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National Guard troops began deploying to the streets of Washington, DC, Tuesday, one day after President Trump signed an executive order aimed at addressing crime concerns in the nation’s capital. “DC National Guard reporting for duty,” the US Army posted on X, including photos of several military Humvees parked near the Washington Monument on the National Mall. Guardsmen, activated under the president’s Title 32 authority, were even spotted posing for pictures with tourists on the first night of their deployment in the district. Earlier, the White House indicated that the National Guard was expected to “begin being on the streets...

A few months before he was killed, Dumas gave Huff a USB drive with a letter naming soldiers involved in a wider network trafficking opiates from Afghanistan. Huff, who read the letter, called it an "insurance policy" and "seriously incriminating shit." Three other people independently mentioned the letter to Harp on the record. After Huff was arrested, the USB drive was seized by the Winston-Salem Police Department—which told Harp that the drive was completely empty.

FORT STEWART, Ga. (WSAV) — UPDATE (1:57 p.m.): Ambulances have arrived at Memorial Health. (1:51 p.m.): Fort Stewart, Wright Army Airfield and Evans Army Airfield is all clear according to a social media post. (1:49 p.m.): Liberty County School System announced the soft lockdown has been lifted. There’s no threat to the county’s schools. (1:28 p.m.): 3 of the 5 shooting victims were taken to Memorial Health via ambulance. Georgia State Patrol is escorting the ambulance. Appling County Schools Level 1 lockdown has been lifted. At 12:35 p.m., the shooter was apprehended. Five soldiers were confirmed to have been shot,...

An active-duty Army sergeant is accused of shooting five soldiers at Fort Stewart in Georgia on Wednesday before nearby soldiers subdued him. The suspect is in custody and the wounded soldiers are in stable condition and expected to recover, according to Army officials. Three of the five victims needed surgery. The suspect is 28-year-old Quornelius Radford, an Army logistics sergeant from Jacksonville, Florida, who used a personal handgun to allegedly carry out the shooting. Brig. Gen. John Lubas said in a statement that nearby soldiers acted quickly. He said “soldiers in the area that witnessed the shooting immediately and without...

Thousands of Army Reserve soldiers are being forced to scramble for new assignments after the service abruptly ordered the dismantling of its helicopter units, a sweeping move that has caught commanders off guard and upended aviation operations across the country. The cuts, which are set to eliminate all of the reserve's helicopter units by the end of the summer, are part of Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George's broader push to modernize the force by shedding legacy formations and redirecting resources toward emerging technologies such as drones and artificial intelligence. But the transition has left troops questioning both the...

On Wednesday, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll ordered West Point to terminate the employment of President Biden’s recently hired censorship czar. The revelation came following a now unavailable Tuesday announcement from the academy that Jen Easterly, the former director of the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), would be serving as the new Robert F. McDermott Distinguished Chair within the school’s Department of Social Sciences. Easterly graduated from West Point in 1990. “A Homecoming Worth Celebrating,” West Point Dean Shane Reeves wrote in a now unavailable X post congratulating Easterly. “Welcome home!” ... Easterly led CISA from July 2021 to January...

The U.S. Army recently sparked widespread mockery after a social media post breathlessly announced its “first live-grenade drop from an unmanned aircraft system”—a tactic that has been a staple in Ukraine for years and was used by ISIS in 2017. The incident highlighted what many experts see as a dangerous, “pre-drone age mindset” within the U.S. military.

The Air Force Global Strike Command has ordered an immediate halt to the use of its M18 service pistol following the death of a Security Forces Airman in a “tragic incident.” The Airman was killed by an alleged accidental discharge, fueling long-standing complaints and a recent FBI report suggesting the M18 can fire without its trigger being pulled.

Press Release For Immediate Release Washington, DC – The Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll has issued a formal apology to Operation Rescue for mischaracterizing the pro-life organization as a terror group during a counterterrorism and security training presentation that was used to teach 9,100 Army soldiers at Fort Bragg. “This characterization was not only inaccurate but also deeply inappropriate,” Driscol stated in a July 16, 2025, letter to the American Center for Law and Justice, which represents Operation Rescue and its President, Troy Newman. “I am glad to accept the Army’s apology, but the harm this has caused Operation...

WASHINGTON — The Army has launched an investigation after a drill sergeant posted a video on social media of soldiers being hazed under a MAGA flag, which is a violation of regulations prohibiting political activity in uniform and on federal property, the service said. Staff Sgt. Thomas Mitchell on Friday uploaded a video on TikTok showing a group of trainees performing pushups and burpees in full body armor under a banner that read, “This Is Ultra MAGA Country.” The video was later deleted. But Mitchell posted a second video showing the same soldiers exercising in the same location but with...

