A pilot was killed Thursday while attempting to land a civilian aircraft at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., base officials said. The crash happened at about 11:39 a.m. when the aircraft landed in preparation for the Air Power Over Hampton Roads air show scheduled for the weekend.

Vice President JD Vance toasted U.S. service members with a beer stein in hand during a visit to this major military transportation hub.

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.

A 60-foot-wide zone of New Mexico land that runs along the U.S. border with Mexico has been deemed part of Fort Huachuca, Ariz., to allow troops to begin arresting people for trespassing on military territory — an escalation of the authority given active-duty service members deployed to the region to deter illegal activity.

U.S. troops in Syria will begin to consolidate their operations in the country, shutting down some bases in the coming months and leaving less than 1,000 service members there, the Pentagon announced Friday.

Here’s a look at the past and present of some notable Grafenwoehr locations.

The two Marines killed this week in a vehicle crash near the U.S.-Mexico border have been identified as Lance Cpl. Albert A. Aguilera and Lance Cpl. Marcelino M. Gamino, combat engineers assigned to the 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division at Camp Pendleton, Calif.

The American Civil Liberties Union filed the suit on behalf of the families Tuesday in the federal eastern district of Virginia against the Department of Defense Education Activity, DODEA Director Beth Schiavino-Narvaez and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Command Chief Master Sgt. Anthony Green, senior enlisted leader of Air Force Special Operations Command, was fired over a loss of confidence in his ability to do the job, service officials said.

Dan Caldwell, a senior adviser to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Darin Selnick, the Pentagon’s deputy chief of staff, were placed on administrative leave Tuesday for an “unauthorized disclosure” as part of an ongoing investigation into leaks at the DOD.