At Charlotte, N.C., Motor Speedway, the Coca-Cola 600 was everything it is supposed to be: horsepower, heat, noise and 600 miles of punishment. It was also remembrance, with each car carrying the name of a fallen service member.

At Charlotte, N.C., Motor Speedway, the Coca-Cola 600 was everything it is supposed to be: horsepower, heat, noise and 600 miles of punishment. It was also remembrance, with each car carrying the name of a fallen service member.

The U.S. will soon mark its semiquincentennial — 250 years as a nation. It's a big milestone, said President Donald J. Trump, but not one that could have been achieved without more than 1 million service members having given their lives to the nation.

Speaking at Michie Stadium in West Point, N.Y., Secretary of War Pete Hegseth assured the 2026 U.S. Military Academy graduates that they have both his and the president's trust.

Soldiers assigned to the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment honored America's fallen heroes ahead of Memorial Day by placing a U.S. flag in front of each headstone and columbarium column at Arlington National Cemetery and at the United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery.

While testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee's personnel subcommittee, Anthony J. Tata, the undersecretary of war for personnel and readiness, said the department has established Project Patriot Pipeline, an initiative to unify dozens of training and workforce development programs.

Derrick Anderson, assistant secretary of war for special operations and low-intensity conflict, closed out the Special Operations Forces Week 2026 convention by underscoring the SOF community's recent successes and articulating his plan to prioritize five areas.