The U.S. Army’s ‘Leonidas’ Uses Directed Energy to Instantly Fry Entire Drone Swarms

The Pentagon has announced sweeping new changes intended to surge the fielding of small drones, including weaponized types, across the entire U.S. military. Most notably, certain types of smaller uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) will now be treated as “consumables,” more akin to hand grenades and other kinds of ammunition, than aircraft, which has broad ramifications. Lower-level commanders will now also be able to procure smaller UASs directly, as well as authorize subordinates to operate them. The new policies rolled out today represent a huge shift that could not come soon enough for the U.S. military, which has continued to move...

An elite group of unmanned aerial systems operators, support and maintenance staff will now call Fort Huachuca their home after an activation ceremony Tuesday morning. A brief ceremony held in Hanger 1 at Libby Army Air Field celebrated the official transfer of Echo Company, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, to this Southern Arizona post for the next two years. The company consists of 150 hand-picked soldiers and 12 UAS vehicles, which will train for eventual deployment to Afghanistan sometime early next year. “This is a key day in our history,” Col. John Evans, Jr., Regiment Commander, told an audience of...

The U.S. Army’s Fiscal Year 2026 budget request includes the acquisition of 233 PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptors, scaling up PAC-3 MSE procurement by a factor of four to close the munitions gap in active theaters. The 233 missiles are funded through a combination of sources: 130 from base discretionary accounts and 103 from the Overseas Operations Cost (OOC) budget. An additional 96 interceptors are covered by $366 million in mandatory reconciliation authority, which is additive to the 233 previously mentioned. The combined total requested for FY2026 is $1.311 billion, consisting of $945.9 million in discretionary funding and $366...

The US Army is considering scrapping General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems (GD-OTS) management of three new 155mm artillery round production lines in Mesquite, Texas, according to a “show cause” letter obtained by Breaking Defense. Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and the heavy use of artillery, the Army rushed to bolster 155mm production and produce 100,000 shells per month. As part of that broader push, it opened a new government-owned facility in Texas, tapping GD-OTS to operate it and stand up three Universal Artillery Projectile Lines (UAPL) to produce the metal parts for artillery projectiles, including the shell...

A report on Israel’s Army Radio on Monday suggested that the Israeli government believes the war with Iran is ending, and therefore the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) targets include institutions of the Iranian regime. As Breitbart News reported Monday, Israel has shifted the focus of its attacks to include the Iranian regime’s instruments of suppressing opposition, not just nuclear sites and ballistic missile launchers. These include the Basij paramilitary force and the gates of the notorious Evin Prison. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that Israel’s goal is not regime change — though he has also urged the Iranian people...

An Army in-flight system that can detect when a pilot is incapacitated and get the aircraft back to base has passed a key test, giving the service a boost in its quest to develop autonomous technology. The May test flight at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., paired a medical monitoring device similar to an EKG with an autopilot system in a UH-60 Black Hawk, an Army statement said. A team from the service’s Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation and Missile Center used an armband to pick up medical distress from a pilot and safely return the Black Hawk to Felker Army...

HOHENFELS, Germany — An array of new drone-busting technology went for a soldierly spin this week at the Army’s expansive training grounds in Bavaria, where units are looking for a tactical edge on a transforming modern battlefield. Troops from the Vilseck-based 2nd Cavalry Regiment took part in a new initiative called Project Flytrap at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center, using vehicle-mounted and wearable systems designed to detect, track and jam hostile drones. The initiative is part of an effort to identify which tools best meet evolving combat demands. Project Flytrap, which began its first stage earlier this month, is a...

As the Army seeks to continue its transformation effort to become more efficient, the department’s chief information officer is looking to streamline systems and processes. And no longer will “that’s the way it’s always been done” be an acceptable justification for maintaining the status quo. There have been directives from top levels of Army leadership to cut down on business systems and automate capabilities where possible. “It’s a big push right now from the secretary and the chief is, hey, do we need all of these systems, why do we have them?” CIO Leonel Garciga said during a presentation Wednesday...

Executives from high-tech firms Meta, OpenAI and Palantir are joining the Army Reserve at the rank of lieutenant colonel to serve in Detachment 201, a new “Executive Innovation Corps,” the service announced Friday. The move is the latest push by the department to tap into capabilities and know-how from Silicon Valley and the commercial sector. The new corps “brings top tech talent into the Army Reserve to bridge the commercial-military tech gap” and is “designed to fuse cutting-edge tech expertise with military innovation,” the Army stated in a press release. On Friday, the service is set to swear-in Meta’s chief...