One by one, men in their 70s and 80s climbed up and entered the AH-64E Apache attack helicopter at Hunter Army Airfield, eliciting smiles and memories of their time piloting the choppers of their day over the battlefields of South Vietnam.

The new load, assemble and pack facility in Camden is expected to produce some 50,000 shells per month, according to the Army. Service officials since 2022 have sought to boost production of the Army’s 155mm artillery shells to 100,000 per month as it sent millions of rounds to Ukraine.

Fred Benning was a humble, small-town man who rarely spoke of his exploits as a teenage soldier in Europe, where he earned the Army’s second highest honor for battlefield heroism during World War I, his granddaughter said Wednesday.

Fort Benning, Ga., hosted the annual Infantry Week competitions, which include the Lacerda Cup, the International Sniper Competition, the International Best Mortar Competition and the Best Ranger Competition.

Though Congress can add some funds for specific projects to continuing resolutions, military services are typically unable to start new projects that had not been previously funded without an appropriated budget.

The Army will slash nearly one dozen mandatory training programs for its soldiers in the summer as it looks to streamline their time to focus on combat readiness tasks. The new regulation is expected to be made official June 1 and will leave soldiers with 17 remaining mandatory training requirements.

The new military deployments have surged to the southern border since Jan. 20 when President Donald Trump ordered the Defense Department to support efforts by the Department of Homeland Security to seal the border.

Families reported illnesses and financial losses from ruined properties and unreimbursed hotel stays during their times as tenants in three communities Balfour Beatty owns on NAS Key West, according to the lawsuit brought by 192 current and former residents.

The Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade at Fort Benning, Ga., will drop its long-held Day 1 Ranger Physical Fitness Assessment of pushups, situps, chinups and a five-mile run for a new, nine-event test meant to better mimic the demands of combat.

The hearing came just hours after The Atlantic published the full text of the pre-strike chat that its top editor was accidentally invited to. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe stood by their testimony before the Senate from a day earlier.