Ten U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service firefighters from two separate crews who spent much of January battling Southern California wildfires received a tour of the Pentagon as part of a four-day trip to Washington.

A four-man Army tank crew defeated teams from four other countries over the past week to achieve the first American victory in the U.S. Army Europe and Africa International Tank Challenge.

The Office of Personnel Management released a memorandum that explains how federal civilian employees who are also military spouses are exempt from the return-to-work mandate.

Air Force Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said to continue being successful, the military must make itself more well-known to the civilian community, as many Americans have no connection to it.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth praised the U.S. alliance with Poland during a joint press conference with that country's defense minister in Warsaw.

The Defense Department plans to invite service members who were involuntarily separated from service for refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine back into uniform at the same rank they held when they separated.

U.S. service members continue to support efforts carrying out President Donald J. Trump's executive orders on protecting the territorial integrity of the United States.