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Combat troops now need to score at least 70% on fitness tests
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (305+ words) Published Sep 10, 2026 9:00 AM EDT Military members in jobs deemed to be closest to combat will have to keep up higher scores on their annual fitness tests under new Pentagon rules, though each service will decide on its own what those…...
Marine Corps offering up to $15,000 for enlisting in electronic, cyber fields
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (208+ words) Published Sep 7, 2026 7:30 AM EDT The Marine Corps is continuing its push to bring in recruits to fill high-tech jobs, once again offering up to $15,000 in enlistment bonuses, as the service works to build out its cyber and electronic warfare force....
Dakota Meyer to junior Marines: 'You all are better than we were"
1+ week, 2+ day ago (445+ words) Published Sep 4, 2026 2:59 PM EDT “I just spent 18 weeks at the School of Infantry-West with entry-level Marines at 38 years old. I want to tell you something. These Marines today, they’re better than me,” Meyer said Wednesday at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina....
Marines are now allowed to wear class rings in uniform
2+ week, 2+ day ago (108+ words) Published Aug 28, 2026 2:06 PM EDT Marines can now wear their college or academy class rings with their uniforms, the service announced today. The new uniform regulation change is “effective immediately.” The single uniform adjustment, announced in a Marine administrative notice released…...
Some Army pilots cut from flying can transfer to the Navy. But not all.
2+ week, 4+ day ago (486+ words) Published Aug 26, 2026 12:29 PM EDT The Navy is planning to take dozens of Army pilots who were cut in a massive reduction of the land service’s aviation corps. But of the hundreds of Army pilots that officials estimate might be looking…...
Military buildings need $285 billion worth of maintenance, report says
2+ week, 6+ day ago (635+ words) Published Aug 24, 2026 4:42 PM EDT The cost of maintenance work needed on barracks and other facilities has doubled over five years to $285 billion, according to a recent report from the Government Accountability Office, as the Pentagon has struggled to hire and…...