Soldiers from 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division wait for orders to push forward toward the objective during Exercise Combined Resolve VIII at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Grafenwoehr, Germany on April 24, 2017. The Army has canceled its program seeking an interim 7.62 mm rifle to replace some of its M4s. (Spc. Javon Spence/Army)

Army rifle replacement program canceled before it takes off

The Interim Combat Service Rifle had been in development since at least this spring and was officially announced in August.

U.S. Army paratroopers wait for takeoff in an Air Force C-17A Globemaster III aircraft June 27, 2013, before an airdrop as part of Joint Operational Access Exercise (JOAX) 13-03 at Pope Field, Fort Bragg, N.C. (Tech. Sgt. Bradley C. Church/Air Force)

More than 2,000 soldiers head from Fort Bragg to Afghanistan

More than 2,000 soldiers are deploying from Fort Bragg to Afghanistan, joining 1,500 soldiers sent there earlier this year.

Lt. Gen. Robert Caslen, superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy, joins retired Lt. Gen. William Ely, Ely's son Bill, and Command Sgt. Maj. Timothy Guden during a wreath-laying ceremony on May 23 in West Point, N.Y. (Staff Sgt. Vito T. Bryant/Army)

Oldest living West Point grad dies at 105

Retired Lt. Gen. William Ely graduated from the academy in 1933 and helped build an entrance channel into the harbor at Midway Island.

The U.S. Army Tactical Missile System fires a missile into the East Sea during a South Korea-U.S. joint missile drill aimed to counter North Korea's ICBM test on July 29. As tensions remain high between the U.S. and North Korea, a fake message went out on social media instructing Defense Department personnel to evacuate the Korean peninsula. (South Korean Defense Ministry via Getty Images)

U.S. Forces Korea: Evacuation message is fake

Families of service members and other DoD civilians received a fake message to evacuate the Korean Peninsula.

In this Friday, Sept. 15, 2017 photo Russian military helicopter flies over a desert in Deir es-Zor province, Syria. (AP Photo)

US, Russian militaries hold unprecedented talks on Syria

Senior American and Russian military leaders met for an unprecedented, face-to-face session somewhere in the Middle East this week to discuss the growing tensions in the competing battles to retake one of the remaining Islamic State strongholds in Syria.

Turkish soldiers stand next to a tank during a military drill near the town of Silopi, Turkey, close to the Habur border gate between Turkey and Iraq, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017. Turkey's military says it has launched previously unannounced exercises near the border with Iraq, as the Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region prepares to hold a referendum on independence, scheduled for Sept. 25. (Turkish military/Pool photo via AP)

US pressures Iraqi Kurds to abandon vote on independence

The United States ramped up pressure Wednesday on Iraq’s Kurds to abandon a planned referendum on independence, threatening to withdraw international support for negotiations with Baghdad if the vote isn’t scrapped.

Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis speaks during the Air Force Association's Air, Space and Cyber Conference 2017 at National Harbor, Maryland, on Sept. 20 (Alan Lessig/Staff).

The origin of Mattis’ call sign, ‘Chaos’

"There was never a 'Mad Dog' in there."

Start the fiscal year with an active office

With the fiscal year coming to a close, most government professionals are looking to make the most of their remaining office budgets. One of the best investments any office can make is in standing desks that help employees work at peak performance, ensuring the year ahead is as productive as possible.

Airmen load a Joint Incident Site Communications Capability trailer onto a C-130J Hercules to help with Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. Eight more are headed to Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.. (Master Sgt. Matt Schwartz/Air Force)

When hurricanes destroy phone lines, the Guard enables communication

About 500 National Guard troops arrived in Puerto Rico Thursday to conduct rescue operations after Hurricane Maria.

AH-64 Apaches train at Poinsett Electronic Combat Range, Sumter, S.C., Nov. 13, 2014. (Airman 1st Class Diana M. Cossaboom/Air Force)

Report: Faulty repairs caused fatal Army helicopter crash

An Army report says an improperly installed part caused a helicopter to crash in rural Tennessee, killing the two 101st Airborne Division pilots aboard.

An A-10 Thunderbolt II takes off to provide close-air support to ground troops in Iraq. (Tech. Sgt. Cecilio M. Ricardo Jr./Air Force)

A-10 obliterates the competition in favorite-aircraft poll

The close-air support jet beat out 11 other aircraft by a landslide.

Sergeant Major of the Army Dan Dailey, center, talks to soldiers as he observes an exercise at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif., in June. The Army is working to make sure every soldier in uniform today is able to deploy if needed. (Sean Kimmons/Army)

SMA’s to-do list: Kill sequence numbers, make every soldier deployable, bring back ‘pinks and greens’ & more

As he enters his fourth - and last - year on the job, Sergeant Major of the Army Dan Dailey has a healthy list of things he still wants to accomplish.

Sgt. Gary M. Rose during a deployment to Thailand, April 1969. (Photo courtesy Gary M. Rose)

Former Special Forces medic to receive Medal of Honor for mission long kept secret

If he hadn’t wanted to avoid the Marine Corps so badly, retired Capt. Gary Michael ”Mike” Rose might never have been on the 1970 operation that earned him the military’s highest award for valor.

President Donald Trump speaks at a meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the Palace Hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017, in New York. (Evan Vucci/AP)

US beefs up North Korea sanctions, Kim Jong Un insults Trump

President Donald Trump added economic action to his fiery military threats against North Korea on Thursday, authorizing stiffer new sanctions in response to the Koreans’ nuclear weapons advances. Its leader Kim Jong Un issued a rare statement, branding Trump as “deranged” and warning he will “pay dearly” for his threat to “totally destroy” the North if it attacks.

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