Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 2025, a rumor spread online that the U.S. Army had sworn in lieutenant colonels with a history of work not in the military — ...

The focus on direct commissions expands on a program that saw four Silicon Valley executives join as lieutenant colonels last year.

Maneuvering cruise missiles, fast-moving stealthy fighter jets, armed drones, long-range helicopter-fired air-to-ground weapons and hypersonic rounds traveling at five times the speed of sound are all ...

The new office wants to speed up the development of new ideas, increases the competition for businesses, and keeps soldiers involved throughout.

Staff Sgt. Kristopher Garbea holds a small reconnaissance drone during Saber Junction 25 in Hohenfels, Germany, Sept. 9, 2025. (Capt. Shenicquia Fulton/U.S. Army) The U.S. Army is rolling out a new ...

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii—Inside a mud-splattered tent, the Army’s vice chief and the commander of the 25th Infantry Division watched on two giant TV screens as the division attempted to repel an ...

The Army is treating 2026 as a make-or-break year for its Next Generation Command and Control system, a software driven architecture meant to knit sensors, shooters, and decision makers into a single, ...

The US Army is pitting ideas born in Washington against battlefield realities, with the outcomes shaping how future wars will be fought. Recent exercises at the National Training Center in California ...