The War Department is inviting the defense industrial base and the acquisition community to provide input on ways to streamline data and audit requirements related to business systems, as part of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's arsenal of freedom acquisition transformation strategy.

U.S. airmen joined 40 military personnel from across the Americas during Panamax 2026, a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored multinational exercise focused on an integrated approach against simulated threats to the Panama Canal and the region. 

Five young Americans from across the War Department were honored as finalists during the Boys & Girls Clubs of America's 2026 National Military Youth of the Year celebration in the nation's capital, and one walked away with the honor and the opportunity to compete at the next level.

Space Launch Delta 45 and the Florida Army National Guard's 44th Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team recently partnered for a multiday training exercise designed to ensure both organizations remain prepared to respond rapidly to chemical, biological or radiological hazards.

Marines successfully concluded the service's first series of live-fire first-person view attack drone flights in South Korea, demonstrating the ability to field emerging technologies in the Western Pacific rapidly.

At the request of the National Interagency Fire Center, U.S. Northern Command is preparing to deploy approximately 200 soldiers to support a wildland fire ground response operation in the Pacific Northwest.

Panama's National Aeronaval Service welcomed key leaders from Mexico, Ecuador, Colombia and the United States during the pre-sail conference for Panamax 2026, one of the largest military exercises in the Western Hemisphere.