The U.S. Space Force’s secretive and unmanned X-37B spacecraft landed at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California early Friday morning after spending over a year in space and testing a first-of-its-kind maneuver that saves fuel.

The 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team in Pennsylvania, one of the U.S. Army’s nine Stryker brigades, has started receiving hundreds of upgraded Strykers and Joint Light Tactical Vehicles as part of a modernization program.

Twelve members of Team Red, White & Blue — a health and wellness community for veterans — were given the mission to carry the American flag 3,000 miles across the country and set a world record in the organization’s first-ever Old Glory Ultra Relay.

Morgan Freeman is just one of the many veterans that make up 90% of the cast in “My Dead Friend Zoe,” a critically acclaimed comedy-drama that was directed by an Army veteran and produced by Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce. The film is set for a Feb. 28 theatrical release.

A joint Air Force and Space Force team successfully launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile early morning on Wednesday from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle was revealed Wednesday as the recipient of the NFL’s 14th annual Salute to Service award. Kittle was shocked and emotional when he received the award in a private ceremony in December of last year, a marine involved in the event told Stripes.

Each of this year’s three finalists for the NFL’s 2024 Salute to Service award, which recognizes contributions to the U.S. military community, was nominated for the award at least once previously, and two of them were finalists last year.

In 2024, Space Launch Delta 45 oversaw a total of 93 successful launches that delivered nearly 1,400 orbital assets. Those 93 launches helped bring the U.S. launch count for the year to 140 — a new record, and a figure that dwarfs China’s 68 launches.

Cadet 1st Class K. Emily Jean Foster died due to complications from brain tumors that were discovered just two weeks before her death. She died while at home with her family.