Army Sgt. 1st Class Jeff Hytower encountered the aftermath of a serious vehicle crash while commuting to Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., recently. The incident, which involved a woman attacking two children, serves as a reminder of why rigorous military training matters long before a crisis occurs. 

Service members operating in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility recently disabled a commercial cargo vessel in the Gulf of Oman, after the ship's crew ignored repeated warnings and attempted to run the ongoing naval blockade against Iran.

The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln returned to its home port of San Diego after 321 days during which it spearheaded the Navy's involvement in Operation Epic Fury and enforced a maritime blockade against Iranian-flagged vessels in the northern Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman.

When Exercise Panamax 2026 concluded in mid-August, Panamanian security leaders were impressed with the performance of the Corsair unmanned surface vessels that the U.S. Navy brought along with them. 

The commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln addressed concerns about quality-of-life issues for the crew during the ship's record-setting, 322-day deployment while speaking at a press conference, after the ship arrived at Naval Air Station North Island, Calif.

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency identified the remains of 250 service members missing from past conflicts in fiscal 2026, surpassing its previous record.  

Junior ROTC cadets from eight high schools converged in Wichita, Kan., for the City League Raider Challenge, a competition testing physical strength and mental fortitude that connected the cadets to soldiers assigned to the Army Reserve's 451st Expeditionary Sustainment Command.