The Air Force intended the Agile Combat Employment strategy to offer combat strength through flexibility via a shift away from large, traditional air bases. However, Rand Corp. researchers found that current combat support elements remain undertrained and undermanned to participate as anticipated.

A federal court sentenced Jason Charles Manuelito, 27, on Wednesday to 24-plus years behind bars for producing child pornography. He had pleaded guilty in June. Investigators identified approximately nine victims, with additional victims remaining unidentified.

Pvt. Jonathan Kang Lee, 26, pleaded guilty Wednesday at his court-martial to killing a cab driver during his attempt to desert the Army and avoid conviction on child rape charges. Under a plea agreement, Lee admitted his guilt in exchange for a sentence of life with the possibility of parole. 

U.S. public schools, including those operated by the Defense Department on bases stateside and abroad, are being told by the White House to rework discipline policies that it says are based on racial considerations rather than behavior.

Two U.S. Marines have been accused of sexually assaulting women in separate incidents on Okinawa earlier this year, according to Japanese police — the latest in a string of similar cases stirring public discontent on the island.

The U.S. Navy has suspended its nearly weeklong search for a sailor assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz who was reported missing Saturday.

A 25-year-old Army sergeant was sentenced Wednesday to seven years in prison for selling classified military information about weapons, aircraft and tactics to an individual believed to be affiliated with the Chinese government, the Justice Department announced that day.

The task force will collect reports from employees on actions and activities that are deemed “hostile” to Christian views and values, according to an internal memo that VA Secretary Doug Collins, a pastor and Air Force Reserve chaplain, sent to employees.

The parents of a 19-year-old soldier who died by suicide in 2021 say in a recently filed lawsuit that he faced months of threats, retaliation and bullying after objecting to getting the COVID-19 vaccine, court records show.

An Army statement said the suspension isn’t related to any misconduct, and no further details would be provided while the matter is reviewed. The Department of Defense on April 14 posted photos on X showing portraits of President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at Fort McCoy had been turned to face the wall.