September 17 Hegseth orders about face on Pentagon's slipping grooming standards Pentagon overhauls military grooming policy under Hegseth, mandating facial hair removal after one-year medical exemption period or face separation from service.
September 15 Pentagon suspends Army colonel for celebrating Charlie Kirk's death Pentagon suspends Army colonel Scott Stephens over social media posts mocking Charlie Kirk's killing, citing zero tolerance policy for such behavior.
September 11 24 years after 9/11, a father's extraordinary heroism still inspires two powerful paths of American service Twenty-four years after 9/11, an Army veteran honors his father Lt. Kevin Dowdell, an FDNY hero who died in the Twin Towers collapse while serving with Rescue 4 in Queens.
September 5 Sgt. Michael Verardo laid to rest with military funeral as his charitable legacy lives on Retired Army Sgt. Michael Verardo, a Purple Heart recipient, passed away due to longstanding injuries in Afghanistan. National leaders have honored him with a military funeral. His charitable work for veterans will endure, continuing his legacy.
September 3 'Good riddance': Hegseth praises Army dumping command promotion boards aimed at eliminating bias Army ends Command Assessment Program designed to reduce bias with psych assessments and peer review in leadership selection after low participation rates among commanding officers.
September 2 Army secretary reveals how Rangers bypass Pentagon red tape to counter exploding drone threat Elite Army units bypass traditional procurement by using credit cards to test new equipment while the service shifts posture toward countering China in the Indo-Pacific.
August 28 Maryland governor says he would ‘absolutely welcome’ federal support in crime crackdown Maryland Gov. Wes Moore addresses whether he would welcome federal support in targeting Baltimore's crime amid President Donald Trump's crackdown on crime in Washington, D.C., on 'The Will Cain Show.'
August 26 ‘Thrilled to be here’: Army Secretary says Guard troops eager for DC crime fight National Guard troops from seven states deployed to Washington D.C. to combat violent crime as critics warn of militarized policing slippery slope concerns.
August 26 Gold Star mother says Trump proclamation 'brings respect' to nation's 13 lost heroes Paula Knauss-Selph, Gold Star mother of U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Ryan Christian Knauss, discusses the Trump administration's Abbey Gate proclamation four years after the withdrawal from Afghanistan on 'America Reports.'
August 23 The U.S. Army is using influencers to recruit new warfighters. Critics are calling it propaganda The Guardian published an article highlighting criticism an influencer received for posting an ad campaign with the U.S. Army as the military aims to use social media for recruitment.