Two soldiers at Fort Stewart were killed Thursday night in a single-vehicle incident during night training at the base in Georgia, Army officials said.

Staff Sgt. Ryan O’Hara, 28, of Lilburn, Ga., served as a Black Hawk repairer in the Army from July 2014 until his death Wednesday night. The remains of another soldier, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Eaves, 39, of Great Mills, Md., have not yet been recovered.

A Navy ship in service for 53 years that has been a symbol of NATO strength for nearly two decades has a new commander.

U.S. soldiers launched small drones in search of enemy positions on the Army’s sprawling Bavarian training grounds this week, testing an array of new technology that is expected to transform how American ground forces go to war.

The fatal collision of an Army helicopter and a passenger jet, as well as two other recent incidents, illustrate the challenges pilots and air traffic controllers face in the complex, security-sensitive skies above Washington D.C.

A U.S. Air Force jet with migrants bound at their wrists and ankles departed Texas for Guatemala on Thursday, carrying 80 deportees in another deportation flight that reflects a growing role for the armed forces in helping enforce immigration laws.

On Jan. 8, at least one individual entered a storage warehouse at the Army Reserve Center in Tustin, Calif., ransacked storage lockers and cut a fence to access a military vehicle parking lot, according to the Tustin Police Department.

Army veteran Dan Driscoll, 38, promised to “always follow the law” after several senators raised concerns that the Army will be forced into domestic law enforcement roles. He also vowed to dedicate time, energy and resources to ensure the service is welcoming to women, saying he wants his daughter to “join an Army where the sky’s the limit.”

The Army’s 12th Aviation Battalion that includes the Black Hawk helicopter involved in the deadly midair crash with a commercial jet over the Potomac River has been granted a 48-hour operational pause, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Thursday.

Acting Commandant Adm. Kevin Lunday did not say why the anti-harassment policy was put on hold, but his message emphasized that harassment is still prohibited by military general order. Hate incidents will continue to be investigated per current rules, Lunday said.

U.S. government agencies and private contractors have used facilities at Guantánamo Bay to detain asylum seekers and refugees for several decades, rights groups say. In 1994 under President Bill Clinton, for instance, the facility’s migrant population totaled 45,000.

A new Air Force course in jungle survival is preparing airmen to operate from remote airfields if a conflict forces their squadrons to disperse.

Environmental regulators and health officials in New Mexico are warning hunters that harmful chemicals known to cause cancer in people have been found at record levels in birds, small mammals and plants at a lake near Holloman Air Force Base.

A midair collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines flight from Kansas killed all 67 people aboard the two aircraft, officials said Thursday, as they scrutinized the actions of the military pilot in the country’s deadliest aviation disaster in almost a quarter century.

A preliminary hearing is set for Thursday for a Navy sailor charged with negligent homicide in the death of a fellow sailor, service officials said.

Tech. Sgt. Richard Padilla, 37, was a longtime security forces airmen who had expertise in performing base security in austere and challenging locations and helping establish new “fully functional” bases in undeveloped locations.

A force protection exercise by the local U.S. Army garrison caused major disruptions this week, as students were forced to remain on school buses for extended periods of time.

In 2024, the Space Force was able to get extra congressional funds to pursue commercial solutions to a similar bottleneck on the Western Range at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. A similar request for the Space Coast will be made for 2025.

The Air Force’s top civilian leader has directed the closure of a working group that since 2008 has sought to eliminate arbitrary barriers to women’s service, such as by providing equipment for female pilots who for decades relied on gear designed for men.