The Pentagon has pulled the nomination of Rear Adm. Michael “Buzz” Donnelly to lead the 7th Fleet following questions from a conservative news outlet about drag shows aboard an aircraft carrier nearly 10 years ago.

Cadets from Britain’s Royal Military Academy Sandhurst are at the U.S. Army’s expansive training grounds in Bavaria for a pivotal exercise marking the final stage of their commissioning process.

Service officials said the move will save $2 million annually and the money will be pumped into weapons and training.

All soldiers must be clean-shaven on duty when in uniform or civilian clothes “with temporary exemptions for medical reasons and permanent exemptions for religious accommodations,” the Army said in a statement.

The South Dakota Air National Guard’s 114th Fighter Wing conducted a maximum generation elephant walk to demonstrate its ability to project fighter airpower at Joe Foss Field, S.D.

A federal hiring freeze imposed since February — along with deferred resignations, early retirements and regular turnover from attrition — will yield a decrease of 30,000 full-time personnel through September and eliminate the need for sweeping layoffs.

Members of the Coast Guard and Texas National Guard helped rescue more than 700 people trapped by devastating flooding across the Texas Hill Country that has resulted in more than 80 deaths, including 27 children.

Combat patches are now authorized for U.S. soldiers who deployed to a select group of countries in the Middle East and Africa over roughly the past two years, the Army said.

The U.S. military community at Yokota Air Base, Japan, gathered Friday for the annual Celebrate America festival, marking the Fourth of July holiday with food, games and live entertainment.

The Marine Corps is deploying 200 troops from North Carolina to support federal immigration agents in Florida, while another 500 troops are slated to move to locations in Texas and Louisiana.