Our results show that these same disparities are continuing with new and emerging products, like nicotine pouches.”